Originally posted by RagnorakLearn not to leave 'fragmented sentences", Mr. grammar-king....😲
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I recommend you stick to your sexual innuendo. At least you seem to have done enough research in that area to know all the slang words and spelling. Well done.
Another engineer who'd struggle to build a house.
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Originally posted by lauseyI found this bit laughable: "I can find no record of what Greer has done to preserve habitat". Since when is conservation her field? Have I missed something?
All speculation and her elitist loathing of the man. She hasn't taken into account the vast amounts he has done for nature in the past. I even found this section laughable:
[i]You can just imagine Irwin yelling: "Just look at these beauties! Crikey! With those barbs a stingray can kill a horse!" (Yes, Steve, but a stingray doesn't want to kill a horse. It n Irwin's defence:
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1532375,00.html?cnn=yes
Conveniently, he chose not to comment on the "feed the croc whilst holding the baby" episode.
Why does he think of her as someone with a "joyless life"? Because she does not appreciate the kind of entertainment this glorified zoo-keeper produced? Personally, I'd rather watch David Attenborough too.
Originally posted by FrenchQueenI agree that feeding a crocodile while holding a baby was not the smartest of things to do. I also have never been a big fan of Steve Irwin, I also prefer David Attenborough too. I do like and agree with a lot of what Greer has said in the past. My point is that in this case, a lot of what Greer wrote in the article was very unjustified.
I found this bit laughable: "I can find no record of what Greer has done to preserve habitat". Since when is conservation her field? Have I missed something?
Conveniently, he chose not to comment on the "feed the croc whilst holding the baby" episode.
Why does he think of her as someone with a "joyless life"? Because she does not appreciate t ...[text shortened]... this glorified zoo-keeper produced? Personally, I'd rather watch David Attenborough too.
She is basing the incident of his death on what activities he has done through out his life. Hence it is all speculation. From what I gather she just does not like him, and thought up excuses to attack him.
For example:
Marine biologist Dr Meredith Peach has been quoted as saying, "It's really quite unusual for divers to be stung unless they are grappling with the animal and, knowing Steve Irwin, perhaps that may have been the case." Not much sympathy there then.
Maybe he did, or didn't, the point is that Greer or anyone else who has not seen the video footage could possibly know that (people who have examined the footage said that Irwin did not do anything to provoke the stingray). Therefore her attacking him (especially so soon after his death) and calling anyone who is a fan of his an idiot is grossly insensitive.
Originally posted by lauseyFair enough. I, for one, find people's reaction to his death and the way they've put him on this pedestal nauseating and over the top; I agree that Greer's attack on him just after his death is a little insensitive but she raises some interesting and pertinent points about his approach to wildlife and conservation and the nature of entertainment.
I agree that feeding a crocodile while holding a baby was not the smartest of things to do. I also have never been a big fan of Steve Irwin, I also prefer David Attenborough too. I do like and agree with a lot of what Greer has said in the past. My point is that in this case, a lot of what Greer wrote in the article was very unjustified.
She is basing the ...[text shortened]... oon after his death) and calling anyone who is a fan of his an idiot is grossly insensitive.
Originally posted by FrenchQueenI don't agree that people around the world should go into mourning when a celebrity dies. Death is death is death. People who laugh at the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Arabic people scold others for not going into mourning at the death of Steve Irwin.
Fair enough. I, for one, find people's reaction to his death and the way they've put him on this pedestal nauseating and over the top; I agree that Greer's attack on him just after his death is a little insensitive but she raises some interesting and pertinent points about his approach to wildlife and conservation and the nature of entertainment.
Having said that, he has done HUGE work for nature throughout his life. I've visited his zoo in Queensland, Australia and most of the profits he made from his career have been ploughed back into that zoo, which is a great zoo, with huge enclosures for the animals. The feeding of the crocs he does in the zoo, which he also does for entertainment, is based on their true method of feeding, exploding from murky waters to grab whatever is at the waters edge. I don't think those crocs even know that they're captive, which is a great achievement in my eyes (especially when you see a lot of animals in other zoos self harming, etc).
Remember that the crocs he wrestled would probably have been killed otherwise as they were pests where they were located. He wrestled them and captured them alive for relocation.
His interaction with snakes is a little harder to justify, but he got up close and personal with the snakes, and pretty much showed that the snake will leave you alone, until you threaten it in some way. This may have changed the mindset of people who used to think that snakes were only good for one thing...killing.
The Great Barrier Reef is in serious danger of being wiped out, due to a number of factors, including farming methods. Having dived there about 10 times, I have to say that it is absolutely incredible, and 100% worth saving. Steve's attempt at using his huge worldwide popularity to publicise the peril that the reef and all it's marine life are facing can only be applauded.
I admired his energy and his passion for all things natural.
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Who or what is so great about David Attenborough? I did a quick search about him. I do not know if I have ever seen his work. I know I have never seen a wildlife documentation from anyboby called "Sir". I always like a good wildlife documentry for the adventure. I dearly loved those Jacques Couseau documentrys in the 1970s. It may be no surprise to some people that some of my heros are some of those Mountain Men like John Colter and James Bridger.
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Originally posted by gambit3David Attenborough has produced some of the most educational and touching wildlife documentaries ever. You will have seen some of them. Actually, he's a bit like Jacques Cousteau but without the French accent and less dead.
Who or what is so great about David Attenborough? I did a quick search about him. I do not know if I have ever seen his work. I know I have never seen a wildlife documentation from anyboby called "Sir". I always like a good wildlife documentry for the adventure. I dearly loved those Jacques Couseau documentrys in the 1970s. It may be no surprise to some people that some of my heros are some of those Mountain Men like John Colter and James Bridger.
EDIT: Life on Earth, The Living Planet were even better than Blue Planet though I'm not sure if he wrote Blue Planet or not.
Originally posted by RagnorakEven as against my religion as it is, this post pried a rec out of me 🙂
I don't agree that people around the world should go into mourning when a celebrity dies. Death is death is death. People who laugh at the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Arabic people scold others for not going into mourning at the death of Steve Irwin.
Having said that, he has done HUGE work for nature throughout his life. I've visited his zoo in ...[text shortened]... an only be applauded.
I admired his energy and his passion for all things natural.
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Originally posted by WheelyJacques Cousteau was mostly concerned with aquatic creatures/life and marine conservation, these were his fields. 🙂
David Attenborough has produced some of the most educational and touching wildlife documentaries ever. You will have seen some of them. Actually, he's a bit like Jacques Cousteau but without the French accent and less dead.
EDIT: Life on Earth, The Living Planet were even better than Blue Planet though I'm not sure if he wrote Blue Planet or not.
Originally posted by FrenchQueenAs far as I know Jacques Cousteau was a Oceanographer. There are a lot of fields of study in biology. In fact Steve documented things of the ocean as well. I considered Steve Irwin a Herpetologist. I do not know if he had any degrees in any field of biology.
Jacques Cousteau was mostly concerned with aquatic creatures/life and marine conservation, these were his fields. 🙂
Ooh that man i always see in discovery channel and national geographic channel who plays with the animals. I always like his show and he has guts to be able to do this thing with animals.
I didnt know he died, just heard from tv and here. I didnt read whole thread? But how he die. was it animal that bite him?