Did you know that?????

Hey, he was filming near the barrier reef ( believe to be filiming for his daughters new tellevision show ) 15kms away from port douglas in australia,

At 11.00 He was close to a sting ray and it must've felt threatened, so it swung around and flicked its tail( which has a sharp barb) and it impaled Steve in the chest, hitting his heart, He managed to pull the barb out according to his best mate that was there, and then he was " gone "..

They rushed him back to their ship called Croc1, and then tried furiously to revive him, they were travelling to shore to meet a helicopter, but he was already deceased. His body was then taken to a Cairns hospital for an autopsy, and his body is now being flown back to his wife and family..

God bless his soul xx

He was too young to die..sad :( my thought are with everyone whos mourning his loss and with his friends family and coworkers..

Rest in peace mate xx

Yahoo News related the account. It was videoed during a documentary in Australia. He did nothing wrong, but the stingray became alarmed and the barb (bone, up to ten inches long) at the tip of its tail flicked up and slipped under the rib cage and poked right into Steve's heart. The last thing he did before death was pull it out. Sadness.

i will never forget the image of steve irwin talking to the camera while sharks were in a feeding frenzy all around him while he stood in the water...the guy was a crazy kook but he was fascinating, funny and very entertaining...i kind of felt one day his luck would run out the way he took risks dealing with wildlife but i would never have guessed it would take a stingray to be the culprit....my condolences to his friends and family....he was one of a kind and his legacy will continue as his shows run on animal planet