Steve Irwin is a Modern Day Achilles!

Crikey! She’s a beauty and sharks, I've been self-trained as well, and crocodiles, naturally. I've been catching them since I was nine. No problem. –Steve Irwin

A surfer and adventurer meet’s his death on a sad day, 09.04.06. It seems apparent that Steve Irwin must have been dipped into the river Styx, held only by his heart. It seems that the heart was the only vulnerable and unprotected part, pierced by a stingray and its venomous dart. Although everyone’s days are numbered who would have thought that Steve’s number was up?

Steve Irwin was and is a modern day Achilles. Steve was an animal kingdom warrior! Who will entertain us now? To me and mine, Steve Irwin will be missed. Our hearts go out to his wife Terri and their beautiful children, family, and friends as the world grieves the loss of the infamous “Croc Hunter” and his crikey call.

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Wildlife documentary maker Ben Cropp, citing a colleague who saw footage of the attack, told Time.com that Irwin had accidentally boxed the animal in. "It stopped and twisted and threw up its tail with the spike, and it caught him in the chest," said Cropp. "It's a defensive thing. It's like being stabbed with a dirty dagger." (Read the TIME.com obituary.)

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