'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin stabbed hundreds of times by stingray, cameraman reveals - Telegraph 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin stabbed hundreds of times by stingray, cameraman reveals Colleague says Australian 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin's final words were 'I'm dying' after being attacked Australian 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin Photo: Getty Images By AFP 12:30PM GMT 10 Mar 2014 The cameraman who witnessed the death of the Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Monday revealed that a stingray stabbed at him "hundreds of times" and his final words were "I'm dying". The television personality and conservationist, who became world-famous for his daring stunts with dangerous animals, died aged 44 in 2006 while filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland. Justin Lyons was the cameraman at the time and shot video of the death, which was later handed to Irwin's widow Terri and has never been aired.

In his first public comments, Mr Lyons told Australia's Channel Ten he and Irwin had left their main boat in an inflatable to find something to film when they came across a "massive" eight-foot wide stingray in chest-high water. The final shot was to be the stingray swimming away from Irwin. Instead, it struck out, apparently believing Irwin's shadow was a tiger shark, one of its predators. Related Articles Steve Irwin's son feeds first crocodile 03 Oct 2012 "I had the camera on, I thought this is going to be a great shot, and all of sudden it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly, hundreds of strikes in a few seconds," Mr Lyons said. A stingray leaps out of the water as it is hunted by a killer whale (AP) "I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away and I didn't know it had caused any damage. It was only when I panned the camera back that I saw Steve standing in a huge pool of blood that I realised something had gone wrong." He said reports that a barb had stuck in Irwin's chest and he pulled it out were wrong.

"It's a jagged barb and it went through his chest like a hot knife through butter," he said. "He had a two-inch-wide injury over his heart with blood and fluid coming out of it and we had to get him back to the boat as fast as we can," Mr Lyons added. "I was saying to him things like 'think of your kids Steve, hang on, hang on, hang on', and he calmly looked up at me and said 'I'm dying' and that was the last thing he said." Stingrays have several sharp and venomous barbs on their tails that they use to defend themselves when they feel threatened, though experts at the time stressed that stingrays were not usually vicious and rarely attacked and killed humans. Known for his "Crikey!" catchphrase, Irwin has had a wildlife reserve, a road, a turtle, a snail and an anti-whaling ship named after him since his death. ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin dies - World news - Asia-Pacific | NBC News Advertise Global mourning News of Irwin’s death reverberated around the world, where he won popularity with millions as the man who regularly leaped on the back of huge crocodiles and grabbed deadly snakes by the tail.

“Crikey!” was his catch phrase, repeated whenever there was a close call — or just about any other event — during his TV programs, delivered with a broad Australian twang, mile-a-minute delivery and big arm gestures. “I am shocked and distressed at Steve Irwin’s sudden, untimely and freakish death,” Australian Prime Minister John Howard said. “It’s a huge loss to Australia.” Conservationists said all the world would feel the loss of Irwin, who turned a childhood love of snakes and lizards and knowledge learned at his parents’ side into a message of wildlife preservation that reached a television audience that reportedly exceeded 200 million. “He was probably one of the most knowledgeable reptile people in the entire world,” Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio, told ABC’s “Good Morning America.” In high-energy programs from Africa, the Americas and Asia, but especially his beloved Australia, Irwin — dressed always in khaki shorts, shirt and heavy boots — crept up on lions, chased and was chased by komodo dragons, and went eye-to-eye with poisonous snakes.

Often, his trademark big finish was to hunt down one of the huge saltwater crocodiles that inhabit the rivers and beaches of the Outback in Australia’s tropical north, leap onto its back, grabbing its jaws with his bare hands, then tying the animal’s mouth with rope. He was a committed conservationist, running a wildlife park for crocodiles and other Australian fauna, including kangaroos, koalas and possums, and using some of his TV wealth to buy tracts of land for use as natural habitat. Stingray’s barb struck Irwin in heart Irwin was in the water at Batt Reef, off the Australian resort town of Port Douglas about 60 miles north of Cairns, shooting a series called “Ocean’s Deadliest” when he swam too close the stingray, Stainton told reporters. Crew members administered CPR and rushed to rendezvous with a rescue helicopter that flew to nearby Low Isle, but Irwin was pronounced dead when the paramedics arrived, Stainton said. Queensland Police Superintendent Michael Keating said there was no evidence Irwin threatened or intimidated the stingray, a normally placid species that only deploys its poisonous tail spines as a defense.

