"Steve Irwin's baby in a croc shocker"

[IttyBittyKitty]

A CROC STOLE ME BABY!

Sorry, could not resist...

Personally, I think that Steve acts like a bit of a dunderhead and sometimes protrays Aussies as bushwacking twits, but he is an intelligent man (has his masters in biology or something like that) and he is is involved with initiatives to protect the environment plus protect endangered species. His "Australia Park" (located not too far from here) brings in many vital tourist dollars to the Queensland economy.

That said, he should sack his PR agent (or whichever ditzhead told him that it would be a good idea to introduce his infant to his man-eating reptilian charges)

And no, you CANNOT compare Irwin's one blunder with Jackson's known history of fiddling with kiddies and plain weirdness. Why else did he have kids if he doesn't want to molest them? He doesn't seem to express any particular need to copulate with members of the opposite sex (adult) for pleasure and mutual progeny. Make no mistake, Jacko's kiddies are going to be a mixed up bunch of people.

The idiotic Qld Department of Families should worry about all the Qld babies being beaten to death by drunken losers rather than one misguided celeb who would otherwise be a good Dad. For those of you outside Aussieland, the Qld Department of Families has taken a lot of flak lately for the number of neglected and abused children who have been subjected to unknown horrors and even killed without the dept doing a thing to help (woefully understaffed)

[kitten645]

Why else did he have kids if he doesn't want to molest them? He doesn't seem to express any particular need to copulate with members of the opposite sex (adult) for pleasure and mutual progeny. Make no mistake, Jacko's kiddies are going to be a mixed up bunch of people.

No doubt those kids are in for a hard life...screwed up beyond what any amount of money could help...however the idea that people have kids as a result of wanting 'copulation' disturbs me. I know of many people (men AND women) that want children. Far be it of ME,a single and defiantly NON pro-creator to stand up for them but there are lots of people completely perfect for the role of parenthood. With or without partners/sex et al...

it also teriffies me that anyone would have a child w/ an evil purpose though I supose all things are possible. To actually "father" a child for a sadistic purpose seems inconcieveble to me but I would put nothing past nutty Jacko

[G.P.girl]

Originally posted by Twisterdog
I got the impression that he is very genuine, and that is just how he is all the time, not that he's acting for the camera.

yes i think so to, he always cries when an animal at the zoo dies and he gets really sad and writes aspeech to say for it. and he just seems to really love his animals, and is kinda oblivious to the danger that they might put him or his son in. but he just wants his kid to grow up loving animals as much as he does.

[rg_girlca]

What got me was when Steve told the crowd, "He's one month old, so it's about time Bob got out there and did his first croc demo."

At one month old ....I don't think so.

I just shudder at what could have happened, experienced or not.

[moosmom]

I saw CNN report on that little blunder. People are absolutely outraged at what Steve did, and to be honest, I don't blame them. He's no better than Michael Jackson dangling HIS kid over a railing in Paris. Steve's wife is a couple fries short of a Happy Meal as well for letting it happen.

Trying to get a 1 month old kid to love animals??? Not at that age.

[Moose]

I'd have to agree that Steve are his wife are a couple of "crocs" themselves...they are absolutely absurd. All I know is if I had my baby in my arms, I wouldn't be getting within 15 feet of anything with a set of teeth like that.

[Twisterdog]

Dogs cause more deaths than ANY other animal, but we don't accuse parents who have children supervised around dogs of abusing their children.

We should. NO child should ever be left unsupervised with ANY animal, period. No excuses, no justifications.

[DJFyrewolf36]

Originally posted by Cheshirekatt
Frankly, this doesn't bother me.

Considering we have people here who throw babies into dumpsters and breast feed while driving I imagine the Irwin baby is safer than most IMHO.

I completely agree...he knows the animals...his dad prolly did that to him and no one had a cow...its just cause hes a celebrity that everyone has to get uppity...
I think everyone aught to take a chill pill...Crocs are dangerous animals but I see no reason to prosicute...Now if he dangled the BABY in front of the croc I'd be more upset.

[tikeyas_mom]

The stunt was slammed by child support groups and likened to the furore caused by pop star Michael Jackson when he dangled his newborn baby over a balcony at a hotel in Germany in 2002.

All I can do is laugh at this comment and how it was mentioned in the case about steve, his crock, and son, Bob. Steve is a trained prof. He knows what he is doing I dought he would place his child in danger on perpose. But thats JMHO. I think Steve is a great person he saves animals lives all the time. He introduced his first child *daughter* to crocks at a young age as well. You didnt see that on the news, now did you??? ... I dont know, I think it is Rubish, I mean By CrI-ckey .

[Uabassoon]

While I know that he does a lot to help animals and that he is a trained professional I think think what he did was very irresponsible. So many horrible things could have happened, and maybe he didn't think it out too well. Thankfully his child wasn't injured. I've never met anyone who hasn't ever accidentally dropped something, he very easily could have dropped his baby. Now I'm not saying that people are always dropping their children or anything because usually when someone carries a baby they are very careful, but look at how he was carring the child! He had the baby underneath his armpit, what if the baby started to squrim and fell. Not only was he carrying the baby in an unsafe manner but he was also using his other hand to feed the croc making it even more unsafe because he could have easily loosed the other arm that was holding up the baby. If I was in public and saw someone carring a baby the way he was I would be horrified even if there was no croc! Just because he is trained doesn't mean it's safe for his baby. I mean if I were something crazy like a skydiving instructor I wouldn't be taking my baby on a jump with me because "I knew what I was doing". I think it was just really stupid idea, and he should be thankful that his baby is safe.

[gini]

There are many adjectives that come to my mind when I think about Steve Irwin.

However, IDIOT seems to be the kindest of them all.

[RICHARD]

Originally posted by Tweety_Pie
The part that angers me the most is how he made his baby "walk" at the end...

getting croc crap from in between a newborn's toes is hard..


IBK.....


LOLOLOLOLOLOL!

That was priceless!!!!


For the seriousness of the subfect I have found this to be pretty entertaining.

2K,

Did you get the handbag???

[CathyBogart]

Originally posted by Twisterdog
We should. NO child should ever be left unsupervised with ANY animal, period. No excuses, no justifications.

Could you please re-read my post. I said SUPERVISED.

[Cincy'sMom]

I can't say I'm surprise Steve had the baby out there with the croc. Back when Terri was pregnant with their first child, (which I think was before they were famous but just startingon TV) she was sitting on top of the gators wrestlin them intot he truck. Yes, while pregnant. But then again, shocking the public gets ratings, and that is what it is all about!

[blur]

Originally posted by Tweety_Pie
I find it disturbing that anyone would do such a thing. He is not only putting the his life in danger, he is putting his new born son's life in danger.

What do you think?

Well, as a croc expert said today, it's not like huge saltwater crocodiles are agile like lions or tigers. There's no way the child, being held at least 6 feet from the ground and several feet from the croc was in danger.

I would bet my last dollar that if that croc had moved menacingly towards Steve, he would have had the baby over the fence back to its mother before it had any chance to do anything to the child. I would also bet that Steve is the kind of guy who would let the croc take both his legs before he even thought about giving up Bob.

Anyway, are people so silly that they think Steve would harm his child? He knows what he's doing. It's his profession, for crying out loud.

Steve Irwin is a happy-go-lucky bloke who has become successful and it's really embarassing to see the media create this frenzy around him. It's like they'v ebeen waiting to have a shot at him for ages - probably through jealousy that an average Joe can do so well - and now they've got it. And I'm disgusted with the media. Completely and utterly.