I assume everyone has heard about the death of Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter, from a stingray's barb piercing his chest (heart) while he was filming a documentary in the ocean. Well, this brings up a subject from a while back. Remember when he was feeding a chicken to a crocodile while holding his infant son? He received a lot of criticism for exposing his son to such danger. Did he deserve that criticism? What do you think?
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Yes, can you imagine Leo being so stupid to do a thing like that?
No, but Leo is not an expert on crocodiles. And Steve Irwin was. He defended his decision, saying it was important to teach kids about danger. "We live in crocodile territory so they (the children) have to be croc savvy."
"I would never, ever put him in any danger, not in a million years." "What I would do differently is I would make sure there were no cameras around." His wife did not think the baby was in any danger either.
Well, the difference is that Leo isn't an expert crocodile hunter.
When I first heard about that shortly after it happened, I remember thinking, "Boy, he must really know what he's doing, because I'm sure he wouldn't risk his own baby's life." And I think I "figured it out": He knew that what the crocodile wanted was food, which was what it was getting, so it wasn't going to attack the baby. Along with that, he probably knew that crocociles have no interest in eating humans unless they're starving and there's nothing else, and he had probably just fed the crocodile before offering him the chickem.
These things just come to me. lol
Linnette, this is funny: Before I started my first comment, Mom's was the only one here, then once I finished and posted it, I saw your's too. So we were both typing our own comment at the same time, except you were five minutes ahead of me. Like I said, that's funny.
But this is why it's really funny: Because your comment starts out just like mine. If you ask me, that's hysterical. jk
Here's what I think: The risks are not the same with us (who know nothing about crocodiles) as they are with Steve Irwin. He is an able, experienced, knowledgeable man. He knew exactly how it would play out and it played out exactly as he expected.
If we held our children in our arms and fed a crocodile, it would be a great risk within the context of our lives, our ability, and our knowledge, but not within the context of Steve Irwin's. It is perfectly valid to point to Irwin's experience and the incident itself to demonstrate that fact.
I don't think that people can or should live their lives without risk and I don't think that people should raise their children under that pretext either.
That is funny, Lisa! Sounds like you were copying me. Just kidding.
He could have fallen with the baby in hand,or another tragic ituation. Lets get real
Or, there could have been an earthquake.
He COULD have fallen, but he didn't, BECAUSE HE'S AN EXPERT.
Carol, I like your comment, makes a lotta-lotta sense.
You all said it was a risk or some risk. Its okay to put yourself in risk, but not a baby, at least not for a show. We all put kids at risk when we drive with them in a car but that is neccessary to get from one place to another. If he is such an expert, why is he dead?
"I will continue to educate my children and the children of the world so they don’t go into the water with crocs."
I don't know if anyone said it was a risk, but I think it probably LOOKS more like a risk than actually is in reality. To us, the idea seems preposterous that anyone would allow their kid anywhere near a crocodile or any other dangerous animal, but there's all kinds of conditions and facts that only Steve, the expert, knew about that we, the public, didn't, when he was seen on TV with his kid and the croc. If he was condident enough to do it, I figure he took enough measures to make sure there was no possibility of harming his child. For all we know, he might have tranquilized the alligator before the show; he might have had his teeth pulled; he have fed him enough to last a month. There's all sorts of measures he probably took.
The fact that Steven IRwin died by a stingray barb doesn't disqualify him as an expert, and just because he was an expert didn't make him invincible.
Irwin's wife Terri said of the act:
"It was a wonderful sensory experience for him (the baby). He dug it."
See, even the baby knew Steve was an expert. jk
That's cute what Terri said. And, I bet that was true.
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