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The Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992. Steve managed to turn his image as a fearless and enthusiastic lover of close-up fauna into a trademark, and his series was a great success around the world
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The famous Australian actor, showman and one of the most active defenders of Australian fauna, Steve Irwin, died during the filming of another film about animals, AP reports. He was 44 years old.

An Australian "crocodile hunter" known for his live wildlife reports and stunts with crocodiles and snakes has been killed by a stingray.

The incident occurred in the north of the Australian state of Queensland, near the city of Port Douglas. Steve participated in the filming of a film about the underwater world of Australia. The stingray killed the actor with a blow to the chest during one of the dives. The helicopter with doctors arrived to the victim too late, and it was not possible to save him.

According to some reports, the spike-tailed stingray pierced the actor’s heart and part of his lungs with its blow, reports the Siberian News Agency.

Victoria Brims, an expert from Sydney, suggests that the animal's aggression was provoked: "I know he was filming a documentary. I would imagine that he tried to pick up the animal or got too close to it, so that the animal got scared and had to defend itself." .

In addition, Brims clarified that for most people such a wound, for example in the leg, does not have such serious consequences; it is equivalent to a minor infection, RIA Novosti reports. Steve was wounded in the heart area, apparently this could cause a reaction. The spines of stingrays are very strong, in addition, when you touch them, poison is released.

A similar incident already occurred two years ago on the set, but at that time the victim was provided with timely medical assistance.

The Crocodile Hunter program was first broadcast in 1992. Steve turned his image as a fearless, enthusiastic, up-close-and-personal wildlife enthusiast into a trademark, and his series ran with great success around the world on the Discovery Channel.

Steve Irwin was born in the Australian state of Victoria in 1962. His father created a reptile park in Queensland in the 70s of the last century.

Since 1991, Steve Irwin continued the family business and soon created the first episodes of the film "Crocodile Hunter", which became popular throughout the world. This year Irwin was honored for his contribution to the Australian tourism industry. The award recognized Irwin's achievements in popularizing the Green Continent in documentaries about wildlife and the creation of the Australia Zoo.

Repeatedly Irwin was in situations where his life literally hung in the balance. He had a large number of injuries received from contact with animals.

As Steve Irwin said, the first time he was seriously injured was in the early 90s when he dived from the bow of a boat onto a crocodile. The crocodile was sitting on a rock, which Irwin hit with his shoulder, and the stone smashed him to the bone. The bone cut through all the important muscles, ligaments and tendons.

Another time, in East Timor, he was rescuing a crocodile that was trapped in a concrete pipe and there was no way to get it out. So Irwin dived inside with the animal. The crocodile grabbed him in a death grip, as a result the same arm was ripped open again, and this time the tendon was torn.

One day, Irwin was hit on the head by a crocodile he caught underwater. Then his knees and shins were cut while he was riding a 4-metre crocodile. Another time, on the way to filming, he had to save a kangaroo on the side of the road. When he approached the animal, the kangaroo hit him and cut his lip in half.

Despite everything, Steve Irwin continued to make films. “If you can’t laugh at yourself, then you’re too correct and your life is too boring,” he said.

Steve Irwin is survived by two children, Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence. His wife Terry assisted him on filming.

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“If you can’t laugh at yourself, then you’re too correct and your life is too boring.” (Steve Irwin)

September 2012 marks six years since Steve Irwin no longer in this world. Steve's life was cut short at the age of 44 due to an absurd accident that occurred on the set of another series about wildlife...

Stephen Robert Irwin born on February 22, 1962, to naturalists Lyn and Bob Irwin. Steve grew up on his parents' reptile farm in Queensland, helping Lyn and Bob care for the farm's inhabitants from his childhood. The first step on the path to fame was his participation in a government program to humanely relocate crocodiles without the use of tranquilizers. The idea of humane treatment of crocodiles Steve Irwin defended it on his TV show. It was television that brought him worldwide fame. Even when dealing with the most poisonous snakes in the world Steve Irwin never used violence.

