Torneyboy Posted September 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Impressive.....thanks for the pic. "less curious " than the Manta ray..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limbo Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Children affected by 'Crocodile Hunter' Irwin's death Sydney - Australian Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's death will resonate for children the same way the deaths of Princess Diana and John F. Kennedy did for adults, parents and child psychologists said Tuesday. Irwin, 44, killed by a stingray barb to the heart in a freak accident Tuesday, was an enormously popular figure with children thanks to his daring escapades and boundless enthusiasm for nature's most dangerous killers. Australian child psychologist Beverley Thirkell said many of her young patients were devastated by the loss of a celebrity they had idolised for years and regarded as a friend. "His status with children was enormous," she told Channel Nine television. "I guess if I were to put the qualities of a perfect teacher in one person, it would be Steve Irwin." Erna Walraven, senior curator at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, said Irwin's death was a shock to young children. "I think a lot of children will be very sad to hear that, it's not something that children are often touched by," she said. "Particularly since he was so alive on television, it's so hard for them to imagine that he's no longer there to tell them stories." A Sydney mother named Maureen said her two sons, aged nine and 11, had been crying and repeatedly asking why Irwin was dead. "This is like JFK for kids, or Princess Diana -- a young, popular person suddenly snatched away," she told Australian Associated Press. In a reaction evoking the aftermath of Princess Diana's death, hundreds of Irwin fans, many of them weeping, left flowers, cards and other mementos at his Australia Zoo animal park. Agence France Presse The Nation 05/09/06 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Looks a bit bigger than the critters I've seen in the Carribean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Good picture of a stingray barb here... http://www.dmuratov.com/publications/hybridizing_stingrays/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwoww Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Germaine Greer gets a boot in.... http://tinyurl.com/k2vy5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Hmm.... a fairly relevant article Chuck but then I've always been a bit of a fan of Germaine. She's upset a few in the militant feminist side over the years as well as the big dick crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Himmaparn Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 That same sort of "brought it on himself" sentiment is being spouted here in the US as well. He died doing what he loved, and will be missed by his fans and detractors alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Germaine Greer, get your fanny back where you came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Germaine Greer gets a boot in.... http://tinyurl.com/k2vy5 Would you expect anything else from her? Q. How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? A. None. It's not the lightbulb that needs changing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 She lived a stones through from me, not sure if still there or not but it made me smile when this happened..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Greer On April 23, 2000, Greer was taken hostage by Karen Burke, a nineteen-year-old student from the University of Bath who had been writing to Greer, and who eventually broke into her home in Essex, tied Greer up in the kitchen, and proceeded to smash up the contents of the house with a fireplace poker and rip the telephone from the wall. Dinner guests eventually found Greer lying in a distressed state on the floor, with Burke hanging onto her legs, shouting "Mummy, mummy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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