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On 4 September 2006, Australian zookeeper, conservationist, and television programmer Steve Irwin was killed by a stingray while filming in the Great Barrier Reef. The stingray's barb pierced his chest , penetrating his thoracic wall and heart , causing massive trauma.
Mar 23, 2022 · According to Irwin's longtime filming partner, Justin Lyons, when the 8-foot-wide stingray "propped up on its front and started stabbing wildly," puncturing the television personality known as The Crocodile Hunter in the chest, he didn't even realize Irwin had been injured — at first.
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Aug 25, 2020 · Steve Irwin: The Devastating Death of ‘The Crocodile Hunter’. After chasing deadly animals around the globe, it was a freak accident with the normally calm stingray that ultimately took the...
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- Steve Irwin grew up at a zoo. Steve Irwin discovered his love of animals, and talent for handling them, at an early age. “My dad was a wildlife expert,” Irwin told Larry King in 2004.
- Steve Irwin met his wife, Terri, at the Australia Zoo. Though Steve Irwin was the indisputable star of The Crocodile Hunter, his family—including his wife, Terri—played an integral role in the series.
- The first episode of The Crocodile Hunter was filmed during Steve and Terri Irwin's honeymoon. Appropriately, Steve and Terri spent their honeymoon traveling around Australia trapping crocodiles for relocation.
- Irwin believed his enthusiasm was the key to The Crocodile Hunter's success. When asked by Scientific American about what he attributed the show’s immense popularity to, Irwin quipped, “Nothing to do with my looks, that's for sure!
Sep 4, 2006 · SYDNEY, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's...
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), known as "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife educator, and environmentalist.
Nov 30, 2019 · Real-life Crocodile Dundee Steve Irwin journeys to Australia's far north to try and capture a nuisance crocodile and teach it a lesson before releasing it back into the wild.
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