A tribute to Steve Irwin

A little email to circulate among my friends.
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Hi ALL,

I am writing a little email to share with all of you the demise of Steve Irwin, a legendary larger-than-life Australian icon, environmental crusader, devoted husband and father and multiple facets of roles that he has taken all in 44 years' life. I am deeply saddened by his tragic death during his freak diving incident off Queensland. I could not unravel the reason of why he had to die from a stingray's venomous tail barbs even though he has handled much more dangerous living species e.g. crocodies, venomous snakes, etc.

To share my past experiences, I have seen numerous sting rays and mantee rays while I was diving but I never encountered any problems with them. And I have even handled venomous huge and black scorpion by allowing it to crawl upwards on my arm in Malaysia.

Moreover I was also attacked by hornet of wasps at Perak while we were clearing the foliage for the young school children. My whole head and upper body were continously stung by wasps and I had to endure the painful swellings for hours. There was no nearby help as we were located many miles away from nearest villages in Perak.

We were almost chased by the yaks while I was trekking in Nepal Annapurna and it would be only retreated if we pelted it with stones. Also, I almost cheated death when the two Nepali workers pushed down a huge boulder down the slope and it fell a few inches right behind my back. If I were to walk slower, my head would be probably smashed totally.

Lastly, Life is really short and no one will know what will happen the next day. Let's live the Life fully and meaningfully. Let's share our prayer to his soul and we will remember him and his admirable valiancy always.

Please go to this website and pay your tribute to Steve Irwin.
http://www.worldtributes.com/tributes/steveirwin.php

Thank you
Adrian