How I heard about Steve Irwin's death
2 commentsSteve Irwin's death is perhaps the biggest news story of 2006... at least judging by the number of times I heard about it yesterday.
7:45am - I first read about Steve Irwin's death on Jess James's blog. I read my blogroll on my cell phone during breakfast.
9:00am - My mother called me at work. "Did you hear the news?"
10:00am - Steve Irwin's death was on the front page of popular news websites, such as Google News and digg.com
12:30pm - I was invited to joing The Steve Irwin Foundation on Facebook; many other Steve Irwin groups were also showing up in my network.
1:40pm - I got an email from a friend with the subject line, Oh my god, linking to an MSNBC story on Irwin
7:30pm - Steve Irwin was the center of our dinner table conversation. I think we were mostly shocked because everyone in my family has gone snorkeling or scuba diving with stingrays many times before. We never considered stingrays harmful compared to the other animals that Irwin wrestled - and I read that Irwin was only the third person in Australia's history to be killed by a stingray. Later in the dinner, I recalled some fond memories of using the phrase Crikey! , which I learned from Irwin's TV show.
9:00pm - Watched Irwin's 2004 interview with Larry King on Larry King Live.
Why is it that a quirky TV show host was able to capture the hearts of so many? I think it is because he was always excited and happy in his work.
Rest in Peace, mate.
Wikipedia tells me
"Dasyatids generally do not attack aggressively, or even actively defend themselves. When threatened, their primary reaction is to swim away. However, when they are attacked by predators or stepped on, the barbed stinger in their tail is mechanically whipped up. This attack is normally ineffective against their main predator: sharks.[1] Humans are usually stung in the foot; it is also possible, although less likely, to be stung by brushing against the stinger. Contact with the stinger causes local trauma (from the cut itself), pain and swelling from the venom, and possible infection from parts of the stinger left in the wound. Injuries to humans include, but are not limited to: poisoning, punctures, severed arteries and possible death. Fatal stings, such as that which killed Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin in 2006,[2] are extremely rare"
AND what is it with all the Wikipedia vandalism going on
I agree with your rationale; enthusiasm is beautiful. I think that is a great lesson from this unfortunately accident.
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