They arn't piddly (by that i assume you mean small) and they arn't fish Sorry the marine science student in me comming out.
It does seem to be a very unfortunate curcumstance and its a real shame he didn't get to continue the work he did. His shows may have been very funny but they wear also very informative (If thsi snake bit me i'd be dead in 5 minutes, my truck with the antidote is 1.5 miles away etc etc) but he also did alot for awarness and protection of crocs as well as research with many other species.
Loved watching his shows. Feel sorry for his wife and kids though (who are as mad as he is)... After all the mad things he has done though with animals that kill all the time the irony to be killed by something normally passive... I think even he would laugh at the irony in that
rip
that guy was a legend
still laughing at his documentaries about komodo dragons
and him running up a tree with one chasing him
ahh the memories
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it is sad to see him go, nice genuine person in this world.
but after everything he's done it seems that it was enevatable (sp)
couldve been worse, he couldnt died via crocodile attack.. not so pretty then
this dude was awesome .. i ehard this on teh radio this morning and i cudnt belive it ... however if we all think about it steve had too many "close shaves" and i think this time the animal was one step ahead