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Bloggers Say Goodbye to Steve Irwin
 Steve Irwin cried for crocodiles when they died. He had the same passion for animals at age 44 as he did at age 6. Steve Irwin gave us laughs and thrills, while at the same time showing us why even non-furry animals like crocodiles and venomous snakes are worth caring about. Above all, Steve Irwin was a passionate conservationist. His primary goal was to teach people about animals in the hope that people would offer help and contributions to conservation efforts. Steve's efforts came at a time when numerous species on our planet are in grave danger from habitat destruction, pollution and global warming. Steve Irwin has only been gone three days, but already it seems that the bright spotlight he held over the animal kingdom is dimming. The most important thing will be to remember why Steve was doing what he did and why he believed in it. That's the message that cannot die with him. Goodbye Steve. Thank you for the shows, the laughs, the conservation efforts and for giving us an entirely new way to look at the world.
The blogosphere has been buzzing with news of Steve's tragic death, goodbyes and best wishes for his family. Here is a collection of interesting blog posts and tributes to the beloved Crocodile Hunter.
Steve Irwin is still topping searches on Technorati. The most popular searches there are Steve Irwin and Irwin. There were 5,000 posts containing the word "Crikey" on September 4th. The most popular tags are Steve Irwin and Crocodile Hunter.
On BlogPulse, nearly all the top news items from 9-4-06 were about the Croc Hunter's death. He was also the most discussed and burstiest personality according to BlogPulse's data.
Cryptomundo blogs that Steve Irwin once devoted time to the hunt for the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger. (via Boing Boing)
Thousands of people are leaving video tributes for Steve Irwin which can be found using YouTube, Google Video, Heggle and Dabble. MethodShop blogs that the number of "Crocodile Hunter" tagged YouTube videos for Steve Irwin has climbed from 4,200 to over 15,000 since Steve's death.
Colin at Metroblogging Melbourne says, "I have always enjoyed watching his shows on TV, and I surely do think he's an icon that represents Australia to the rest of the world. Condolences."
Harriet, a tortoise at the Australia Zoo, lived 131 years longer than Steve Irwin. Harriet also died earlier this year.
There is conflicting information about what the video recording of Steve's death shows. However, it is agreed that Steve did not antagonize the stingray. More information on stingrays, stingray attacks and what happened to Steve Irwin can be found here and here.
TreeHugger calls Steve Irwin a modern day Peter Pan: "Steve Irwin came across like he’d never grown up. He remained a big kid, brimming over with that youthful enthusiasm, that only children seem to exude. And that was his charm to many. But he did espouse the virtues of an adult in his advocacy for conservation. He had the ear of federal government, when they vetoed a proposal to allow big game crocodile hunting in the country's north."
Russell Shaw blogs about wildlife warrior Steve Irwin's purchase of land in Australia, Vanuatu, Fiji and the United States for conservational purposes. Shaw also writes about Irwin's anger at poachers and provided this quote from Steve Irwin. "These Hitlers use the camouflage of science to make money out of animals... So whenever they murder our animals and call it sustainable use, I'll fight it," he declared. Since when has killing a wild animal, eating it or wearing it, ever saved a species? There are people who butt out their cigarettes in gorilla-paw ashtrays, with wastepaper baskets that were once elephant feet, who have ivory ornaments... who wear cheetah fur. Don't buy these things! Then there'll be no market and the animals won't be killed."
All About Birds: "Steve Irwin's death is a great loss to many, including the wildlife he worked so hard to protect. The conservation community needs more people like Steve Irwin."
Technology Evangelist: "Steve's evangelism for Australia, all critters great and small, the environment and his family was an inspiration to so many."
It was like Superman died: "The sadness was echoed on the set of The View, where Walters's co-host, comedienne Rosie O'Donnell, told how she alsohad to inform her four children their hero had died. 'My six-year-old idolises him,' O'Donnell said. 'It was sort of like Superman died for him.'"
Celebrity Baby Blog writes about a Father' day feature in Australian Marie Claire with Steve Irwin and his daughter Bindi.
AdFreak blogs about a Sports Center ad where Irwin takes down the Florida Gators mascot. They also have the YouTube video of the ad in the post.
Bloggers also discussing Steve Irwin's movie from 2002, The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course. More about the film here.
Extinction Blog author John R. Platt says Steve Irwin is one of his personal heroes. He also has a link roundup that includes a link to this article about Irwin being mourned by the wildlife industry.
City Hippy: "He injected nature's most brutal side in to my consciousness and made me realise that even the most dangerous is just as much a part of our world as we are."
Psycmeistr's Ice Palace: "He has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for tourism for Australia and the millions he has earned he has parted with most of it....just about everything....he has ploughed it all back into Conservation and the Animal Hopsital and Australia Zoo etc. One of his best friends said he travelled with little or no money and lived quite humbly...that's how he was. He gave everything back to Australia... not many would do that or even knew that."
Kirk's Weblog: "Australia is such an unique country, it is my mind opinion Australia is the world's biosphere, a country of so many species and so much wildlife and Steve Irwin did more than anyone to highlight the need to conserve wildlife and especially Australian wildlife."
Critter Geek: "His excitement was uninhibited and infectious and probably did more for conservation than we’ll ever realize. There aren’t many of us who would emote genuine affection for snake or lizard or crocodile, but Steve Irwin did, and we loved him for it."
Duncan's TV has three television advertisements Steve made for the Australian Government's Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).
The Seattle PI's Buzzworthy blog notes that the Steve Irwin and "Grizzly Man" Timonthy Treadwell are linked in death.
Online Memorials: Animal Planet: In Memorium, The Melbourne Age: Your Say, Family to hold public memorial, Find a Grave, Kingsnake.com, RIPSteve.com (unofficial), GoodbyeCrockhunter.com (unofficial), CNN: Your Emails.
Newspaper Obituaries: Timesonline.co.uk, BBC, New York Times, The Guardian, Mercury: The Voice of Tasmania, Associated Press, The Melbourne Age, The Australian.
Irwin Quotes: Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Telegraph, MSNBC
Posted on September 7, 2006
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