Steve became a popular Australian naturalist, television journalist and author of numerous wildlife films such as The Crocodile Hunter ( "Crocodile Hunter"), TV show "Crok Files", "The Crocodile Hunter Diaries" ( "The Crocodile Hunter Diaries"). Owner of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland.
Steve Irwin started out as a child catching crocodiles around Queensland for his parents' reptile park. Since 1991, Steve Irwin continued the family business and soon created the first episodes of the film "Crocodile Hunter"(Crocodile Hunter), which has become popular all over the world. This year Irwin was honored for his contribution to the Australian tourism industry. The award recognized Irwin's achievements in popularizing the Green Continent in documentaries about wildlife and the creation of the Australia Zoo.

Repeatedly Irvine been in situations where his life literally hung by a thread. He had a large number of injuries received from contact with animals.As I told myself Steve Irwin, the first time he was seriously injured was in the early 90s when he dived from the bow of a boat onto a crocodile. The crocodile was sitting on a rock, which Irwin hit with his shoulder, and the stone smashed him to the bone. The bone cut through all the important muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Another time, in East Timor, he was rescuing a crocodile that was trapped in a concrete pipe and there was no way to get it out. So Irwin dived inside with the animal. The crocodile grabbed him in a death grip, as a result the same arm was ripped open again, and this time the tendon was torn.
One day, Irwin was hit on the head by a crocodile he caught underwater. Then his knees and shins were cut while he was riding a 4-metre crocodile. Another time, on the way to filming, he had to save a kangaroo on the side of the road. When he approached the animal, the kangaroo hit him and cut his lip in half.

Steve captivated me from the very first frames of the series "Crocodile Hunter", which once aired on the TNT channel. I never missed a single episode and waited for the next one with great anticipation. This man with magnificent cheerful charisma and genuine positivity, a lively smile, mischievous freckles and funny jokes, he skillfully talked about the wildlife of Australia, kissed the noses and tops of poisonous lizards, tickled dangerous spiders, played with turtles, teased snakes and, of course, brilliantly tamed crocodiles. In Australia he had no equal in taming these dangerous reptiles.

For the first time the program "Crocodile Hunter" aired in 1992. Steve managed to turn his image as a fearless and enthusiastic lover of studying fauna up close into a trademark, and his series was broadcast with great success around the world on the channel Discovery.

In 1992 Steve married Terry Baines, who, like him, was engaged in the study of wildlife. On all TV shows Terry was directly involved along with her husband. His film "Crocodile Hunter", which begins with Steve and Terry's honeymoon (during which they go crocodile fishing), has been shown in more than 120 countries. Terry Irwin She was always by his side and helped her husband in all his reckless ideas, assisting him on the set.

They had two children and even then Terry I was with my children and my husband. This is true love when the whole family is together.

And this photo once caused a wave of discontent in the media; Steve even received a complaint to the court when he appeared with his barely born son at his next crocodile show. It is worth noting that Irwin’s tricks were sometimes beyond human understanding. In 2004, during a show at the Queensland Zoo, he held his one-month-old son just meters from the jaws of a predator. During the broadcast, dozens of people called the Children's Welfare Society hotline. To the horror of the audience Steve Irwin held his one-month-old son Robert with one hand, and with the other waved a piece of chicken in front of the mouth of a four-meter crocodile. And when the meat disappeared in the teeth of the predator, Irvine turned to his son and said: "Good boy, Bob!" Myself Irvine subsequently he said that he constantly kept the situation under control, and nothing threatened his child.

On the set of the programs there were many funny situations, as well as life-threatening ones. Steve was repeatedly bitten by snakes, stung by scorpions, he was injured by his beloved crocodiles, but this inexhaustibly energetic man, who loved life so much, simply laughed in the face of danger, because he loved all these living creatures and enjoyed communicating with them again and again.

Steve Irwin died absurdly September 4, 2006 years on the set of another TV show, receiving a fatal blow to the heart from a stingray. A national funeral was held on the occasion of his death, and the day of his death is considered a national day of mourning in Australia.
U Steve Irwin survived by two children, Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence. His wife Terry assisted him on the set.