“The world has lost a great wildlife icon, a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet,” Stainton said. “He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind. He would have said, ‘Crocs Rule!”’ Advertise Irwin’s image was dented a bit in 2004 when he held his month-old son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen, touching off a public outcry. He argued there was no danger to his son, and authorities declined to charge him with violating safety regulations. Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary. An Australian Environment Department investigation recommended no action be taken against him. Finding his element Irwin was born Feb. 22, 1962, in the southern city of Melbourne to a plumber father and a nurse mother, who decided a few years later to chase a shared dream of becoming involved in animal preservation. They moved to the Sunshine Coast in tropical Queensland state and opened a reptile and wildlife preserve at Beerwah in 1970.

Irwin said in a recent interview that he was in his element. He was given a snake for his sixth birthday and regularly went on capturing excursions with his father in the bushland around the park. He was catching crocodiles by age 9, and in his 20s worked for the Queensland state government as a trapper who removed crocodiles from populated areas. Irwin’s father, Bob, said his son had an innate affinity with animals from an early age, a sense Irwin later described as “a gift.” He said he learned about wildlife working with his parents rather than in school. In 1991, Irwin took over the park, Australia Zoo, when his parents retired and began building a reputation as a showman during daily crocodile feeding shows. He met and married Terri Raines, of Eugene, Ore., who came to the park as a tourist, that year. They invited a television crew to join them on their camping honeymoon on Australia’s far northern tip. International fame The resulting show became the first “Crocodile Hunter,” was picked up by the Discovery Channel the following year, and the resulting series became an international hit.

Irwin was more famous in the United States than at home, where he typified a knockabout, rascally character that Australians call a “larrikin” and who many people worried painted a stereotypical picture of Australians as brash and uncouth. Irwin loved Australia and its people, though, describing it as the greatest land on Earth. By 2002 he had starred in a movie, Australia Zoo had became a major attraction and the Australian government enlisted him as the star of international tourist campaigns. When President Bush visited Australia in 2003, Irwin was among the guests hand-picked by Howard to attend a ceremonial barbecue — and he turned up in his khakis. At Australia Zoo in Beerwah, flowers and cards were dropped at the entrance Monday as news of Irwin’s death spread. “Steve, from all God’s creatures, thank you. Rest in peace,” said a card with a bouquet of native flowers. Irwin is survived by his wife Terri, daughter Bindi Sue, 8, and son Bob, who will turn 3 in December. © 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

"Crocodile Hunter" Death Extremely Rare, Caught on Film "Crocodile Hunter" Death Extremely Rare, Caught on Film Stephanie Peatling in Sydney, Australia for National Geographic News Updated September 6, 2006 An initial postmortem examination has confirmed that Australian environmentalist, zoo owner, and television personality Steve Irwin, the "Crocodile Hunter," was killed when a stingray's venomous barb pierced his heart at about 11 a.m., local time, on Monday. Police investigating the incident told a packed press conference yesterday that his death was the result of a highly unusual accident. "We're not going into the detail, but there's definitely no surprises," a police spokesperson said. "Everyone knows how he died." Caught on Film A coroner was to begin an examination yesterday and will consider video footage of the attack, which happened as Irwin swam over Batt Reef, off the Australian state of Queensland ( map of Australia ). Irwin's friend, director, and producer, John Stainton, who was on Irwin's boat Croc One when the attack happened, said yesterday at the press conference that it is too early to release the footage of his friend's fatal encounter to the public.

Last night on CNN's Larry King Live talk show he went further. "I mean, it should be destroyed," Stainton told King. "When that is finally released [from police custody], it will never see the light of day. Ever. Ever. I actually saw it, but I don't want to see it again." The stingray attack was caught on film during the production of a new television special Irwin was making with his eight-year-old daughter, Bindi Sue. The documentary was to have been screened in the United States next year. The footage shows Irwin pulling the stingray's barb out of his chest before losing consciousness, Stainton says. "It's a very hard thing to watch, because you're actually witnessing somebody die and it's terrible," Stainton said at the press conference.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Last Words: 'I'm Dying' - ABC News ABC News Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Last Words: 'I'm Dying' March 10, 2014 Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Last Words Revealed ABCNews.com Copy The only person to witness the accident that killed Australian wildlife expert Steve Irwin opened up for the first time about the final moments of "The Crocodile Hunter." "He just sort of calmly looked at me and said, 'I'm dying,'" cameraman Justin Lyons recalled Irwin's last words on the Australian television show "Studio 10." Lyons said that they were about eight days into a shoot for a documentary called "Ocean's Deadliest" in 2006. The day Irwin died, they had been looking for tiger sharks, when they found a massive stingray, Lyons recalled. Steve Irwin's Daughter Bindi Turns 15 According to Lyons, just he and Irwin began shooting the stingray in chest-deep water. After a couple minutes of filming, the two stood up and decided to take one last shot of Irwin getting behind the animal, while Lyons would film it swimming away.

