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Originally Posted by Ustwo
He took bigger risks than the average 'animal trainer', people have been making jokes for years about him being killed fliming one of his shows, and it just happened to happen.
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Point, but consider this: Since 1860 17 people have been killed by stingrays. 18+ people have been killed in spacecraft (Challenger crew, Columbia crew, Apollo 1 crew, and Gagarin. . There are more but I can't think of them ATM). So by the selfish argument, astronauts are selfish and should not have children.
Also, what would be a risk to you or me, was not so much of a risk to Irwin. He knew what he was doing when he grabbed the cobra by the tail - something that would get us killed the first time we did it. In the same way that hanging out the side of a helicopter with a 35 pound camera on my shoulder is much less risky for me, since I know what I'm doing, than it would have been for Irwin, who would not have known what he was doing.
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He may have been an expert on croc's and knew how to handle them well, but from watching his show for many years it was obvious he wasn't really at home as a diver, and I'm not surprised he died diving.
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That I can agree with fully, although this was still a freak accident. Rays generally do not pose a threat to people. I'd have always guessed a croc or a snake would've gotten him.