Monday, September 04, 2006
sad news
today the news came that steve irwin has died.
this was a rather big surprise, and caused some sadness.
i'm sure that steve has inspired and touched the lives of millions of people on this earth with his infectious passion for what he does. while some may not like his brand of aussieness, his genuiness can not be doubted.
i relate a personal story.
about 7 years ago i was digging with a front-end loader at my parent's farm. i ran into what i thought was a nest of rats in a hole in the ground. on closer inspection they turned out to be two cute little platypus. i had badly injured one and the other seemed a little dopey, or perhaps just sleepy. i picked them up (carefully as i was aware the male one had little spikes on its hind legs which are poisonous) and ran to the house to show my brother and mum who were both home at the time. i felt bad because they were platypus and there's not many around and so i decided to call the australia zoo to see what could be done. they said they'd send someone out to have a look. about 20 minutes later Steve and Terri Irwin turn up with Steve's mum. i was surprised that steve himself turned up. i showed them to the injured platypus, who was now dead and the other one who was still a little drowsy. steve and terri got straight down to business, asked to see the nest where they came from and we went out and placed the surviving female in the nest. we resecured the nest and hoped for the best. steve and terri took the dead platypus and were going to send it to another park on the gold coast for inspection. all the while steve and terri were so keen and passionate about helping out, and they were so genuine, kind and warm, that it hardly seemed like i had never met them before.
ever since steve has come to be one of my heros. a person that i would like to have been. i always hoped that i could be as passionate about teaching as he was about showing the world interesting stuff about animals.
my sympathy goes to terri and their two children. steve's legacy remains, a happy platypus still swims through my parent's dam to this day.
this was a rather big surprise, and caused some sadness.
i'm sure that steve has inspired and touched the lives of millions of people on this earth with his infectious passion for what he does. while some may not like his brand of aussieness, his genuiness can not be doubted.
i relate a personal story.
about 7 years ago i was digging with a front-end loader at my parent's farm. i ran into what i thought was a nest of rats in a hole in the ground. on closer inspection they turned out to be two cute little platypus. i had badly injured one and the other seemed a little dopey, or perhaps just sleepy. i picked them up (carefully as i was aware the male one had little spikes on its hind legs which are poisonous) and ran to the house to show my brother and mum who were both home at the time. i felt bad because they were platypus and there's not many around and so i decided to call the australia zoo to see what could be done. they said they'd send someone out to have a look. about 20 minutes later Steve and Terri Irwin turn up with Steve's mum. i was surprised that steve himself turned up. i showed them to the injured platypus, who was now dead and the other one who was still a little drowsy. steve and terri got straight down to business, asked to see the nest where they came from and we went out and placed the surviving female in the nest. we resecured the nest and hoped for the best. steve and terri took the dead platypus and were going to send it to another park on the gold coast for inspection. all the while steve and terri were so keen and passionate about helping out, and they were so genuine, kind and warm, that it hardly seemed like i had never met them before.
ever since steve has come to be one of my heros. a person that i would like to have been. i always hoped that i could be as passionate about teaching as he was about showing the world interesting stuff about animals.
my sympathy goes to terri and their two children. steve's legacy remains, a happy platypus still swims through my parent's dam to this day.
# posted by marvin @ 5:05 PM 
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:( Oh my goodness! I didn't believe it, I had to go look at the news story. That's so horrible. I feel so sad for his family.
same, students were whispering about it in class, having got texts from friends, and i didn't really believe it till i saw the story on the abc news site
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