"All of a sudden, it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail, hundreds of strikes within a few seconds," Lyons said. "It probably thought Steve's shadow was a tiger shark, which feeds on them very regularly, so it started attacking." Lyons said he hadn't been aware the stingray caused any damage until he panned the camera back to Irwin, who was standing in a pool of blood. The stingray's barb had gone through Irwin's chest. "He thought it had punctured his lung, and he stood up and screamed, 'It's punctured me lung!'" Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's Son Feeds Alligators The rest of the team threw Irwin back onto their inflatable boat. While Lyons said he performed CPR on Irwin for over an hour, he said medics later pronounced him dead within 10 seconds of looking at him. According to Lyons, another cameraman on board filmed the entire experience because they had an agreement with Irwin that if he was ever injured, they had to keep filming. Lyons said he doesn't know what happened to the video, but he never wants it to be seen. "He was so good with animals. Nothing was going to get him," Lyons said.

"We thought he was going to live forever." Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images USATODAY.com - Irwin's last minutes of struggle caught on tape Prime Minister John Howard invites Irwin to lunch with President Bush in Canberra. Jan. 2004: Irwin provokes an international outcry after being filmed holding his 1-month-old son, Bob, while feeding a snapping crocodile. June 2004: Irwin is investigated for a possible criminal breach of Australian wildlife laws after allegedly clowning around with whales and penguins while filming a documentary in Antarctica. He is cleared of wrongdoing. Sept. 4, 2006: Irwin is fatally stabbed in the chest by a stingray barb while filming a television segment on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Irwin's last minutes of struggle caught on tape Updated 9/5/2006 11:04 AM ET E-mail | Print | From staff and wire reports Steve Irwin's deadly encounter with a stingray was captured on dramatic videotape and shows TV's "Crocodile Hunter" pulling out the animal's poisonous barb that had pierced his heart moments before he died, officials said today.

The beloved naturalist was being videotaped snorkeling above the beast for Ocean's Deadliest, a new TV documentary. Queensland Police Superintendent Michael Keating said the footage showed nothing suspicious about Irwin's death nor evidence that he provoked the animal. Police held the tape as evidence for a coroner's inquiry, a standard procedure in high-profile deaths or those caused by other than natural causes. News of Irwin's death shocked his native Australia, and fans around the world poured out their grief and condolences. Parliament interrupted its normal schedule so lawmakers could pay tribute to Irwin, whose body was flown home to Beerwah today from Cairns. State Premier Peter Beattie said Irwin would be afforded a state funeral if his family agreed. "He was a genuine, one-off, remarkable Australian individual, and I am distressed at his death," Prime Minister John Howard said. The colorful 44-year-old Irwin, who made a career out of getting dangerously close to deadly beasts, was killed while swimming in shallow water on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. John Stainton, Irwin's manager who was among the crew on the reef and later also watched the videotape of the attack, described the "terrible" experience of watching a friend die.

"It shows that Steve came over the top of the ray and the tail came up, and spiked him here (in the chest), and he pulled it out and the next minute he's gone," Stainton told reporters in the Queensland state city of Cairns, where Irwin's body had been taken after the accident for an autopsy. Human deaths caused by stingrays are extremely rare. Stainton said that Irwin was in his element in the Outback, but that he and Irwin had talked about the sea posing threats the star wasn't used to. "If ever he was going to go, we always said it was going to be the ocean," Stainton said. "On land he was agile, quick-thinking (and) quick-moving, and the ocean puts another element there that you have no control over." Immediately after the attack, Irwin was rushed to his nearby research vessel, the Croc One. A doctor aboard the ship was unable to resuscitate Irwin, who was dead by the time a rescue helicopter arrived. "He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind," Stainton said.

