Thursday, September 07, 2006
Mr.Steve Irwin,Crocdile Hunter
Mr Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest by the stingray's barb while he was filming a documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
Paramedics from Cairns rushed to the scene but were unable to save him.
Mr Irwin was known for his television show The Crocodile Hunter and his work with native Australian wildlife.
Mr Irwin was married with two young children.Their names were:Oldest,Bindi and Youngest,Bob.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he had known Mr Irwin well, and that the country had lost a "wonderful and colourful son".
"I am quite shocked and distressed at Steve Irwin's sudden untimely and freakish death", he said.
"It's a huge loss to Australia - he was a wonderful character, he was a passionate environmentalist, he brought entertainment and excitement to millions of people."
The stingray is a flat, triangular-shaped fish, commonly found in tropical waters.
What happened to Steve Irwin is like being stabbed in the heart
Dr Geoff IsbisterClinical toxicologistIt gets its name from the razor-sharp barb at the end of its tail, coated in toxic venom, which the animal uses to defend itself with when it feels threatened.
Attacks on humans are a rarity - only one other person is known to have died in Australia from a stingray attack, at St Kilda, Melbourne in 1945.
Everyone love Mr. Steve Irwin... It's a huge loss to Australia and other countries - he was a wonderful character.
In Memory of Mr Irwin,Crocdile Hunter. POSTED BY NATALIE AT 8:34 PM
Mr Irwin, 44, died after being struck in the chest by the stingray's barb while he was filming a documentary in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef.
Paramedics from Cairns rushed to the scene but were unable to save him.
Mr Irwin was known for his television show The Crocodile Hunter and his work with native Australian wildlife.
Mr Irwin was married with two young children.Their names were:Oldest,Bindi and Youngest,Bob.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard said he had known Mr Irwin well, and that the country had lost a "wonderful and colourful son".
"I am quite shocked and distressed at Steve Irwin's sudden untimely and freakish death", he said.
"It's a huge loss to Australia - he was a wonderful character, he was a passionate environmentalist, he brought entertainment and excitement to millions of people."
The stingray is a flat, triangular-shaped fish, commonly found in tropical waters.
What happened to Steve Irwin is like being stabbed in the heart
Dr Geoff IsbisterClinical toxicologistIt gets its name from the razor-sharp barb at the end of its tail, coated in toxic venom, which the animal uses to defend itself with when it feels threatened.
Attacks on humans are a rarity - only one other person is known to have died in Australia from a stingray attack, at St Kilda, Melbourne in 1945.
Everyone love Mr. Steve Irwin... It's a huge loss to Australia and other countries - he was a wonderful character.
In Memory of Mr Irwin,Crocdile Hunter. POSTED BY NATALIE AT 8:34 PM
