Killed by a stingray while diving, apparently.
Say what you want about him, but I enjoyed watching the way he foolishly put himself in potential harms way time after time, documenting it and commenting it as it happened
Crikey! Steve the Croc Hunter is dead! :/
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Crikey! Steve the Croc Hunter is dead! :/
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html
Killed by a stingray while diving, apparently.
Say what you want about him, but I enjoyed watching the way he foolishly put himself in potential harms way time after time, documenting it and commenting it as it happened
Killed by a stingray while diving, apparently.
Say what you want about him, but I enjoyed watching the way he foolishly put himself in potential harms way time after time, documenting it and commenting it as it happened
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It's certainly tragic. To leave behind 2 young kids and a grieving wife would be very hard. And I'm sure his wife will be upset she was interstate at the time.
But the odds of him being struck that close to the heart by a stingray is so vanishingly small, and he was well trained (even if a personality).
Very tragic.
But the odds of him being struck that close to the heart by a stingray is so vanishingly small, and he was well trained (even if a personality).
Very tragic.
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I was of the "bound to happen" opinion until I heard he had 2 children. A tragedy to be sure, that they are now without a father.
Out of curiosity (mostly never knowing stringrays even had barbs on their tail) I did some research on it. It seems there have only been 30 such deaths worldwide in recent years, and that they can basically only kill a human under the same circumstances a typical knife wound would.
I can only wish the best for those he left behind, and say that I will miss his shows on TV.
Out of curiosity (mostly never knowing stringrays even had barbs on their tail) I did some research on it. It seems there have only been 30 such deaths worldwide in recent years, and that they can basically only kill a human under the same circumstances a typical knife wound would.
I can only wish the best for those he left behind, and say that I will miss his shows on TV.