While diving during filming an underwater documentary off the coast of Australia, Steve Irwin, known worldwide as the 'Crocodile Hunter' was stung in the chest by a sting ray Monday morning which has been reported to have penetrated the his heart.
Steve was Director of the Australian Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland, Australia. and is survived by his American born wife Terry, who has been notified while filming in another location and his daughter Bindi Sue (born July 24, 1998) and a son, Robert Clarence Irwin (born Dec 1, 2003 He has appear on many film documentaries about wildlife in and around Australia and also on the famous Crocodile Hunter TV program . .
According to medical personnel on the scene, he was killed on the reef area off Port Douglas, north of Cairns and this has been confirmed by Ambulance drivers who were called to the scene and the Queensland Police Department.
Steve was born in Melbourne and moved to Queensland where his parents ran a small reptile farm that he later took it over in 1991 and developed into the Australia Zoo. He met and married his wife Terri a year later at the same location and began their television series with their wedding and honeymoon
Reptile Rooms mourns the passing of a great herpetologist and person, who contributed greatly to a better understand around the world of reptiles and their uniqueness, and our deepest sympathy to his family.
Saw this one, thought parts of it were quiet amusing. A somewhat unique way to introduce kids to reptiles.
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"Wow, he kicks pretty hard," Karli said as she struggled to hold the critter. "I think somebody else better hold him."
And with that, she returned the baby alligator to its handler, Claudia Labbe, wildlife manager with Silver Springs, an attraction in Ocala."
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"The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro hatched the first three American alligators in the history of the zoo last month.
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"The San Diego Zoo is looking to the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoological Park to stock its frozen crocodilian genetic bank.
The San Diego Zoo houses the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species, which keeps frozen genetic samples of animals and reptiles to study and to prevent endangerment of a species."
While diving during filming an underwater documentary off the coast of Australia, Steve Irwin, known worldwide as the 'Crocodile Hunter' was stung in the chest by a sting ray Monday morning which has been reported to have penetrated the his heart. 
