Steve Irwin Died 10 Years Ago Today

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The man, the myth, the legend.
One of the greatest TV presenters ever.
Rest in peace, Steve. We'll never forget you.

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I loved his enthusiasm. He died doing what he loved, and will be remembered for it, not many of us will be able to say that in 500 years time.
 
BKK said:
I loved his enthusiasm. He died doing what he loved, and will be remembered for it, not many of us will be able to say that in 500 years time.
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I was gonna say, as sad as it is he died doing what he loved.

That's how I wanna go out. Morbid as it may sound.
 
JeffGrubb said:
10 years of animals being able to relax without some human trying to harass and wrestle them.
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Honestly, I think the education and awareness to the public that Steve Irwin and other animal experts put out into the world did a lot more good for the animals than the few minutes of stress that they experience when caught did bad to them.
 
He was always more hands on than I think should be respected toward most animals, but anyone who loves animals like that is a hero of mine.
 
When it comes to teaching the world about animals I prefer the Attenborough approach rather than the wrestling animals to the ground approach.
 
Had the pleasure of seeing him, his wife and their daughter perform at the Australian Zoo in 2006. National treasure.
 
Anywaaaay....


It's INSANE that 10 years went by already WHAT THE FUCK MAN

What the fuck is happening with time?!
 
Darksol said:
When it comes to teaching the world about animals I prefer the Attenborough approach rather than the wrestling animals to the ground approach.
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The human factor made the Crocodile Hunter and similar shows a lot more relatable. Don't get me wrong, I marathon Planet Earth, every other day and love Animal documentaries. However, having a person out there gave a sense of scale and real danger, where regular documentaries won't have the same effect. When he pins a croc down, he teaches you by showing how powerful and dangerous the animal is and that you have to respect it.
 
I remember exactly where I was when someone woke me to tell me what happened, and then being even more shocked that it wasn't a snake or crocodile that did him in.
 
I had the great pleasure of briefly meeting Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi on Christmas Eve 2003, shortly after his son had been born.

My family had been stationed over at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for several years and were gearing up to be moved back to the States in Summer 2004, so my parents wanted to use Winter Break as our last opportunity to make a trip over to Australia. We visited three different parts of the continent over the trip, but the first stop was near the Australia Zoo that the Irwin family runs.

Now Steve and Terri hadn't announced that they'd had another child yet publicly, so my family was kinda surprised when the bus driver who was taking us to the zoo mentioned that the Irwins had just had another kid and were keeping a low profile about it.

Strangely enough, when we got to the zoo, it turned out that they were in the process of opening up a new elephant exhibit and Steve himself was showing the new elephants to everyone there. We briefly got to see the tail-end of the presentation at the dome and then went our merry way and explored the zoo.

Eventually we came across this small little set of rides in a clearing at the zoo- stuff like a Merry Go Round and some other basic rides. So me and my sister head over to the Merry Go Round first, but all of a sudden my sister gets stolen away from me by a smaller little girl and the two of them ride on a different part of the ride together.

That little girl turned out to be none other than Bindi Irwin.

So for the following thirty minutes or so, Bindi and my sister play together on the various small rides in that clearing and having fun. Then all of a sudden, the zoo employees shout over to Bindi, "Oi, Bindi, look! It's your dad!"

Sure enough, here comes Steve Irwin riding on top of one of the elephants from earlier, all jovial and laughing like a little kid. Bindi turns to look at her dad for a second, shrugs and then goes back to playing with my sis. My dad and I, on the other hand, flip out and rush over to the side of Steve's elephant. I think I managed to get one photo, but the thing I remember most of all was this exchange between my dad and Mr. Irwin:

My Dad: We love your work!
Steve Irwin: (look down at us and smiles all big) So do I!

I'm never going to forget that experience. It really feels like one of those "Too Good to be True" stories, but it actually did happen. I'll always cherish that experience and feel awful that the man died so young.

RIP Steve Irwin.
 
SpaceWolf said:
That crocodile looks so pleased with itself.
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@ByCroccey
OMFG look who I got hunted by today! @steveirwin

Chained Prometheus said:
I had the great pleasure of briefly meeting Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi on Christmas Eve 2003, shortly after his son had been born.

My family had been stationed over at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for several years and were gearing up to be moved back to the States in Summer 2004, so my parents wanted to use Winter Break as our last opportunity to make a trip over to Australia. We visited three different parts of the continent over the trip, but the first stop was near the Australia Zoo that the Irwin family runs.

Now Steve and Terri hadn't announced that they'd had another child yet publicly, so my family was kinda surprised when the bus driver who was taking us to the zoo mentioned that the Irwins had just had another kid and were keeping a low profile about it.

Strangely enough, when we got to the zoo, it turned out that they were in the process of opening up a new elephant exhibit and Steve himself was showing the new elephants to everyone there. We briefly got to see the tail-end of the presentation at the dome and then went our merry way and explored the zoo.

Eventually we came across this small little set of rides in a clearing at the zoo- stuff like a Merry Go Round and some other basic rides. So me and my sister head over to the Merry Go Round first, but all of a sudden my sister gets stolen away from me by a smaller little girl and the two of them ride on a different part of the ride together.

That little girl turned out to be none other than Bindi Irwin.

So for the following thirty minutes or so, Bindi and my sister play together on the various small rides in that clearing and having fun. Then all of a sudden, the zoo employees shout over to Bindi, "Oi, Bindi, look! It's your dad!"

