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Topic: Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Killed!!!
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Jdub07
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damn that sucks! his shit was interesting and you acutally learned something at the same time.
RIP STEVE! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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93cobra
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Originally posted by losbadgts:
that sucks
R.I.P
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Posts: 673 | From: vacaville,ca | Registered: Mar 2003
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98_No_Bra
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September 6, 2006 -- Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's frantic attempt to save his life by ripping a stingray barb from his heart may actually have killed him, experts said yesterday.
Chilling video footage of the wildlife warrior's last moments reveals that he pulled out the 8-inch barb after being speared by the normally placid animal.
"He pulled it out and the next minute he's gone," said his manager, John Stainton, who viewed the heartbreaking footage.
Experts said that while the barb that killed Irwin had toxins that can cause agonizing pain, its sharp, serrated edge does the most harm.
Thus, removing the barb from the heart could cause fatal bleeding and tissue damage.
Bryan Fry, of the Australian Venom Research Unit at Melbourne University, said it would have been better had Irwin left the barb inside because it would have stemmed the bleeding.
"To pull the barb out would have taken a lot of force and could do more damage," Fry said. "The serrations mean it would not slide out like a knife, and pulling it out could have caused more tissue damage."
Dr. Todd Rosengart, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Center on Long Island, agreed it would have been better not to remove the barb.
"As soon as he pulled the barb out, the hole in his heart opened up. He bled into the heart sac and the blood squeezed the heart to the point where it stopped beating," Rosengart explained.
"Of course, it would have been almost impossible for him to have known that."
Irwin's American-born wife, Terri, yesterday made her first public comment since her husband's death, thanking the staff of his zoo.
"She was very choked up. It was a very frail comment," said spokesman Michael Hornby.
"But she wanted to say to the staff how grateful she was for their support and how much it meant to her."
Irwin, 44, known for exclaiming "Crikey!" as he wrestled with crocs and pythons, died Sunday in the shallow waters of the Great Barrier Reef in northern Australia.
He was speared by the stingray while filming a segment for a TV show that was to feature his 8-year-old daughter, Bindi, who was hundreds of miles away, hiking with her mom and brother at the time.
Irwin and his cameraman apparently unnerved the creature and it lashed upward with its tail, striking Irwin in the chest and piercing his heart.
The whole encounter was filmed, and the footage turned over to authorities.
"The cameraman had to shut down. It's a very hard thing to watch because you're actually witnessing somebody die. It's terrible," Stainton said, choking back tears.
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Better to burp and taste it then to fart and waste it!!!
Posts: 695 | From: Hell, Ca | Registered: Jan 2003
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Jdub07
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anyone read this article?
Some people. I mean show some respect for the man and his life's work.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14694683/
Critizing a dead man,
"Jumping all over Alligators".
NO SHIT BITCH what you want him to do to get a 12' croc out a persons yard grab a scooby snack and be like...here alligator alligator? Self rightious bitch ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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Becca
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OMG! I still can't believe he didn't get killed by a notoriously dangerous creature.... instead its one that I heard no one has ever died from!
Poor guy... R.I.P.
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Posts: 111 | From: San Jose, CA | Registered: Aug 2006
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