Steve Irwin taking baby in crocodile pit

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Steve Irwin taking baby in crocodile pit
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Tue, 01-06-2004 - 8:26pm

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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 1:15am

A month old child cannot even hold his head up by himself, as is clear in the pictures.

Miffy

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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 8:57am
Irwin was in complete control of the situation, he's a professional. The stunt looked more dangerous than it was.

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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 1:58pm
Siegfried and Roy thought they were in control, too (nt)


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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 3:37pm
cl-libraone,

So how many of your children would you allow to be in such a "stunt"? How many crocodiles have YOU controlled lately or at any other time? Do you have any idea what you're talking about?

And you are way off base about him being in control. "In control" like Roy Horn and the tiger. mmm hmmm.


Edited 1/7/2004 3:42:12 PM ET by jt731

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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 3:49pm

Different situation.


Have you watched Irwin? Seen him in interviews?


I would trust my child with him.


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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 4:14pm
I've watched this "whack-job" in action. I saw the tapes on the baby situation. It's the

SAME situation as Siegfried&Roy- arrogant "experts" dealing with creatures from the wild.

All these crazies are competing and are becoming bolder and bolder.

I could care less if Steve or his wife loose a limb over their silly show, but throwing

their child into to mix is sick.

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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 4:14pm
No, it is not a different situation. Yes, I have watched his show. Yes I have seen him in interviews. So WHAT? Easy for you to say what you would do when you know the situation would never present itself. Also, you forgot to answer how many crocodiles YOU have controlled? How about NONE. Would that be a good answer?
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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 4:19pm
I, personally, would not trust my child with him during a "Feeding Session" for crocodiles because he, himself, has been attacked before by these and other such animals.

Miffy

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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 5:46pm
Actually what Steve Irwin did was FAR worse than the Roy Horn incident. Siegfried & Roy were putting on thier normal show. Steve Irwin deliberately took his own baby into that pit for sensationalism, to shock people. Well, he sure GOT attention.
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Wed, 01-07-2004 - 7:16pm
Oh for Lord's sake calm down! He didn't take Bob (the baby) into the enclosure for sensationalism at all. He raised his daughter exactly the same way and held her while he fed crocodiles too. And no one gave a damn then because he wasn't a celebrity! This is his way of introducing his children to what their life is all about and it's the same way his parents raised him!

I would venture to suggest that if we were to train hidden cameras on every parent with a young child for 24 hours we would witness numerous instances of risky actions/behaviour within the home, the car, out in public places. Like he himself said, there's more danger (and statistics bare this out) in putting a child in a motor vehicle and driving on a public road. Life is a risk! Going about our daily business is a risk! The guy knew what he was doing - that's his environment, he's lived with it ALL his life. Siegfried & Roy didn't grow up from tiny babies with those big cats in their environment.

My brother trained race horses - and they are massive animals. He had an affinity with horses almost as if he could communicate with them - and this was commented on by several 'horse knowledgable' people who came into contact with him or witnessed him work with horses. He would often have his baby daughter sit on the horses with him and ride when she was less than a year old. In fact, I'm yet to meet a 'horsey' person who hasn't done the same with their children. My mother could ride a horse before she could walk!

I am quite prepared to accept that Steve Irwin has the same 'affinity' (for want of a better word) with crocodiles that my brother had with horses. They know the animals they've been around all their lives, their know their habits and behaviour and they have the skills and knowledge to take calculated risks which for anyone else would be a foolhardy risk. He's a professional, he knew what he was doing and to him the perceived risk was obviously not what a lot of other mealy mouth know-it-alls assumed it to be.

The media attention this event has generated just sickens me when there are numerous children in this world who are in any number of far more dangerous situations at any given moment. Children who are starving. Children who being raised in sub-standard accommodation because their parents can't afford better. Children who are being born drug addicted. Children who are being neglected. Children who are being abused. For God's sake let's get our priorities right here and worry about the children who really need to be worried about and leave the Irwin's to raise their children, in their environment, as they see fit.

Oh, and by the way, I'm not in any way a fan of Steve Irwin's - all this carry on is simply ridiculous!




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