The Crocodile Hunter Is Dead

It is an ironic twist of fate that Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter has died not at the hands of a crocodile or alligator, but rather from a Stingray's barb.

He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas where he had been filming an underwater documentary when it occurred. Ambulance officers confirmed they attended a reef fatality this morning at Batt Reef off Port Douglas. Mr Irwin, 44, was killed just after 11am, Eastern Australian time....It is understood Mr Irwin was killed instantly. A source said Mr Irwin was already dead when his body was brought onto the Isle.

We should be praying for Steve Irwin's wife who no doubt will have to deal with the media mob, and a number of people who will be laughing at his death, when all she will see is the passing of the man she loved.