Sure enough, here comes Steve Irwin riding on top of one of the elephants from earlier, all jovial and laughing like a little kid. Bindi turns to look at her dad for a second, shrugs and then goes back to playing with my sis. My dad and I, on the other hand, flip out and rush over to the side of Steve's elephant. I think I managed to get one photo, but the thing I remember most of all was this exchange between my dad and Mr. Irwin:

My Dad: We love your work!
Steve Irwin: (look down at us and smiles all big) So do I!

I'm never going to forget that experience. It really feels like one of those "Too Good to be True" stories, but it actually did happen. I'll always cherish that experience and feel awful that the man died so young.

RIP Steve Irwin.
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HOLY crap this literally just became my favorite Celebrity Meeting story ever.

Teared up a little bit after it, thinking of how we lost someone so damn happy.
 
Chained Prometheus said:
I had the great pleasure of briefly meeting Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi on Christmas Eve 2003, shortly after his son had been born.

My family had been stationed over at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for several years and were gearing up to be moved back to the States in Summer 2004, so my parents wanted to use Winter Break as our last opportunity to make a trip over to Australia. We visited three different parts of the continent over the trip, but the first stop was near the Australia Zoo that the Irwin family runs.

Now Steve and Terri hadn't announced that they'd had another child yet publicly, so my family was kinda surprised when the bus driver who was taking us to the zoo mentioned that the Irwins had just had another kid and were keeping a low profile about it.

Strangely enough, when we got to the zoo, it turned out that they were in the process of opening up a new elephant exhibit and Steve himself was showing the new elephants to everyone there. We briefly got to see the tail-end of the presentation at the dome and then went our merry way and explored the zoo.

Eventually we came across this small little set of rides in a clearing at the zoo- stuff like a Merry Go Round and some other basic rides. So me and my sister head over to the Merry Go Round first, but all of a sudden my sister gets stolen away from me by a smaller little girl and the two of them ride on a different part of the ride together.

That little girl turned out to be none other than Bindi Irwin.

So for the following thirty minutes or so, Bindi and my sister play together on the various small rides in that clearing and having fun. Then all of a sudden, the zoo employees shout over to Bindi, "Oi, Bindi, look! It's your dad!"

Sure enough, here comes Steve Irwin riding on top of one of the elephants from earlier, all jovial and laughing like a little kid. Bindi turns to look at her dad for a second, shrugs and then goes back to playing with my sis. My dad and I, on the other hand, flip out and rush over to the side of Steve's elephant. I think I managed to get one photo, but the thing I remember most of all was this exchange between my dad and Mr. Irwin:

My Dad: We love your work!
Steve Irwin: (look down at us and smiles all big) So do I!

I'm never going to forget that experience. It really feels like one of those "Too Good to be True" stories, but it actually did happen. I'll always cherish that experience and feel awful that the man died so young.

RIP Steve Irwin.
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That was beautiful. =)
 
Guy was pure awesome. Used to watch him a lot when I was a much younger. I was wondering why his show is on Animal Planet today :(
 
This one still gets me. He was such a good dude. Him and his wife did such good things for animals. Even just making animals and caring for them popular in the mainstream is such a good thing.

Can't even believe it has been 10 years.
 
Chained Prometheus said:
I had the great pleasure of briefly meeting Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi on Christmas Eve 2003, shortly after his son had been born.

My family had been stationed over at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa for several years and were gearing up to be moved back to the States in Summer 2004, so my parents wanted to use Winter Break as our last opportunity to make a trip over to Australia. We visited three different parts of the continent over the trip, but the first stop was near the Australia Zoo that the Irwin family runs.

Now Steve and Terri hadn't announced that they'd had another child yet publicly, so my family was kinda surprised when the bus driver who was taking us to the zoo mentioned that the Irwins had just had another kid and were keeping a low profile about it.

Strangely enough, when we got to the zoo, it turned out that they were in the process of opening up a new elephant exhibit and Steve himself was showing the new elephants to everyone there. We briefly got to see the tail-end of the presentation at the dome and then went our merry way and explored the zoo.

Eventually we came across this small little set of rides in a clearing at the zoo- stuff like a Merry Go Round and some other basic rides. So me and my sister head over to the Merry Go Round first, but all of a sudden my sister gets stolen away from me by a smaller little girl and the two of them ride on a different part of the ride together.

That little girl turned out to be none other than Bindi Irwin.

So for the following thirty minutes or so, Bindi and my sister play together on the various small rides in that clearing and having fun. Then all of a sudden, the zoo employees shout over to Bindi, "Oi, Bindi, look! It's your dad!"

Sure enough, here comes Steve Irwin riding on top of one of the elephants from earlier, all jovial and laughing like a little kid. Bindi turns to look at her dad for a second, shrugs and then goes back to playing with my sis. My dad and I, on the other hand, flip out and rush over to the side of Steve's elephant. I think I managed to get one photo, but the thing I remember most of all was this exchange between my dad and Mr. Irwin:

My Dad: We love your work!
Steve Irwin: (look down at us and smiles all big) So do I!

I'm never going to forget that experience. It really feels like one of those "Too Good to be True" stories, but it actually did happen. I'll always cherish that experience and feel awful that the man died so young.

RIP Steve Irwin.
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Thanks for sharing man, teared up a little there at the end. :')

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Watched him on TV almost everyday, growing up. He thought me A LOT about animals. Can't believe its been 10 years. Man...
 
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