Irwin's American wife, Terri, and children returned late Monday from a trekking vacation in Tasmania to Australia Zoo, the wildlife park in Beerwah where the family lived. The couple, who met at Irwin's wildlife park in the Australian state of Queensland, have two children, Bindi Sue, 8, and Bob, 2. Australia Zoo was open today — staff said it was what he would have wanted — but the mood was somber and most visitors were to a makeshift shrine of bouquets and handwritten condolence messages that emerged at the gate. "Mate, you made the world a better place," read one poster left at the gate. "Steve, our hero, our legend, our wildlife warrior," read another. Khaki shirts — a trademark of Irwin — were laid out for people to sign. Sue Neilen, Beerwah's only florist, said she has a "huge pile of orders" for flowers from conservation groups and the general public all over the world. "Some people are telling us they've never bought flowers before to do this sort of thing, but they feel compelled to do it for Steve," Neilen said.

"It's like when Lady Diana died." Irwin — an adventurer famous for leaping onto untethered crocodiles and for his catchphrase "Crikey!" — rose to prominence when his 1992 Australian TV show was picked up by the Discovery Channel in 1996. He made his big-screen splash with 2002's The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course. The TV show went into reruns in 2004 but remained one of the network's most popular programs, airing in 130 countries. Discovery announced plans for a marathon screening of Irwin's work and a wildlife fund in his name. "Steve was beloved by millions of fans and animal lovers around the world and was one of our planet's most passionate conservationists," Billy Campbell, president of Discovery Networks, said in a statement. The company said it would rename the garden space in front of its world headquarters building in Silver Spring, Md., to honor Irwin. Animal Planet also is planning a marathon of Crocodile Hunter shows, but the day has not been decided.

Irwin's daring encounters and on-camera exuberance not only brought him worldwide celebrity, but they also created a cottage industry of guerrilla-style conservationists whose close calls made wildlife shows a TV staple, particularly among children. "I never pictured a croc killing him, but I never pictured a stingray doing it, either," says Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. "It's like me getting killed by a poodle." "Steve might have been a showman, but he was a great conservationist," Hanna says. He notes that 14 years ago, before Irwin's international success, there were two nationally televised wildlife shows. Now there are 29. "We can agree or disagree on how he taught conservationism," Hanna says. "I couldn't do what he did. But he did have a way of teaching. And in the end I remember him as a conservationist, because he really believed in what he did." Irwin's exuberant style occasionally irked wildlife officials. In 2004, he caused an uproar by holding his infant son in one arm while feeding large crocodiles inside a zoo pen.

Irwin said at the time there was no danger to the child, and authorities declined to charge Irwin with violating safety regulations. Later that year, he was accused of getting too close to penguins, a seal and humpback whales in Antarctica while making a documentary. Irwin denied any wrongdoing, and an Australian government investigation recommended that no action be taken. "I think (the criticism) was from misunderstanding him and how he grew up around these animals," says Maureen Smith, executive vice president and general manager of Animal Planet. "He was the real deal. He had a love of family and animals that transcended his show. He became a part of pop culture." Stainton, fighting back tears in a televised news conference, called Irwin "a passionate conservationist and one of the proudest dads on the planet. " He would have said, "Crocs rule!" Contributing: Scott Bowles from Los Angeles; Karen Thomas, Cathy Lynn Grossman and Douglas Stanglin from McLean, Va.; Lindsey Arkley from Melbourne, Australia; and the Associated Press.

Posted 9/4/2006 1:34 AM ET Updated 9/5/2006 11:04 AM ET Details of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin's Death Revealed by Cameraman [VIDEO] : News : Nature World News Details of 'Crocodile Hunter' Steve Irwin's Death Revealed by Cameraman [VIDEO] By James A. Foley Mar 10, 2014 04:57 PM EDT Justin Lyons, the cameraman who witnessed the death of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, has spoken out about the tragic incident for the first time. Irwin was killed in September 2006 after a surprise attack by a stingray. Lyons, who Irwin called his "right hand man," was the only person in the water with Irwin when he was attacked. The pair had worked together for 15 years. In his account of the fatal day, Lyons spoke to the Australian talk show Studio 10 Sunday , saying that the stingray struck Irwin "hundreds of times." Irwin was with a film crew working along Australia's Great Barrier Reef on a project about deadly underwater creatures.

