Remembering Steve Irwin
Media Release
Sep. 11, 2006

The adventurous ‘crocodile hunter’ and conservation hero dies after a stingray attack .

Animal lovers around the world are paying tribute to a brave and beloved conservation hero today. Steve Irwin, also known as the “crocodile hunter,” died after being attacked by a stingray at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. He was 44.

He was the inspiration too many kids, as well as adults. We all wonder how he died by one of the creatures that everyone love to go swimming with. It is very unlikely.

Irwin was filming a documentary about ocean creatures when the stingray attacked him.

A stingray is a marine fish related to a shark. Fatal stingray attacks are very rare. Normally, stingrays are very shy and lie in the sand. But when they feel threatened, they use barbs to protect themselves.

Experts believe the stingray may have felt threatened between Irwin and his cameraman.

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