Arraia mata Steve Irwin, 44, o "caçador de crocodilos"

[c0m4nch3]

O apresentador de televisão australiano Steve Irwin, conhecido como o caçador de crocodilos, morreu nesta segunda-feira aos 44 anos, vítima da picada de uma arraia. O naturalista estava mergulhando perto de Cairns, em Low Isles, no litoral nordeste da Austrália, quando ocorreu o acidente.

Stephen Robert Irwin (seu nome completo) filmava um documentário sobre animais marinhos quando foi atingido.

O aguilhão da arraia entrou no peito de Irwin, atingindo seu coração e, possivelmente, segundo médicos, provocando um ataque cardíaco. Uma equipe de resgate chegou a ser enviada ao local, mas ele morreu antes de chegar ao hospital.

"Ele segurou uma arraia e o barbilhão do animal entrou no peito dele, abrindo um buraco em seu coração", disse o produtor dos programas de Irwin, John Stainton, que estava ao lado do aventureiro.


:sm20:

OBS: Nao achei o video do youtube com o ataque da arraia no cacador

[GENERAL]

Eu sempre Adimirei esses cara q brinca com esses animais!!

mas tbm num precisa ser imprudente!! BURRÃO!! :sm20:

[CesarDRK]

Morte "boba".... Cara fazia cada coisa e vai morrer desse jeito?

Foda :P

[Ryu]

Descanse em paz.

:(

[Lê]

Detalhe que o cara brincava com crocodilos...:sm25:


Descanse em paz..

[Daniel-GO]

A vida é irônica...

[PreD@tor]

caraio.. direto no coração, arraia assassina...

[Mantrhax]

rah

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/66/Steve-Irwin.jpg

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5235294,00.jpg

Fake.... será jogada de marketing ? ou ele morreu mesmo ?

[c0m4nch3]

http://www.seaturtlehospital.org/raybarb1.jpg
foto de tartaruga marinha atingida por ferrão de arraia Australiana

[BudOg]

Que arraiá perigoso...

[Sizemore]

Afff...
Não...Nâo consigo acreditar nisso...Eu adorava esse cara...
Puta merda bicho,que sacanagem...

Agora parece que só resta o Steve Irwin:(

[Liquid]

fora que é raro um ataque de arraia...

[Darkcity]

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[Sizemore]

hortly after 11:00 am local time on 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a short-tail stingray barb while diving in Queensland's Batt Reef (part of the Great Barrier Reef), off the coast of Port Douglas. The events were caught on camera and the footage is now in the possession of Queensland Police.[24] Irwin was in the area filming his own documentary, to be called The Ocean's Deadliest, but weather had stalled filming. Irwin decided to take the opportunity to film some shallow water shots for a segment in the television program his daughter Bindi was hosting,[25] when, according to his friend and colleague John Stainton, he swam too close to one of the animals. "He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart," said Stainton, who was on board Irwin's boat at the time.

After reviewing the footage of the incident and speaking to the cameraman who recorded it, marine documentary filmmaker and fisherman Ben Cropp speculated that the stingray "felt threatened because Steve was alongside and there was the cameraman ahead..."[24] In such a case, the stingray responds by automatically flexing the serrated barb on its tail up to a maximum of 25 cm (10 in) of length.

"He came over the top of a stingray that was buried in the sand, and the barb came up and hit him in the chest," Stainton said. Cropp said Irwin had accidentally boxed the animal in. "It stopped and twisted and threw up its tail with the spike, and it caught him in the chest. It's a defensive thing. It's like being stabbed with a dirty dagger." The stinging of Irwin by the Bull Ray was "a one-in-a-million thing," Cropp told Time magazine. "I have swum with many rays, and I have only had one do that to me."[26] In this case, the motion struck Irwin's chest and pierced his heart.[24] Crewmembers aboard his boat called emergency services in the nearest city of Cairns and administered CPR as they rushed the boat to nearby Lowe Isle to meet a rescue helicopter. Medical staff pronounced Irwin dead when they arrived a short time later.[27] The barb lodged in his chest and the toxins of the barb caused Irwin to die of cardiac arrest.[28]

This was only the third known fatality in Australian history from a stingray attack, only 17 worldwide fatalities have taken place since 1996, and it is believed to be the only fatal attack ever captured on film.[29]

Reaction

The Queensland Police Service notified his family and released a statement for the media concerning his death.[30] News of his death prompted a public outpouring expressing shock and loss. Several Australian news websites went down because of high web traffic[31] and talk-back radio experienced a high volume of callers expressing their grief,[32] commemorating his passion and exuberance. Australian Prime Minister John Howard, among many other politicians, expressed his "shock and distress" at the death, saying that "Australia has lost a wonderful and colourful son."[33] Irwin's body was flown to a morgue in Cairns,[34] where stunned family and friends were gathering on Monday night. His wife Terri was informed of her husband's death while on a walking tour in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania, and returned via private plane from Devonport to the Sunshine Coast with their two children.[24]

Queensland Premier Peter Beattie commented (in an interview shown on television) that Steve Irwin was a lovely person who was a great ambassador for Queensland and Australia.

The U.S. feed of the Animal Planet cable television channel premièred a special tribute to Steve Irwin at 6:00 pm EST on Monday, 4 September 2006. The president of the Discovery Network, Billy Campbell, released a statement, saying:[35]

Steve Irwin
Our entire company is deeply saddened by the tragic and sudden loss of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. Steve was beloved by millions of fans and animal lovers around the world and was one of our planet's most passionate conservationists. He has graced our air since October 1996 and was essential in building Animal Planet into a global brand.

Steve Irwin

The Animal Planet will rename the garden space in front of Discovery's world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, to the "Steve Irwin Memorial Sensory Garden." They are also looking at the creation of the Steve Irwin Crocodile Hunter Fund, which they will call "The Crikey Fund" which will "allow people from across the globe to make contributions in Steve's honour to support wildlife protection, education and conservation."[35]

[KrOz_ROD]

R.I.P m8

[Skillo]

A vida é irônica...



:sm03:

tipo ele mexia com varias coisas perigosas........sempre assim.......a pessoa morre de uma coisa digamos q "imbecil" ou boba....sem mais........ :sm20:

[Bolovo]

ela amava e protegia os bichinhos, era uma pessoa muito boa! :(

morte as arraias! :mad:

[CRE/_\TIVE]

morte as arraias! :mad:
ela tava sobre influencia das piranhas voadoras assasinas :eek:





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:( fraca

[Snap]

ta passando na record agora

[CARTEIRO]

Deu Mole, Viu No Que Deu

[BudOg]

CACETADA!!!

Agora os Australianos tão matando tudo quanto é arraia iUAEHIAEUHAEIUAEHAIE

VINGANÇAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!