They had been looking for tiger sharks, but were unsuccessful, and Irwin, growing restless, wanted to get something on film. He and Lyons left their ship in an inflatable boat and went off to look for something to film. After a while they spotted the stingray in chest-deep water and decided it would be good to film for another project. "This one was extraordinarily large," Lyons said. "It was 8-foot wide. Massive." Male stingray. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The pair had filmed stingrays together before, and the creatures are not known to be aggressive or very dangerous. After briefly hashing out their plans above water, they submerged and started filming. After filming for a while, they had all the footage they needed except for a closing shot showing the stingray swimming away from Irwin. They set the final shot up and started filming when the ray. "All of a sudden, it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail," Lyons said, making a swift uppercutting motion with his arm. "Hundreds of strikes in a few seconds." Lyons said the stingray's reaction was a natural survival mechanism that has allowed the creature to survive for millions of years.

"It probably thought that Steve's shadow was a tiger shark, which feeds on them very regularly. And so it started to attack him." Lyons said that he panned with camera as the stingray swam away, not realizing that Irwin had been struck. "It wasn't until I panned the camera back that Steve was standing in a huge pool of blood that I realized that something had gone wrong," Lyons said. Irwin was struck with the foot-long barb extending out of the middle part of the stingray's tail. Lyons said it was not embedded in Irwin's chest after the attack, as had been suggested in reports at the time of his death. "It's a jagged, sharp barb," he said. "And it went through his chest like a hot knife through butter." Lyons said that Irwin, who had "extraordinary threshold for pain," was in a great deal of pain from the attack. A stingray's barbs are coated in a venom, making the injury worse. Irwin thought that he thought the barb had punctured his lung, but he did not realize that the barb had punctured his heart as well. "I don't think I realized how serious it was," Lyons said.

"I didn't know that it had pierced his heart, I thought may it's just pierced his lung and we've got a good chance of saving him." Once the inflatable boat returned to Croc 1, the crew's main vessel, Lyons said he preformed CPR on Irwin for more than an hour while they headed toward the shore for help. "He just sort of calmly looked up at me and said, 'I'm dying.' And that was the last thing he said," Lyons said. By the time medics and a helicopter arrived, Irwin was pronounced dead "within 10 seconds of looking at him," Lyons said. Lyons said that he's not sure of the footage of Irwin's death still exists, but it it did he said it should never be released. "Never," he told the show's hosts. "Out of respect for his family, I would say never." © 2016 NatureWorldNews.com All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.

Steve Irwin's final moments before death revealed - NY Daily News Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's final moments before death revealed by cameraman Steve Irwin's final moments before death revealed NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Monday, March 10, 2014, 11:21 AM The sole witness to the tragic death of Steve Irwin revealed the Crocodile Hunter's final moments of his tragic death after "hundreds" of fatal strikes by a "massive" stingray. "I'm dying," was all the 44-year-old popular television host said after a surprise attack eight years ago by a stingray, cameraman Justin Lyons told the Australian talk show Studio Ten Sunday. The two were in Australia's Great Barrier Reef in September 2006 to shoot a nature documentary when they found a "massive, 8-foot-wide stingray," Lyons said. The cameraman, who worked with Irwin for 15 years, said they were “looking for something to do” when they went exploring around the water in an inflatable boat. ‘Crocodile Hunter’ Steve Irwin was known as fearless — and, apparently, he died with no fear.

(JUSTIN SULLIVAN/AFP/Getty Images) Lyons told his friend to swim up behind the stingray and he would try to get a shot of the "normally very calm" animal. But the stingray had a surprise for the famously fearless animal expert. “All of a sudden, it propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail," Lyons said. "Hundreds of strikes in a few seconds." Steve Irwin was attacked by a stingray and pronounced dead within 10 seconds of paramedics' arrival. (AP) The attack happened suddenly as Lyons revealed he didn't even see it happen. "I panned with the camera as the stingray swam away — I didn't even know it had caused any damage," he said. "It wasn't until I panned the camera back and Steve was standing in a huge pool of blood that I realized something was wrong." The cameraman theorized the stingray thought Irwin was a predator. The animal jabbed his barb right through Irwin's chest "like a knife through butter" but the crocodile hunter lay still — and did not even try to pull it out.

