Killed on the job!

Three days back, all news channels were broadcasting the shocking news about the tragic death of Steve Irwin. I was shocked when I first got that news. That was a real tragic end to his adventures life.

Irony was, “Crocodile Hunter” was killed by venomous sting of Stingray, known to be a shy fish!

I used to enjoy all of his adventurous shows on “Animal Planet”. Those were real thrilling and entertaining shows. At times scary too! That attracted a lot of criticism from many. Especially the time when he carried his kid in one hand while feeding one of the dangerous crocodiles, attracted a lot of anger. But then, the thing he attempted was a bit risky. And all those who got angry were his die-hard fans. It is expected of them to get agitated for that particular stunt. I think, in the end, he apologized to his fans.

That story apart, his work was appreciable in many ways. The awareness that those programs created among children and the amount of knowledge they had was just amazing!

Just a week back, I watched an episode where his friends played a little prank on him. One of them dressed as “Arab Shekh” with his wives came to visit Steve’s park. Steve was already told not to make the Shekh angry. And this Shekh was constantly showing interest in purchasing the animals from Steve’s park. Our good man was impossibly pissed off by these demands. But because he was already instructed to keep his cool and not to upset the Shekh, he was controlling his anger. His reaction to each of the demand from Shekh was really worth watching.

The reason I liked that prank because it brought out his real character. His love and care for animals was evident from that video.

This world has seen many animals lover before Steve Irwin and there will be many more still to come. But his work was something that we all will remember for rest of our life. Its’ hard for me to imagine “Animal Planet” without Steve Irwin, but then life has to go on! One silver lining in the whole episode was that, till his last moment, he was doing things he just loved to do his entire life. He got “Killed on the job”, the job he loved more than his life!!!

Thanks a lot Steve for all the joy and knowledge you gave to this world!!!

May his soul rest in peace! Aamin!!!