Steve Irwin Fans Turn on Stingrays

[AtomicKitten]

Steve Irwin fans turn on stingrays
'Revenge attacks' suspected in 10 ray deaths

By Lester Haines
Published Tuesday 12th September 2006 13:10 GMT

Excerpt:

Stingrays found dead on two Queensland beaches may have been the victims of "revenge attacks" for the Crocodile Hunter's untimely death, the BBC reports.

Ten of the animals have been discovered "mutilated" - two on a beach north of Brisbane and eight at another undisclosed location. Irwin was killed by a stingray while diving off the Queensland coast earlier this month.

Wayne Sumpton of the state fisheries department could not confirm that the killings were connected to Mr Irwin's death, but government officials said the authorities are investigating and prosecutions may follow.

Michael Hornby, director of Mr Irwin's Wildlife Warrior fund, roundly condemned the killings, saying: "We just want to make it very clear that we will not accept and not stand for anyone who's taken a form of retribution. That's the last thing Steve would want. I hope everyone understands we have to protect wildlife now more than ever. This is what Steve was all about."

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[billbuckhead]

1. People are strange

Sometimes it's embarrassing to be human.

[MidwestTransplant]

8. Seriously weird. You would have to be pretty twisted.

[Booster]

22. That's almost exactly what I just emailed my friends, only I used

a little profanity.

[rpannier]

2. Some people really need to get a clue

This story is just too bizarre.

[LostInAnomie]

3. Well, someone's gotta send those stingrays a message!

Give them something to think about before they instinctively defend themselves!

[sui generis]

4. oh good grief it's not retribution. What kind of crazy is that?

there's a new e-bay market in Stingray barbs. Plain and simple.

Possibly even one claims that is "the barb" that killed Steve Irwin (off ebay).

These are just opportunists trying to sell a briefly "hot" commodity.

[truebrit71]

5. Or they are just a bunch of fucking morons....

...like their idol.... :eyes:

[sui generis]

11. flame bait

no, the answer is what I said it was.

Their "idol" clearly was extremely marketable whether or not some fine stiff upper lip people cared for him or not. Those same fine stiff upper lip folks are not as far as I can see having the same impact of bringing awareness about the environment to children in a way that's exciting and approachable. Mostly, I think those fine stiff upper lipped people just want attention, and if it hadn't been Steve Irwin to feel superior over it would certainly be someone else.

No, those stinger/barbs are being taken to be sold at that great flea market on the internet, or crushed up into some mystery chinese powder to throw in the tea of one's mortal enemy, to give one an enormous erection, or whatever.

[truebrit71]

20. Bush is marketable too, as is his fake cowboy swagger...

...I fail to see your point...A moron is a moron.

[sui generis]

25. You're certainly right about morons /nt

[hlthe2b]

6. This is so tragic... Dishonoring Irwin and everything he tried

to convey to his audience re: protecting and appreciating wildlife...

And, so damned ludicrous. Sounds like the RW types, who would nuke the ocean (along with all ARABS) if given the chance... :eyes:

[savemefromdumbya]

7. Hate to say this

but 'some' Americans laid into people of middle eastern appearance after 9/11 so I guess the stingrays are getting it

[Rude Horner]

9. They're fighting them over there

so we don't have to fight them over here. :sarcasm:

Seriously, the LAST thing Irwin would want would be for people to start destroying these animals. Plain and simple, some people are just idiots.

[AtomicKitten]

10. this indeed is the antithesis of Irwin's conservation message

morons

[Canuckistanian]

12. That'll teach 'em

Now the stingrays will have to "reconsider their strategy of aquatic jihad".

What idiots.

[kskiska]

13. I don't remember tigers being killed

when one attacked (Siegried &) Roy.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. I am a fan of Steve Irwin.

I have not harmed one single stingray.

[Julius Civitatus]

15. MORONS!

Idiocy around the world is not in short supply.

[Wilber_Stool]

16. Looks like his fans didn't

learn as much as he hoped. I always thought he came over as the star of the show and the animals were simply his props. I never felt that way about David Attenborugh.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

18. Well, these aren't "real" fans in any case. nt

[rinsd]

17. Time to hand out copies of Moby Dick I guess (nt)

[Skidmore]

19. People are so fricking stupid.

Really. It's a wonder we weren't extinct a long time ago. Seriously.

[Catchawave]

21. Irwin's fans LIKE the animals

This is lunacy and a very misleading title :mad:

[Subdivisions]

23. What childishness is this for God's sake? Jeez! eom

[WI_DEM]

24. then they aren't Irwin fans--he would have deplored such a thing

[AtomicKitten]

26. where and why did this thread get moved?

there are now two other subsequent ones in GD that remain unscathed

[FoxOnTheRun]

27. I don't know, maybe it has raised the tinfoil alarm

[treestar]

28. And what does it have to do with 911?

[AtomicKitten]

29. ergo my question - doh!

I posted this in GD and for some reason it was moved to the 9/11 forum.