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Dr Fallout said:
Actually, Steve Irwin was quite controversial before his death, and often lambasted by the media for being a boorish, loud and lacking proper respect for animals Aussie. Of course he died... and he became an icon.
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I can very well understand their criticisms, although at the same time can see how Irwin had genuine love for animals. Not sure what my final verdict is on him.

Protecting the nature can be complicated business. I wish that forests, jungles, oceans, etc. are protected and saved for future generations of humans and animals.

I remember watching Crocodile Dundee 1 and 2 at the cinema. Really liked the subject matter and the authentic shots of the Aussie countryside.
 
I used to eyeroll a lot at Steve Irwin while he lived, especially his "hands on approach" which rubbed me the wrong way, as I prefer animal documentaries where no "khaki-wearing hystericals" chase them around

But... under the philosophy of humans as animals, and all nature as one nature - you cannot argue that he didn't enter animal realms under animal conditions, playing it by animal rules. The guy was mauled and bitten and dragged and kicked, and finally snuffed it to a fucking fish :D
It's the same kind of respect I have for "grizzly man", the recovering drug addict who hung around with foxes and bears, and people criticized and ridiculed him "anthropomorphing" "mister foxey" or whatever - who cares? Mister Fox came when called upon, he shared his food with the fox, and for all we know, the fox shared some dead lemming with him. Often the most animal-happy humans forget that humans are animals too, and sometimes we can share premises.
"Grizzly man" most famously approached bears, befriended certain individual bears, to the extent they tolerated him, and was finally eaten alive - along with his girlfriend - by a large male passing through the area, a bear he did not know, and intended (but failed) to avoid. Played by the premises of nature, and was gobbled up completely.
They found his hand, with a wrist watch still on it, and fragments of his head, as well as a leg or so, I think. His camera had the lid on, but the gut-wrenching screams of both of them had been recorded, including him yelling for his gf to run, run, run, and his gf evidently too shocked to move, just screaming and screaming

:V
 
Walpknut said:
Wasn't the "death recording" of Grizzly man and his grilfriend ended up being a hoax?
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I don't think so
You might be refering to numerous hoaxes related TO the death recording, since the recording was destroyed and never leaked. People are full of hope, and are still Googling it, as if it will return from obliteration. The search for Irwin's death tape is also wide-spread, and this was filmed in full detail. Here too the tape was destroyed and never leaked, and also spawned a lot of fakes to farm clicks
 
That Grizzly man guy and also Steve Irwin are just, they annoy me. They were both making and in Grizzly man's case trying to make a buck out of messing with animals. And they got burned in the end. Zero sympathy.

zegh8578 said:
befriended certain individual bears, to the extent they tolerated him,
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That guy should have just left it there. But no, he has to mess with them even more. I remember one clip where one bear went into the water almost like to cool down or take a bath and the crazy dude took off his clothes and went into the water with the bear, circled behind the bear and tried to reach for the bear as if to pet it. The bear turns around fast as if to say "stay away you freak!" I was totally on the bears side.

It was this scene, can't find a clip of it.

http://truefilms.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/9/files/2006/04/GrizzlyMan11.jpg
 
It annoys me when people treat wild animals like puppies.

I also dislike Zoos in general. Unless they are of the kind that is trying to keep endangered species from disappearing.
 
Personally I think animals should realize we are indeed the leaders of the pack and should show some fucking respect. Dogs will survive to the future... cunty fucks like bears, lions and other independent predators/prey should all go extinct.

MANKIND FOR EVAH!!!
 
Zoos are horribly depressing some times. Worst I saw once, in Spain, were chimpanzees behind some glass. Contrary to the other animals, which were just... idunno... on a different level of subconciousness, the chimpanzees looked truly depressed in a way that I, as a human, can recognize. Just awful.

And MutantScalper, I know just what you mean with Grizzly Man, he was a dumbass, no doubt about it :D But you know, in the name of freedom, he played his little game till the end, and filled a bear's belly, I can't really be that angry at him :D
It would have been different if he had been harassing them in this way - AND brought weapons for defense, in case the animals turned awry. Some people do that, and I count tranquilizer darts and such stuff. He went in and got eaten :D

Bears are the only animal here in Scandinavia that I would *really* fear if I ran into. Wolves won't really come near you, lynxes you'll be lucky if you ever see one (I've seen one!), moose - okay, moose can fuck you up good, but with a bit of common sense you can get away if you just make a U-turn right away, and walk off as if you're just on your way somewhere.
But bears...
you just never know with bears
 
Dr Fallout said:
Personally I think animals should realize we are indeed the leaders of the pack and should show some fucking respect. Dogs will survive to the future... cunty fucks like bears, lions and other independent predators/prey should all go extinct.

