Re: Steve Erwin (Croc. Hunter) dies in sting ray attack

[John Wilkins <j.wilkins1@uq.edu.au>]

My mistake. I meant to post that to the list:

Parrots. A cockatoo once tried to eat his nose. I sympathise -  
vicious buggers when they don't like you.

It's spelled Irwin, by the way...

As it happens I saw him in action with various animals. He only  
*looked* like he was taking undue risks, but he knew what he was doing.

On 04/09/2006, at 12:00 PM, Phillip Bigelow wrote:


> Erwin claimed that he was afraid of no animal......except for  
> birds.  He
> often confided that he had visions of birds pecking his eyes out.   
> Tiny
> feathered dinosaurs!
>
> <pb>

On 04/09/2006, at 1:19 PM, Phillip Bigelow wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:45:58 +1000 Chris Glen  
> <s370548@student.uq.edu.au>
> writes:
> > Ahem, yes _E_rwin, not Urwin as I had.
>
> No worries.  I got contacted off-list and was told it is actually
> "Irwin".
>
> <pb>
> --

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