From what I recall, he was trying to film an interaction with another animal (maybe a shark), completely missing the stingray below him, which I believe was camouflaged. It came out of nowhere.
philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 6 days ago
That’s one major criticism of Steve Irwin, he used to wrestle and get in the face of dangerous animals.
I’m not actually sure of how it happened but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was messing around with it.
All this being said, I do believe he was a genuine, caring, lovely guy who was obsessed with conservation. Him dying was a real loss
FrChazzz@lemmus.org 5 days ago
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 days ago
Despite Steve’s deserved reputation, from what I’ve read this time was truly just bad timing/accident.
Steve probably was too close though.
philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 6 days ago
Yeah I believe that