Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhy did the Crocodile Hunter die? Was he aggervating sting rays. I watched and messed with them in the gulf. But not one has ever try to sting me. Was he piising them off that much?message-squaremessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down111
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareWhy did the Crocodile Hunter die? Was he aggervating sting rays. I watched and messed with them in the gulf. But not one has ever try to sting me. Was he piising them off that much?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarephilanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·3 days agoThat’s one major criticism of Steve Irwin, he used to wrestle and get in the face of dangerous animals. I’m not actually sure of how it happened but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was messing around with it. All this being said, I do believe he was a genuine, caring, lovely guy who was obsessed with conservation. Him dying was a real loss
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoDespite Steve’s deserved reputation, from what I’ve read this time was truly just bad timing/accident. Steve probably was too close though.
minus-squareFrChazzz@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoFrom what I recall, he was trying to film an interaction with another animal (maybe a shark), completely missing the stingray below him, which I believe was camouflaged. It came out of nowhere.
That’s one major criticism of Steve Irwin, he used to wrestle and get in the face of dangerous animals.
I’m not actually sure of how it happened but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was messing around with it.
All this being said, I do believe he was a genuine, caring, lovely guy who was obsessed with conservation. Him dying was a real loss
Despite Steve’s deserved reputation, from what I’ve read this time was truly just bad timing/accident.
Steve probably was too close though.
Yeah I believe that
From what I recall, he was trying to film an interaction with another animal (maybe a shark), completely missing the stingray below him, which I believe was camouflaged. It came out of nowhere.