Payback for Steve Irwin's death?

Torplexed · 09-12-06, 08:04 PM

Apparently a number of mutilated stingrays have been found off the beaches of Queensland, Australia. Pathetic and sad.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5338118.stm

stabiz · 09-12-06, 08:10 PM

Yeah, I read this earlier today. There is an idiot born every second.

TteFAboB · 09-12-06, 08:42 PM

Good idea. Imagine if they were simple irrational animals who don't even know what Steve Irwin was and are uncapable of any communication what-so-ever to understand when a predator is a predator and when he is just an observer. Let's go further, imagine if they weren't capable of judging right from wrong and just proceeded to kill all humans they could find indiscriminately.

Oops, I think I am inverting things here. These people need to be expelled from the Human Race.

Perilscope · 09-12-06, 09:07 PM

You know, a stingray killed Steve, sure it’s a big loss, but here we have a mental case going crazy and kills dozens of stingrays for it. Yet he never went crazy when dozens of Australians died after the Bali bombing?

If you ask me he is a chicken sh*t.

09-12-06, 09:20 PM

Steve wouldn't be pleased with whoever is doing it! I say when they find him they need to feed him to the sharks!

Torplexed · 09-12-06, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SubSerpent

Steve wouldn't be pleased with whoever is doing it! I say when they find him they need to feed him to the sharks!

I agree. Goes totally counter to Steve's conservation philosophy. I'm also worried it could be some mentally stunted souvenir hunters who have decided having one of these infamous stringray barbs would be wicked-cool.

Bezoomney · 09-13-06, 01:39 AM

Personnally, I think it's a conspiracy.
And now the Stingrays are the scapegoats. Just like Oswald I'm tellin' ya!

The Avon Lady · 09-13-06, 01:53 AM

Could it simply be a case of someone wanting to own an array of exotic sharp cool looking barbed stingray tails, rather than an irrational case of revenge?

That's my guess. Some kid is collecting them.

The Avon Lady · 09-13-06, 02:28 AM

It's now become a regular cycle of violence, I tell ya!

Camaero · 09-13-06, 03:20 AM

The ocean and her creatures can be a harsh mistress arr!

However, the man DID spear this fish. The fish won that around.

jumpy · 09-13-06, 03:39 AM

I always liked the South Park take on Steve Irwin:
"aaaw, look at this little beauty! I'll just have to be careful and sneak up on him... Gotcha! Whoa steady on there little fella, now if I just grab him like this... now I'm gonna stick my thumb up his butt...."

lol perhaps we could contrive some similar public indignity to whomever is being a dork with this case hehe.

SteveW1 · 09-13-06, 03:47 AM

Having just read this and being Australian even I have to say that whoever is the idiot doing it needs to be strung up by his/her or their feet and stay that way for a while.

Doesnt show much appreciation for Steve's conservation work at all

SteveW1

STEED · 09-13-06, 05:05 AM

It's JAWS all over again.

SUBMAN1 · 09-13-06, 10:13 AM

Some messed up people in this world to kill the rays like that. Hopefully they learned that it won't make them feel any better and will probably make them feel worse. Anyway....

You know Steve was asking for this one. I can see him now - he was swimming right above the ray in the danger zone, describing how gentle and docile the creature is, and at any moment, he could take him out with his barb. Creature got freaked out at this moment, and Steve showing off that he is so near that barb, took it from the animals reflexes. The animal has no control over that barb - its strictly a reflex defense which is uses to 'keep alive' in an ocean where everything wants to eat you.

Anyway, Steve probably had this one coming. Just my 2 cents (again).

-S

joea · 09-13-06, 10:42 AM

Hopefully that reflex will work on some of these dolts.

09-12-06, 08:04 PM	#1
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Payback for Steve Irwin's death? Apparently a number of mutilated stingrays have been found off the beaches of Queensland, Australia. Pathetic and sad. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5338118.stm __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

09-12-06, 08:10 PM	#2
stabiz Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Norway Posts: 4,224 Downloads: 14 Uploads: 0	Yeah, I read this earlier today. There is an idiot born every second. __________________

09-12-06, 08:42 PM	#3
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Good idea. Imagine if they were simple irrational animals who don't even know what Steve Irwin was and are uncapable of any communication what-so-ever to understand when a predator is a predator and when he is just an observer. Let's go further, imagine if they weren't capable of judging right from wrong and just proceeded to kill all humans they could find indiscriminately. Oops, I think I am inverting things here. These people need to be expelled from the Human Race. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

09-13-06, 01:53 AM	#8
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Could it simply be a case of someone wanting to own an array of exotic sharp cool looking barbed stingray tails, rather than an irrational case of revenge? That's my guess. Some kid is collecting them. __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

09-13-06, 02:28 AM	#9
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	It's now become a regular cycle of violence, I tell ya! __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

09-12-06, 09:07 PM	#4
Perilscope Sonar Guy Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montréal Posts: 399 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You know, a stingray killed Steve, sure it’s a big loss, but here we have a mental case going crazy and kills dozens of stingrays for it. Yet he never went crazy when dozens of Australians died after the Bali bombing? If you ask me he is a chicken sh*t.

09-12-06, 09:20 PM	#5
SubSerpent Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Steve wouldn't be pleased with whoever is doing it! I say when they find him they need to feed him to the sharks!

09-13-06, 01:39 AM	#7
Bezoomney Seaman Join Date: May 2005 Location: In 't zonnige zuiden. Posts: 33 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Personnally, I think it's a conspiracy. And now the Stingrays are the scapegoats. Just like Oswald I'm tellin' ya!

09-13-06, 03:20 AM	#10
Camaero The Old Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA, Massachusetts Posts: 1,477 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	The ocean and her creatures can be a harsh mistress arr! However, the man DID spear this fish. The fish won that around. __________________

09-13-06, 03:39 AM	#11
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I always liked the South Park take on Steve Irwin: "aaaw, look at this little beauty! I'll just have to be careful and sneak up on him... Gotcha! Whoa steady on there little fella, now if I just grab him like this... now I'm gonna stick my thumb up his butt...." lol perhaps we could contrive some similar public indignity to whomever is being a dork with this case hehe. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

09-13-06, 03:47 AM	#12
SteveW1 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 331 Downloads: 75 Uploads: 0	Having just read this and being Australian even I have to say that whoever is the idiot doing it needs to be strung up by his/her or their feet and stay that way for a while. Doesnt show much appreciation for Steve's conservation work at all SteveW1 __________________

09-13-06, 05:05 AM	#13
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	It's JAWS all over again. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

09-13-06, 10:13 AM	#14
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Some messed up people in this world to kill the rays like that. Hopefully they learned that it won't make them feel any better and will probably make them feel worse. Anyway.... You know Steve was asking for this one. I can see him now - he was swimming right above the ray in the danger zone, describing how gentle and docile the creature is, and at any moment, he could take him out with his barb. Creature got freaked out at this moment, and Steve showing off that he is so near that barb, took it from the animals reflexes. The animal has no control over that barb - its strictly a reflex defense which is uses to 'keep alive' in an ocean where everything wants to eat you. Anyway, Steve probably had this one coming. Just my 2 cents (again). -S __________________

09-13-06, 10:42 AM	#15
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Hopefully that reflex will work on some of these dolts.