The Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin Dead at 44

Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter, has died.

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Daily Telegraph

The Age

MSNBC/AP

Australia's News Interactive Service


Just a reminder, as if we needed another, that life is short.

I saw him as a great educator, and that will probably be the biggest loss for the public.
He got a lot of people excited about nature again.

Teachers all over should use some of his method as a model for educating IMO.
He was a little wild & crazy though, and in some ways, that probably caught up to him.
But his teaching style (the way he mixed information & entertainment) was pretty brilliant.

You are entertained after watching his programs, not realizing that you learned some things that you missed in school.... and for the kids....it's a whole new experience altogether.

He spawned a lot of copycats too.