MANKIND FOR EVAH!!!
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Go make a bear show you respect, I'll wait.
 
One time my dad, who is an eternal paranoid concerning ridiculous things, such as bridges suddenly collapsing "hey, let's not stay on this bridge!" (god, and when he saw the asteroid documentary -.-)
anyway, we're walking, me, him, my brother and our little sister in a stroller. He stops, and suddenly goes "if a bear attacks us, I want you two to fend it off, while I run to safety with your sister"
We laaaaaaaaaughed at this sudden joke!
He wasn't joking

We had a couple of comments:
1. What bear -.- we're basically in the city.
2. Fend it off?? With what, my Matrix Reloaded upgraded kung fu??
3. No, dad, YOU fend it off, and WE - your sons - the future - run away with our sister :I
 
There's a fox that lives near by me. It once came up real close as I was outside on an errand. It followed me up my front yard. Nice fellow, hope it survives the winter. I took some pictures and video of it.
 
I just realized how damn close Finnish grocery stores, are to German ones. He could have probably done the same movie in Germany, and just callled it 'Finnish grocery store'. Except, with the alcohol. You can get all the shit in our grocery stores, wine, beer, whiskey you name it. And we are serious about gambling machines - you won't find them in a grocery store.

Walpknut said:
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What's really awesome, is that they not only show a typical Aussie, but also a typical american - not the woman.

Also, yeah I hate fucking zoos, circus and all that stuff. Monetzing aimalis, is what it is. And it is pretty often damn cruel. I also have zero sympathy for people that fuck around with animals, hey weirdo, you decided to go to the jungle, and pick up that Tarantula squezing it like it was a toy.
 
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If I go to the jungle, I'm the one getting squeezed like a toy

It's one of my eyerolls for people, when they want to travel to exotic places, well, any place
I wanna go to Tokyo! Yeah, have fun metro-ing around neverending urbanity, how many sushi restaurants do you plan to visit? 600?
I wanna go to Indiaaa! Yeah, a friend of mine did that. Months after returning to Norway, his incessant burps still smelled like the Ganges
I wanna go to Peru:o A friend of my dad's did. He got insta-robbed, ALL his clothes, by CHILDREN. Down to his underwear. My dad did, on day one a motorcycle-mugger snapped his camera right out of his hands, after that, he started holding on to his wife. I have relatives in Lima - they carry guns.
I wanna go to the Amazonas! Yeah, brilliant, best one so far, let's go to THE place on earth with the absolutely lowest human density, meaning it is THE most unhospitable place for humans to be, where everything - even ants, but everything, even plants, everything everything everything murders you. If you meet fellow humans in the Amazonas they're either lethal "Flecheiros" or they are drug smugglers who will insta-shoot you just for being an inconvenience.
I wanna climb the mountains! Yeah, be sure to follow "the landmarks" on your way up, such as the famous "Green Boots", named so for his green boots, that he still wears, because it sounds less horrifying than naming it "That dead Indonesian guy with Green Boots, who after all this time, is still mummified because of the horrendous cold"

I remember in the show "Mt. Everest" this Danish guy who wanted to be the first asthmatic Dane to climb Mt. Everest without any oxygen. I'm not kidding. On first attempt he turned black in the face, and had to be carried down by the sherpas. On second attempt - I AM NOT KIDDING - he turned black in the face, you guess the rest.

Or the French guy who wanted to be the first French guy to cross THE ENTIRETY of Siberia, from west to east. His dog died fist. When he was only a skeletal mess Russians had to waste their time locating and helicoptering him to safety.

American guy came to Norway to "beat every skiing mountain", disappeared. His rich parents rented 10 minutes off a private Norwegian channel to tell Norwegians to keep an eye out for him. He had, at the time, been missing for 2 or 3 months. Sigh...

I could go on.

Stay home people!
 
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