Goodbye, Crocodile Hunter
September 5th, 2006, 2:57 pm by Priya Florence Shah
Filed under Ecology, Self-Awareness, Attraction, Events, My Life, Attitude, Movies, Experiences, Thoughts
God, I never thought I would actually shed tears at the passing of Steve Irwin, the crazy Australian crocodile hunter and conservationist!
I mean, I never really cared for the way he seemed to terrorise those poor animals into submission.
And as a mother, I was completely horrified when he put his one-month old baby in danger, even though, he claimed, the only way he would have dropped him was “if the ground shook.”
Along with millions of other people around the world, I thought he’d really gone off the deep end that time.
I actually prefer Jeff Corwin - he’s dishier, and nicer to the animals. But as an environmentalist, I had more than a grudging admiration and respect for Steve’s passion, his willingness to risk life and limb for his work, his true love for the animals he protected, and his radical, if somewhat lunatic methods.
I’m comforted knowing that he died while following his passion and doing something he loved. To use a phrase from the movie, Legends of the Fall, “It was a good death.”
I salute the divine in you, Steve Irwin. Goodbye from a fan in India. You will always be a hero to me.
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