Cameraman Justin Lyon tells an Australian talk show that he didn't even know the host was hurt before he saw him standing in a pool of blood. (news.com.au) “I didn’t realize how serious it was,” he said. “ I didn’t know it punctured his heart. I thought maybe it just punctured his lung and we had a good chance of saving him.” He pulled Irwin into a boat and tried to get him help. Eventually he said he did CPR on him for an hour but Irwin, who was bleeding profusely from his chest, could not be revived. Lyons told Irwin, who he said may have lapsed into unconsciousness to think of his children. The two friends were in Australia's Great Barrier Reef when they decided to approach a 'massive, 8-foot-wide stingray,' not shown. (MARK BAKER/AP) "He just sort of calmly looked up at me and said, 'I'm dying.' And that was the last thing he said," Lyons said. When the medics finally came they pronounced him dead within 10 seconds of their arrival, Lyons said. He said he would never release the footage and is not sure it even exists.

"Never," he told the show's hosts. "Out of respect for his family, I would say never." Steve Irwin - Biography - IMDb Steve Irwin Biography Showing all 42 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (19) | Personal Quotes (11) | Salary (1) Overview (5) 5' 10½" (1.79 m) Mini Bio (2) Steve Irwin was born in 1962 to parents Lyn and Bob Irwin, who were animal naturalists. He shared the love for animals all his life, stemming from being raised at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. There, he partook in daily duties of animal feeding and care. He quickly established himself with the Queenland's government on the process of the country's Crocodile Relocation Program, in which the reptiles could be transferred and relocated to proper localties in the most absolute humane, non-tranquilizing manner. He frequently implements the non-tranquilizing factor in his televison show The Crocodile Hunter's Croc Files (1999).

Steve married fellow naturalist, Terri Irwin (Baines) in 1992. She joined him in his adventures and efforts in almost every episode of his show. They had one daughter, Bindi Sue Irwin, who was born July 24, 1998. He died in September 2006 following an attack by a stingray, off the Great Barrier Reef. Thick Australian accent Trivia (19) Daughter, Bindi Irwin , was born on Friday, July 24th, 1998, at 9:46 PM. She weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces, at birth. He was scared to death of parrots, especially the sulfar crested cockatoo. When he was four years old, he almost had his nose bitten off by his father's pet sulfar crest. The only bird he felt comfortable around was a black cockatoo, named Ularoo.

Steve and Terri's daughter, Bindi Sue Irwin, is actually named for Steve's favorite crocodile, Bindi and his dog, Sui, who has, incidentally, appeared in numerous The Crocodile Hunter (1996) episodes with Steve and Terri. Had a species of turtle named after him - Elseya Irwini. His dog, Sui, is a Staffordshire Bullterrier cross Second child, Robert Clarence "Bob" Irwin born on Monday, December 1st, 2003 at 8:00 AM. He weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces, at birth. Almost faced charges of child endangerment in early January 2004 for doing a crocodile demonstration while holding his one-month-old son, Bob, in one arm and feeding a 13-foot crocodile with the other. Steve and Terri claimed that their son was not in danger and that both their children were going to be "croc savvy". He told his camera crew to always be filming and that if he needed help, he would ask for it. Second child, Robert Clarence Irwin , is named after Steve's father, Robert, and Terri's father, Clarence.

Stopped personally greeting zoo visitors when he witnessed a little girl getting knocked down and seriously injured by a fan rushing to meet him. Owned a red and white motorbike which he rode around Australia Zoo. This was one of the main ways to determine whether he was at the Zoo or not. Over 360 million people tuned in to watch the Steve Irwin Memorial Service on Animal Planet on September 19, 2006. Two sisters, Mandy and Joy. Has had a road named in his honor: Steve Irwin Way in Beerwah, Queensland on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Happy Feet (2006) is dedicated to his memory. The documentary movie, Ocean's Deadliest (2007), was dedicated, in memory of Steve Irwin . Was on camera when he was killed. The only copy of the video was given to his widow Terri Irwin . She claims to have destroyed the footage without ever viewing it. The release of the book, "Steve & Me" by his widow, Terri Irwin . [2007] Release of his book, "The Crocodile Hunter: The Incredible Life and Adventures of Steve and Terri Irwin".