At 11 am Steve Irwin went scuba diving to film electric stingrays off the Great Barrier Reef. He was collecting material for his next film "Deadly Creatures of the Ocean". The presenter had already gone down to the stingrays many times. In principle, this predator is rarely truly dangerous to humans: only two cases of deaths of tourists stung by stingrays have been recorded off the coast of Australia.But apparently Steve teased his death too often. One of the fish attacked the leader while he was above it. The stingray raised its tail with a poisonous sting at the end and slammed it into Steve's chest. The sting hit exactly - the naturalist’s heart stopped even before anyone from his team had time to react.

Producer and director John Stainton program said he had viewed the tape of Irwin's final moments,and these images shocked him. “It was very difficult to watch because you watch someone die... and it’s terrible,” - he admitted. “He can be seen rising above the stingray, whose tail flew up and pierced his chest. He pulled out the spike, and a minute laterhe was gone. That's all. The cameraman had to stop filming.»

"There was no blood in the water, it was not very clear... Something happened to this animal that made him buck, and Steve was in the wrong place at the wrong time. If he had been hit in another place, we would have didn't talk about the tragedy", - said Peter West, the owner of the ship on which the film crew sailed. The operator and another crew member pulled Irwin out of the water, placed him on an inflatable boat and transported him to the support vessel. Team members said he was virtually unconscious after being injected with a stingray and died during transport. John Stainton added that Irwin did not provoke the stingray, but was simply floating above it when he was attacked.

Mark Mikan, a researcher at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, says that although the spines of stingrays can be coated with toxic mucus, the main damage is caused by ruptured blood vessels. "The spines have very fine teeth, like the heads of arrows. When the stingray removes the spine from the victim, the teeth tear the flesh. It's like being stabbed with a serrated knife.", he says.Toxicologist Chris Winder from the University of New South Wales says that stingray venom acts very slowly. Injured people sometimes don't even realize that toxins are gradually killing their tissue. "If Steve Irwin died so quickly, it wasn't toxins.", - speaks Winder.

Film of fatal attack handed to Queensland Police, Premier Peter Beatty said that Irvine will be buried with state honors if his family so desires. Irwin's relatives and friends have repeatedly stated that they will do everything possible to ensure that this recording is not replicated inInternet and insisted on its destruction. However, to protect the tragic photographs of the death of a naturalist from prying eyes, the deathwhich is already being compared to the death of Princess Diana, failed...

Interesting Facts
In 2009, a rare mountain tropical snail was named in Irwin's honor - Crikey steveirwini Stanisic, 2009.
After the death of her husband, his wife - Terry Irwin dedicated a book to her memories of their life together: "Steve and Me"

A longtime friend of the tragically deceased actor, showman and naturalist Steve Irwin spoke about the circumstances of his death.

The operator and another crew member pulled Irwin out of the water, placed him on an inflatable boat and transported him to the support vessel. Team members said he was virtually unconscious after being injected with a stingray and died during transport.

Mark Meekan, a researcher at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, says that while stingray spines can be coated in toxic mucus, it is the ruptured blood vessels that cause most of the damage. "The spines have very fine teeth, like the heads of arrows. When the stingray removes the spine from the victim, the teeth tear the flesh. It's like being stabbed with a serrated knife," he says.

Toxicologist Chris Winder from the University of New South Wales says stingray venom is very slow-acting. Injured people sometimes don't even realize that toxins are gradually killing their tissue.

In 1988, 12-year-old Jeff Zamel died a week after being stabbed in the chest by a ten-foot stingray. After spending two days in the hospital, he was discharged home. A few days later, Jeff stood up from the table after dinner and then simply dropped dead.

"If Steve Irwin died that quickly, it wasn't toxins," Winder says.

Mark Mikan recalled that most injuries from stingrays occur when people accidentally step on them while walking in shallow water. First aid usually involves rinsing the wound with water to deactivate the toxin. Usually the victim experiences excruciating pain.

The footage of the fatal attack has been handed over to Queensland State Police, The Australian reports.

State Premier Peter Beattie said Irvine would be buried with full honors if his family so desired.

Steve Irwin was born in the Australian state of Victoria in 1962. His father created a reptile park in Queensland in the 70s of the last century.

