Some of us said "look at that fucking idiot" everytime Steve was on TV
 

Steve was a nice guy, had a nice family, loved nature, etc ...........

BUT, his habit of invading the space of other living things was not something to emulate. His "Robin Williams" approach had bad ending written all over it.

Watching, reporting, appreciating from a distance is one thing.

I grew up in Florida and was PROPERLY taught not to INVADE THE SPACE of alligators, sharks, stingrays, spiders, snakes, and bikers at Daytona Beach.

Imagine him grabbing a guy from a bar, talking wildly in his face, probing, teasing .....

Sad as it is, someone finally kicked his ass.

Did anyone with an understanding of "odds" expect a different ending?

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if he got chomped by an alligator i would understand the whole 'odds' thing.. his death was a freak accident

Actually he was provoking a response .... the cameraman was in front, shallow water below, Steve was above and to the side ... It stopped and went into a defensive mode ...

Cameras do have zoom lenses, but that isn't the theme of his shows.

Fact is... this topic has been discussed over and over, but Steve was a professional who KNEW what he was doing ... Just a horrible turn of events ... it could have got him in the arm ... It just so happened to hit his heart dead on...

:( Steve always asked for the cameras to keep rolling if things went bad, and even said that if he was killed on camera, he'd want good TV made of it...

My point was not to be a dick or come across as uncaring ...

My point was some of us didn't think he was cute, funny or smart. Some of us knew it was a matter of time until he had a bad day at work. Yes, I'm sorry for his family and out of work employees ... I won't change my opinion of him just because the obvious happened.

None of you FANS watched his show because it was safe did you?

I always pictured it from the animals point of view ... "invest in a zoom lense and leave me the fuck alone" ....