[2001] Personal Quotes (11) If something ever happens to me, people are gonna say 'we knew a croc would get him!' Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building. I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it. Crocodiles. I've been catching them since I was nine. No problem. I am a wildlife warrior, and I will fight, fight to the death for wildlife. On illegal poaching and animal testing: "These Hitlers use the camouflage of science to make money out of animals... so whenever they murder our animals and call it sustainable use, I'll fight it. Since when has killing a wild animal, eating it or wearing it, ever saved a species?" I'll meet my match when I'm dead. My job, my mission, the reason I've been put on this planet, is to save wildlife. My life revolves around conservation. That is my work. That is my life, and I'll die doing that.

[last recorded words before his death] Don't worry, they usually don't swim backwards. My dad once said to me, "if they're biting you, you know you've got 'em". Salary (1) Crocodile Hunter's final moments: Never-before seen footage reveals Steve Irwin's last hours before giant stingray killed him on the Great Barrier Reef | Daily Mail Online Crocodile Hunter's final moments: Never-before seen footage reveals Steve Irwin's last hours before giant stingray killed him on the Great Barrier Reef Video was filmed by a British tourist on September 3, 2006 Steffen Hill, 30, shot the footage from a boat on the Great Barrier Reef Steve Irwin died the next day when stabbed by an eight foot-wide stingray comments The last-remaining footage of Steve Irwin's final moments has emerged - with the 'Crocodile Hunter' giving a poignant 'OK' sign hours before an eight foot-wide stingray killed him. The clip shows the popular Australian naturalist in a small dinghy on Australia's Great Barrier Reef close to the spot where he died on September 4, 2006.

British tourist Steffen Hill, who accidentally met the star while he was on holiday Down Under, shot the video and has confessed he had nightmares for some time after Mr Irwin's death. Scroll down for video Final moments: The 'Crocodile Hunter' gave a poignant 'OK' sign hours before a giant stingray killed him Irwin, 44, who was famed for his daring stunts with dangerous animals, was stabbed hundreds of times by the giant stingray as he made a documentary. Speaking last week the Irwin family said they had deleted or destroyed all the footage they had of Steve's final moments on the boat. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Mr Hill said when he read that he realised his video was now probably the last remaining moments of Mr Irwin's life on film. Mr Hill, 30, a London-based financial manager, said: 'I read something somewhere recently which said the clips of the actual accident had been destroyed.

Close by: Mr Hill's chartered boat got close to Mr Irwin's small dinghy Chance meeting: The newly-emerged film was shot by British tourist Steffen Hill who was on holiday in Australia Fan: Mr Hill told Mr Irwin he 'really admired and enjoyed his work' 'I suddenly realised this meant that I probably had the last video of him before he died. 'He looked quite happy on the day, nothing seemed to be bothering him. 'I spoke to him very briefly about what he was doing and told him I really admired and enjoyed his work. 'It has been almost eight years since the accident and I finally have emotional distance from it. 'I had nightmares for some time afterwards because I kept thinking we were so close and something could have happened to us.' The footage, taken on September 3, 2006, was shot from a small boat which Mr Hill and his dad had chartered on the Great Barrier Reef.

Close by: The footage, taken on September 3, 2006, was shot from a small boat which Mr Hill and his dad had chartered on the Great Barrier Reef At home: The short clip shows the popular Australian naturalist in a small dinghy at sea They were heading out when a researcher asked for a lift so he could meet up with Steve and his crew at sea. Stefan said: 'I didn't realise Steve was on the other boat at first, I just knew we had to take this researcher across there because they were filming puffer fish. 'It was quite a windy day and when this man came back to us he said they had been unable to find any puffer fish at all and he was really disappointed. 'He said they had switched to Tiger sharks or something like that but because of the weather they had been unable to find any of those too.

Brave: The television personality was used to getting up close to dangerous animals Family man: The Crocodile Hunter with his wife Terri and daughter Bindi 'I think they were discussing just filming something and in the end settled on stingrays because there were lots of them around.' Irwin was fatally attacked the following day and Justin Lyons, the cameraman who witnessed his death, revealed his final words were 'I'm dying'. He described how he and Irwin had left their main boat in an inflatable to find something to film when they came across the huge stingray in chest-high water. Irwin got into the water and approached it from behind and the huge ray lashed out apparently believing his shadow was a tiger shark, one of its predators.

Question: What type of animal killed the Crocodile Hunter?
Answer: Sting Ray