Repeatedly Irwin was in situations where his life literally hung in the balance. He had a large number of injuries received from contact with animals.

As Steve himself said, the first time he was seriously injured was in the early 90s, when he dived from the bow of a boat onto a crocodile. The crocodile was sitting on a rock, which Irwin hit with his shoulder, and the stone smashed him to the bone. The bone cut through all the important muscles, ligaments and tendons.

Steve Irwin is an eminent broadcaster and naturalist from Australia. The series “The Crocodile Hunter” he created brought him worldwide fame. During filming on September 4, 2006, Steve Irwin dies from a sting from a huge stingray. His death struck many: no one thought that his life’s work would be disastrous for the naturalist. However, there are still many mysteries about his death. Why and how did this famous TV presenter die? We will try to figure this out in the article, and also take a look at the biography of Steve Irwin.

Early years

He was born into the family of naturalists Lyn and Bob Irwin, in Australia, in the suburbs of Melbourne, in 1962. Australian naturalist Steve Irwin was raised in Queensland on a reptile farm by his parents. From an early age, Steve helps his parents: he takes care of the crocodiles and feeds them. After graduating from school, he goes to North Queensland, where Steve Irwin, as a crocodile hunter, is engaged in catching individuals that pose a real danger to humans. It is interesting that Irwin’s work is almost unpaid, and his tireless altruism is explained by his love for these predators, which he already understands, and also by the fact that he leaves the caught crocodiles in his park.

Fame

Popularity comes to Irwin with his participation in a program for the humane treatment of crocodiles, or rather, with the movement of reptiles without the help of tranquilizers. Steve constantly promotes the same position in his own TV show Croc Files.

Television brings Steve Irwin fame and popularity in the world - the series “Crocodile Hunter”, which started in 1997, becomes top. Steve presents himself in this documentary series as a fearless explorer and enthusiast, and the film is broadcast with great success on the Discovery Channel around the world. Steve Irwin's fame extends beyond Australia - the naturalist is very popular in the USA.

Steve Irwin truly enjoys his work - he does what he loves, interest in films with his participation remains unchanged, and his name turns into a trademark. Steve constantly takes risks, sometimes his life hangs by a thread - he was wounded a couple of times, although he was never seriously injured. Steve Irwin personally always performs any stunts himself and often gets dangerously close to the animals.

Dangerous stunts

It is noteworthy that Irwin’s tricks often border on the normal understanding of permissibility. During a performance at the Queensland Zoo on January 2, 2004, he holds his one-month-old son with one hand and offers a piece of chicken to a crocodile with the other. In this case, the child is only a meter away from the reptile’s teeth. As the crocodile swallows the thrown piece, Steve Irwin tells his son, “Good boy, Bob!” Hundreds of people then contact the Children's Welfare Society via a hotline demanding that they deal with the “crazy” father.

The naturalist himself later says that he kept the situation under control throughout the entire show and certainly knew that nothing threatened the life of his child. Although the public then remained unconvinced.

Family

Steve Irwin marries Terri Raines in 1992. She, like him, is a wildlife researcher. She takes part in many of Steve Irwin's films. His movie "The Crocodile Hunter" begins with footage of Terry and Steve's honeymoon - they are fishing for crocodiles. Bindi Sue, Steve's daughter, was born in July 1998, and son Robert in December 2003. It is he who becomes a participant in the performance, which caused a wave of indignation.

It is interesting that while reptiles and dangerous predators are very supportive of Steve, parrots do not like him very much, becoming the only representatives of the animal world with which the naturalist has no contact. “I don’t know what they have against me specifically, but they are constantly trying to bite me,” he says in an interview.

Death

On the day of his death, Irwin is not filming for himself. The filming for which Irwin lost his life might not have happened. In those days, the naturalist is filming a series of programs called “The Most Dangerous Animals of the Ocean,” but when he has a day off from his schedule, he decides to make a video about stingrays for his daughter’s television show. The decision turns out to be fatal.

