Crocodile Hunter died ?!? *single perfect tear*

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It kinda pisses me off when people say stuff like, "I saw it coming" or "It was gonna happen sooner or later" like somehow they know more than he does or that he didn't know what he was doing. Its easy for the average person who takes zero risk in their life to criticize those that take great risks for a passion they have or a cause that they believe in.

Don't get too upset about it, they ARE technically right. And same with people riding bikes, and racing cars, and all that stuff. Maybe it's just the words used that piss you off? In any hobby, or lifestyle, or whatever, if you recognize the risk involved, you do what you can to mitigate it, but you shouldn't feel offended when someone points out that it's more risky than sitting at a desk or watching TV.

I'm quite sure Steve Irwin knew his job was riskier than most. If you consider him an intelligent person, he had to know that no matter what he did, he was more likely to get killed by an animal than say, you or me. His exposure to it was very high. I'm sure both he and his family understood what he did, supported it, and had at least to some degree come to grips with the fact that he had a greater risk of being here one day and gone the next.

So while I'd give someone the stink eye and get defensive too if they say "he deserved it" or "he had it coming", just as I would if they said that about a fellow motorsport enthusiast after he hit a tree, just saying that it was bound to happen sooner or later... well, they might have been right. It may very well have been the most risky activity that person did, and therefore the most likely to kill them. No surprise there.

Honestly I think it's more odd when people say they're surprised that he was killed on the job. I'm not. Obviously they didn't put very much thought into it. It would be like saying you're surprised a soldier was shot, or a NASCAR driver got in a bad accident.