I woke up to the news that the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin, has died. I'll give you a guess as to what he died from. Alright--It wasn't by crocodile. But, it was by stingray. (I've never heard of anyone dying by stingray before.)Read the story here. Read John's take on it here and here. Figures he'd get to it before I did.
I remember when I was in the Philippines. I met this guy also named David who was a student from Australia (actually, he was a student at the University of London.) At first I thought he was a Brit. So we start talking about our home countries and I brought up Steve Irwin. At the time the Crocodile Hunter was big in the States. I saw his face drop and he let out a loud grown. Had I said something wrong? Yup. Apparently, he's not as appreciated in Australia. I found that funny. Sure, Irwin was over the top but he's not someone to be embarrassed over. He's no Tom Cruise or anything.
Stingray, huh? That sucks.
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So I heard on the Bob and Tom radio show this morning that only like 3 people a year die from sting ray attacks. I just am surprised that the Crocodile Hunter would be one of them.
Oh. I heard that he was the third person to dies from a sting ray. Honestly, I thought that if he was going to die, he'd be bitten by one of those poisonous little critters that Australia is littered with. *shudder*
Hey - not all of our critters are poisonous - some of them will just disembowel you instead...
^Oh! Even better!
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