UirwinJust a quick note, I'm sure most of you have heard the terrible news about Steve Irwin's untimely passing away due to an incident with a stingray this morning just off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. His colleague, John Stainton, was on board Irwin's boat at the time and said 'He came on top of the stingray and the stingray's barb went up and into his chest and put a hole into his heart,' killing him shortly afterwards. 'It was extraordinarily bad luck. It's not easy to get spined by a stingray and to be killed by one is very rare', a marine neuroscientist, Shaun Collin, commented after his death. It is almost ironic that Irwin spent his whole life surrounded by the World's most deadliest animals, like crocodiles, but was killed by an animal normally known for its placidness.

Irwin is survived by his wife, and two children, of 8 and 3 years of age. The animal world will miss him greatly, as he was a fantastic campaigner for animal rights.