The "Croc Hunter"...

[MacTavishOfJapan]

What a shame. Seemed like a great, if somewhat cavelier, bloke. Truely seemed to love animals and I really enjoyed his shows.

[Big Paul]

Very sad news... I like his shows.

[Tattoo Bradley]

"Crikey!" is pretty fitting indeed.

No disrespect to the man and his work, but this really should not come as such a "shock." "You reap what you sew" and all of that. My thoughts are with his poor children.

[JackK]

As others have said "Crikey!" is all that comes to mind. It is truly sad news and I feel for is family, it seemed that Terry and Steve where true soul mates especially with their love for all animals. As sad as it is that his kids will grow up without their father they do have his many films to see what he meant to nature and what nature meant to him.

Rest in peace Steve

Jack

[Graham]

I just heard a few hours ago, his wife was walking here in Tassie at the time too.

Heck I've been nose to nose with huge stingrays while diving, had them swim over the top of me, I would have never thought they would kill someone.
Steve must have grabbed it by the tail or something.

Either way, it's a tragic loss to Australia and the world, he was a great guy.
I feel most sorry for poor Bindi & her little brother, now without a Dad, and a Dad who loved his family.

[pbpersson]

Heck I've been nose to nose with huge stingrays while diving, had them swim over the top of me, I would have never thought they would kill someone.
Steve must have grabbed it by the tail or something.

No, experts have viewed the footage of the attack - he was swimming over the top of the stringray that was on the ocean floor and apparently the animal felt trapped by Steve, freaked out, and that's why it attacked.

They said it was a totally freak accident, that it should not have happened, and if it had stung him anywhere else it probably would not have been fatal.

I heard about it last night and was totally shocked. The world has lost a great man.

[Tartan Hiker]

As a biology teacher and herpetologist myself, I am shocked and deeply saddened. My students know how much I thought of Steve and his mission, so returning to classes tomorrow will be hard.

We'll miss you, Steve-o.

[macwilkin]

"Crikey!" is pretty fitting indeed.

No disrespect to the man and his work, but this really should not come as such a "shock." "You reap what you sew" and all of that. My thoughts are with his poor children.

I actually meant that I was shocked to read it this morning, not that it happened. Sorry for the confusion.

T.

[pbpersson]

No disrespect to the man and his work, but this really should not come as such a "shock." "You reap what you sew" and all of that.

Well....on that topic.....he had a wonderful sense of humor. Now they are getting more into his life and his outlook on things and one of the quotes they had went something like this:

"You know, one of the reasons I am so popular is because people love to watch me take these wild chances, thinking that one day I will go too far....I mean, it's not like they watch me because I'm a great speaker..."

I will really, really miss that guy.

[Yaish]

What a terrible shame. Steve was a great guy, and did a lot to bring animal knowledge to the world. He'll be missed, and I really feel for his family.