I was bewildered today to read the news of angry, pathetically stupid fans of the recently deceased animal-imprisoner Steve Irwin making ‘revenge’ attacks on Stingrays and cutting off their tales, hence removing the poisonous barb that killed their poorly-chosen hero.
I know it’s hardly insightful journalism (yes, I said journalism) to denounce this behaviour as mind numbingly dim, but we can’t let this go. Fans of the ENVIRONMENTALIST Steve Irwin, FANS, mind, deciding to go out and kill a load of animals that were, as Steve Irwin would inform them if he made informative programmes, not capable of attacking out of irrational spite, having not the brains nearly capable of individual mood, reason, or malice.
If it was a group of people who didn’t care about Steve Irwin and just hated Stingrays for some reason, some sort of Anti-Stingray League (even though these animals are rather beautiful and hardly ever attack unless as a biologically-coded defence mechanism triggered when they think their life is in danger) and these people thought ‘Look! One’s taken the life of another human, and we are humans so that’s a personal insult’ then that’s another thing. Another stupid thing, but none the less a different motive, at least they’d have a Neanderthal leg to stand on. But these revenge attacks were purely because a Stingray had killed Steve Irwin.
Intelligent Australians must surely be thinking of emigrating?
It’s like getting your fingers trapped in a door, or rather hearing of someone you don’t know getting their fingers trapped in a door, and then taking an axe to every door you see in order to teach doors in general a lesson. I would love to hear one of these Stingray killing dicks interviewed and offer an explanation for their murderous activities. They should each loose a foot.
I know that an eye for an eye isn’t always the best response to an affront but I’d like all Stingrays (if capable of this sort of planning or thought) to turn on humans and attack everyone who goes into the Australian waters. They would be doing the human race a favour by killing some of it’s more dense members (they could kill randomly in Australia, who are they going to get, a few surfers and Steve Irwin fans) and then at least people would see the stupidity of their Stingray hating ways and realise that they have feelings too.
It’s amazing how some animals have a bad rep. Sharks are one. Never attack. There are about two shark attacks a year but still people fear and hate them, all because of the film Jaws. It’s amazing how ignorant we are towards wildlife, and still think it’s a them-against-us scenario only because we decide to go into their territory and mess about with them.
There was a thing on the BBC website asking if you’d watch the footage of Steve Irwin being killed if it was made available. Definitely. That’s nature, isn’t it? You’re not watching a murder, you’re watching what happens if you surround a Stingray and make it feel uncomfortable. Its just science. Because at no point was Steve Irwin trying to educate us about Stingrays, he was getting up close and personal with one to show how brave he was and therefore make himself look good. Same with the crocodiles. Never taught us about these animals, only said “Look at this guy here… My face is close to his now… He could eat my human face off with his crocodile jaws at any moment… Or the face of my one year old son whom I’m dangling in front of it… I hope this gets me a new series.�
And so he was doing this in front of a Stingray and the Stingray kicked his arse. I feel sorry that his family have lost a Dad, but I can’t feel any pity for Steve Irwin. And all I feel is revulsion at the people hunting down Stingrays. We’re a silly race, but surely this must be one of our more shameful hours?
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