I was just going to say the same thing....ugh.

They spelled it right...

They spelt it correctly.

Your a dick. He didn't live in any fancy home. He lived in a little shanty somewhere in the bush. Every bit of money he made went to make sure animals had freedom. He has brought Ten's of Thousands and Thousands of acres all of the world so animals can live in peace. He never did it to make money in anyway. But I suppose because your an American and all, you never knew him as what Australians saw him as. America exploited what he did. Australians saw him as a little Australian Bloke who cared more about animals than anyone ever could. He was brought up with animals since he was born. His father was also a wildlife person who had a little rescue centre, and he grew up knowing these animals needed help. Before he was even on TV he was helping animals, and teaching the public about them, and how we as an individuals can help. And then he had a little show that was shown in Aus. And then all of a sudden America took him over and made him seem this way and that. YOU AMERICA made him look like a supposed 'freak show'. But as I said your naive and wouldn't know anything than what the media tells you, and shows you. He has done such good in this world. But your too stupid to see. You only see what he did on the TV. When all he was was a simple man, trying to make sure wild animals have a future. What have you done? Whatever it is (obviously nothing), wouldn't compare to a great man like Steve and what he did, and yet a Simpleton like yourself can say such demeaning things about him. Don't speak again about someone like him, unless you earn Ten's of Millions and give all of it back to conservation.

Targetlove, You are so full of shit. The stingray that killed him knows more about his mistreatment of animals than your bloviating can ever convince us otherwise. Stingrays are gentle creatures and tourists play with them all the time without incident. Irwin obviously made that one feel it was in mortal peril. So, America offered him an animal-abuse show and dear Steve took it just to save the rest. Right. When wild animals are approached by humans and manhandled, they must feel that their lives are in danger. Animals do not need this kind of extreme stress.

TargetLove - America "took him over?" So Steve had no say in the matter? He was just off being a hero and rescuing animals, and America took him prisoner and forced him to do that show? Riiiight. I'm with perdix on this one. There are some outstanding conservationalists out there; I really wouldn't count Steve among them.

Perdix is right. I've pet a lot of stingrays and they're very docile and sweet creatures. Obviously they're not going to attack unless they feel threatened.

Agreed, perdix. I'll see your animal exploitation, and raise you one-- CHILD exploitation! That creepy Bindi kid gives me the heebie-jeebies.

I shall not agree the Irwin was a BAD naturalist, and you cannot take the one incident that caused his death to conclude all his acts were bad, and that all his acts to presumably help animals actually harassed them. You must realise, that be the stingray aggressive or not, when there is a being four times the size of you, looming above you, while you're peacefully foraging, it would be instinct—in the mind of something as simple as a stingray—to attack. It was not necessarily that Irwin was in fact harassing the animals, but more simply the animal was a bit too uneasy to cope with. Irwin was definitely conscious that there were dangers, when he was filming documentaries of the category he did, and there was always the chance he would be killed. If I walked into a zoo, and entered the panther enclosure, there is no certainty that I will be killed by panthers; nor is there certainty that they will spontaneously killed me—unprovoked! The panthers do not have to be annoyed, provoked, and certainly, they do not have to be peevish, they just have to feel danger. To conclude, Irwin knew there was danger from the day he made the documentary, but no one can ever be prepared for an attack, unless it's an act of retaliation. Irwin did not know that the stingray was worried, and just pushed his luck an inch too far. And absolutely no naturalist can prepare themselves for an attack that is not retaliation—any naturalist, biologist, zoologist, conservationist, could have died in the same way—would you still conclude all there acts harassment, and/or hurting the animals?

WTF ^? major freakO

u dumbass there is footage of him with the stingray and he isn't doing anything to it