The stingray that killed Steve Irwin was very aggressive. Cameraman Justin Lyons testifies. He worked with the TV presenter on the day of his death and witnessed the death of crocodile hunter Steve Irwin. He claims that the animal hits Irwin with its tail a couple of dozen times in a matter of seconds. Such aggression is very rare among stingrays, and no one can say what caused it.

Dr. Gabe Mirkin says it would have been possible to save Steve Irwin if the naturalist had not removed the remaining stingray tail spine from his chest. This spike is a complete mystery because Justin Lyons claims that his colleague did not remove it from the wound, although doctors who watched the tape are convinced that it was removed. Most likely, it will no longer be possible to find out the truth now.

Last words

The last words spoken by Steve Irwin are heard by his cameraman Justin Lyons, who, together with the naturalist, was waiting for help to arrive and persuading him to fight for his life. According to the operator, in response to encouraging phrases, Steve looks him straight in the eye and says: “I’m dying.” This phrase becomes his last words, which then echo for many months in the head of Justin Lyons, who was a close friend of the television journalist, and not just a cameraman.

Poisons specialist, toxicologist Jamie Seymour, who worked with Irwin for many years, was close to the shooting location and appears almost immediately at the scene of the tragedy. He does everything he can to save Steve Irwin, but quickly realizes that this is impossible. Despite this, Dr. Seymour blames himself for many years for not being able to think of anything to save his colleague and friend.

Public reaction

The Australian public absolutely loves Steve Irwin. When he dies, his admirers begin to take revenge on innocent animals, because one of them causes the death of the TV presenter. In the months that followed Irvine's death, more than a dozen stingrays were killed off the Australian coast, with most having their tails torn out.

Justin Lyons

As far as it became known, all or almost all copies of the recordings of the tragic moment of Irwin’s death, which were in the possession of Justin Lyons and were given to specialists involved in the investigation, were subsequently destroyed by the decision of the TV journalist’s friends and family. Rumor has it that his widow kept one copy, although she immediately said that this recording would never be aired.

Justin Lyons is being condemned for his interview about the death of Steve Irwin. After his death, cameraman Justin Lyons, who is the main witness to the tragedy, gives out multiple interviews where he describes what happened in detail. Many of Stephen Irwin's friends condemn him for this, saying that he is taking advantage of the death of the TV presenter to gain his own popularity. Although there are those who came to his defense, arguing that the death of a friend was a severe shock for the operator, and stories about it are one of the ways to cope with grief. Most likely, the latter are right: during all this time, Lyons did not allow himself to say a single ambiguous or bad word about the deceased television journalist.

Steve and his wife Terri dreamed of having a third child. Steve Irwin and his wife were not just spouses, but also like-minded people who devoted their lives to protecting and studying nature. It seemed that they managed to do everything they wanted: a large number of projects, travel, famous TV shows, two excellent children... However, as Terri noted not long ago, they had one plan that never came to fruition. She and Steve wanted to have a third child. And although Robert and Bindi constantly delight their mother with their successes, the fact that another child never appeared in the family still depresses Terri Irwin.

Memory

Steve Irwin's ship is still afloat. His yacht Croc One is no less famous than the TV presenter himself. On it he made his countless travels and conducted research. And it was on it that he decided to go on his last tragically ended expedition - to film stingrays. Nowadays, Croc One is still in service. On it, Australia Zoo scientists go on sea expeditions, preserving the memory of Steve's legacy and himself.

A Dutch ship was named after the crocodile hunter. In 2007, the Sea Shepherds Nature Conservation Society in Holland commissioned a new motor boat for its expeditions, which was named after Steve Irwin.

And of course, he left a legacy of such films as “The Crocodile Hunter”, “Secrets of the Hunters”, “Deadly Ocean”.

Many people thought he was crazy. What normal person would want to spend their honeymoon teaching their wife how to catch crocodiles? Or feed a chicken to predatory reptiles while holding your newborn son in your other hand? However, the same people did not miss a single film by the intrepid Australian naturalist Steve Irwin. And he continued to energetically approach dangerous animals with his famous exclamation “Wow!”, until one of the predators turned out to be his last.

