R.I.P. Crocodile Hunter

[photo caption] "The Crocodile Hunter" in the process of, well, hunting a crocodile. (image courtesy of News.Com.Au)


Steve Irwin, better known as "The Crocodile Hunter", has died from a fatal encounter with a stingray while filming a program off the coast of Australia. According to reports, the Irwin did not see the semi-buried stingray, and it defensibly stabbed him in the chest with its barbed tail spear. Irwin was 44 years old.

Fil "The Mongoose Stalker" Haugh and Matt "The Fieldmouse Pursuer" Hayes, both of whom were with "The Crocodile Hunter" at the time of the attack, were reportedly uninjured.