Here's my thing about The Crocodile Hunter

The Crocodile Hunter ... a guy who was kinda

askin' for it, don't ya think?

The death of Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin

at the hands (stinger?) of a stingray is not

remotely tragic. Now, I'm not glad the guy

is dead or anything sadistic like that, it just

seems to me that if you live by the sword and die

by the sword, that's just business as usual,

not a tragedy. In this case, Steve Irwin made

his living taunting animals. He'd get as close

as he could to them until they attacked him.

That's what animals do. It's not a secret. They

are afraid that anything that gets too close to

them is going to attack, kill and maybe eat them.

It's polite to keep your distance.

Sometimes Irwin would get bitten or clawed or spat at

and that was OK. Most were warning shots. Nature can

be a bit forgiving. In this one particular instance,

an animal got the better of Irwin and he died.

There are all kinds of wildlife experts in the world

who risk their lives to show us couch potatoes

the world around us. Mostly they take precautions

to keep sharks and crocs and elephants from
messing them up too bad. Irwin's behaviorpretty

much crossed the line from getting a good

look at various animals into baiting them.

And he did this for money, ratings and fame.

So feel sad for his passing if you must just

don't act like jokes at his expense are "too soon"

after the event to be tasteful. Right now, there

are a bunch of crocodiles pissed off at the uppity
stingray for getting there first.