tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post115738904531315418..comments2023-09-16T08:57:22.030-07:00Comments on oogu: there's a lesson here somewhere ...Bughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05112909837995062972noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12624260.post-1157406171895614522006-09-04T14:42:00.000-07:002006-09-04T14:42:00.000-07:00The thing with Steve Irwin was that he was trying ...The thing with Steve Irwin was that he was trying to make us understand, respect, and conserve nature. He was, at his heart, an environmentalist. Of course, he was also - at his heart - a little boy who liked to pick up animals and turn them over or drag them around by the tail. Fitting, then, that he was stung in his heart I guess.<BR/><BR/>It's not unexpected that he died from the defensive strike of an animal. But it's somewhat unexpected that it was from a sting ray. I mean, this is the guy who climbed into a crocadile trap with a crocadile in it and got bit. He's the guy who chased a Black Mamba snake up a tree in Africa and only realized that the top of the tree that the Black Mamba, the deadliest snake in the world, was now coming back at him while he balanced on the thin top-branches of tree. This is the guy who dives without thinking into the Nile River precisely BECAUSE it's infested with crocs... and he died swiming over a stingray that was under the sand and hit him in a one-in-a-million fatality.<BR/><BR/>That's unexpected.<BR/><BR/>Oh well... poor Teri, Bindi Sue, and Robert. Teri especially. She was always so unsure of his craziness. And now she's got a zoo to run which is so completely based around tourists coming to see Steve and the crocs.EmoRiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10832669840890970845noreply@blogger.com