Young naturalist

This cannot be said to be an accident. At the age of six, little Stevie was given a real python. At the age of nine, the boy was already sent to feed crocodiles at the Irwin family's home nursery in Queensland.

After graduating from school, Steve decided to start a small business: he offered Australian farmers to get rid of unwanted crocodiles and other unpleasant creatures on their territories completely free of charge. The young man took the caught prey to his parents’ nursery, which soon grew to the title of “Australian Zoo in Queensland”.

When the young crocodile hunter turned 29 years old, his parents decided to retire and handed the zoo over to their son. Literally a year later, the owner met his fate among his visitors, who came to him in the form of a girl named Terry. The girl assured that she was not afraid of crocodiles, so Steve, without hesitation, married her. Terry had a surprise in store for his honeymoon. The husband decided to show the girl the wonderful places where he spent his youth - the crocodile swamps of Australia. Joint crocodiles fishing was provided as additional entertainment.

To avoid getting bored on the way, the newlyweds took their friend, director John Stainton, with them. He was so amused by Steve's honeymoon idea that he decided to make a documentary about it.

Soon after his return, it became clear that Stainton had made the right decision. His road footage was edited into the first series of the famous "Crocodile Hunters", which were immediately purchased by the Discovery TV channel. Of course, the main figure of the film was the resilient Steve with his unceremonious manner of communication, Australian accent and signature cry of “Wow!”, which he emitted when rushing towards especially dangerous predatory creatures. By the way, despite the image of an inveterate “hunter,” Steve never even killed cannibal crocodiles. He only observed the animals and moved them from populated areas, where they could harm people, to the most remote corners of the swamps.

The Crocodile Hunters made Irwin an international television star. This can be judged by the fact that he was invited by such “celebrity indicators” as Larry King and Oprah Winfrey. By the way, it was on the Larry King show that Steve admitted that of all living creatures he is afraid only of parrots. Too often they treacherously bit him during communication. The famous Irwin was even invited to play himself in the film "Doctor Dolittle 2".

Dangerous habits

However, even after Steve proved to the whole world that he knew how to handle predators, many believed that the crazy Australian was going too far.

For the first time, the presenter began to be reproached for being too careless when he made a film about the inhabitants of Antarctica. Animal activists were shocked by the episode during which Steve strolls carefree among seals and penguins. The Greens felt that the presenter was disturbing the integrity of the Antarctic fauna with his familiar touches. But how can you explain what familiarity is to a person who was dragging a crocodile by the tail? In this case, ordinary viewers were certainly on Irwin's side.

The second time, Steve still made even his most loyal fans horrified. This happened when he decided to introduce the exciting craft of crocodile taming to his son. The extravagant presenter began to act without delaying matters. Shortly after little Bob was born, he carried him out to the crocodile pool during a show at his zoo. To the groans of the audience, dad fed his green pets chicken carcasses with one hand, holding an interested baby in the other hand.

Immediately after this, the local and world press erupted in protests from baby advocates and, oddly enough, animal rights activists. Everyone believed that Steve acted completely irresponsibly, so it was time to deprive him of parental rights. The police even came to the TV presenter’s house, apparently to make sure that there was no crocodile sitting in the bathtub, which the crazy dad was feeding with babies. However, no threat to little Bob’s life was found, so the strange family was left alone.

Life continued to be good for the carefree animal lover. Together with his wife and two children, he continued to run his own zoo and make his dangerous films. However, the popularity of dangerous spectacles is due to the fact that the viewer subconsciously waits for the handler to make a mistake. Sometimes this actually happens.

On September 4 at 11 am, Steve Irwin went scuba diving to film electric stingrays off the Great Barrier Reef. He was collecting material for his next film, “Deadly Creatures of the Ocean.” The presenter had already gone down to the stingrays many times. In principle, this predator is rarely truly dangerous to humans: only two cases of deaths of tourists stung by stingrays have been recorded off the coast of Australia.

But apparently Steve teased his death too often. One of the fish attacked the leader while he was above it. The stingray raised its tail with an electric sting at the end and slammed it into Steve's chest. The sting hit exactly - the naturalist’s heart stopped even before anyone from his team had time to react.

Ekaterina Chekushina