Steve Irwin, the hugely popular Australian television personality and environmentalist known as the “Crocodile Hunter” was killed Monday by a stingray while filming an underwater documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.
Irwin was killed by a stingray barb to the heart on Batt Reef, off the remote resort town of Port Douglas in northeastern Queensland state, his wildlife park Australia Zoo said in a statement.
Crew members aboard Irwin’s boat, Croc One, called emergency services in the nearest city, Cairns, and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Low Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead a short time later, the statement said.
Stingrays have flat bodies and tails with serrated spines, which contain venom and can cause cuts and puncture wounds. The creatures are not aggressive and injury usually occurs when a swimmer or diver accidentally steps on one.
4 Comments:
May he RIP, that's all we can say; He was fun to watch and i like animals fa... alla yer7amou, Guess working around animals has a kinda expected ending..
chika:
alla yer7amou yeah..he was a great adventurer..never knew fear!I always thought that hes gonna end up in one of his crocodiles mouth! Will miss his shows.
Allah yer7oma :(
yeah, that's what i thought too, men a crocodile bas mo belba7r! Freaky!
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