I've recently watched some of Steve Irwin, the maniac Aussie animal botherer on Netflix.
I'll confess here and now that I've never before seen any of his TV shows but was aware of who he was & what he used to do.
Swimming with sharks: Here's me expecting him to be on this rather well equipped boat with loads of scuba gear etc, but no. He was in a tiny boat with an outboard motor almost big enough for him and his missus to sit in with the cage. They chuck the cage into the water tied to the side of this rowboat and in he gets. Just a mask, snorkel & still in his effing safari suit! He's got absolutely massive Tiger sharks getting together to play "let's sink this tiny boat" and they nearly do. Proper mental.
Annoying Crocodiles: He's just wandering around the enclosure with this ginormous bloody row of teeth, generally winding it up and evading being lunch by a gnats whisker. He then talks about & shows footage of this particular Croc almost biting his arm off & they show the footage. He's now arrsing about in it's enclosure (I swear this thing was about 10 foot long) causing it to turn and snap at him. I'm at this point sat their aghast.
Cobra baiting: He's got this huge effing cobra and for entertainment value he's chasing it with a stick. this snake rears up to about 5 foot in height & is mightily p1ssed off by now so the mad bugger chases it up a tree all the wile hissing & striking at him.
"Strewth, this fella's a bit aggressive" he says.
Yes he would be because you're chasing it with a big effing stick!!
I hate snakes with a passion, when I see one every atom in my body sees them as the enemy and I couldn't watch any further.
The Programme was called Steve Irwin's Wildest encounters or something like that, and they weren't kidding. As I said, I've never seen anything of his in the past & now I have I'm surprised he lived as long as he did.
I'll confess here and now that I've never before seen any of his TV shows but was aware of who he was & what he used to do.
Swimming with sharks: Here's me expecting him to be on this rather well equipped boat with loads of scuba gear etc, but no. He was in a tiny boat with an outboard motor almost big enough for him and his missus to sit in with the cage. They chuck the cage into the water tied to the side of this rowboat and in he gets. Just a mask, snorkel & still in his effing safari suit! He's got absolutely massive Tiger sharks getting together to play "let's sink this tiny boat" and they nearly do. Proper mental.
Annoying Crocodiles: He's just wandering around the enclosure with this ginormous bloody row of teeth, generally winding it up and evading being lunch by a gnats whisker. He then talks about & shows footage of this particular Croc almost biting his arm off & they show the footage. He's now arrsing about in it's enclosure (I swear this thing was about 10 foot long) causing it to turn and snap at him. I'm at this point sat their aghast.
Cobra baiting: He's got this huge effing cobra and for entertainment value he's chasing it with a stick. this snake rears up to about 5 foot in height & is mightily p1ssed off by now so the mad bugger chases it up a tree all the wile hissing & striking at him.
"Strewth, this fella's a bit aggressive" he says.
Yes he would be because you're chasing it with a big effing stick!!
I hate snakes with a passion, when I see one every atom in my body sees them as the enemy and I couldn't watch any further.
The Programme was called Steve Irwin's Wildest encounters or something like that, and they weren't kidding. As I said, I've never seen anything of his in the past & now I have I'm surprised he lived as long as he did.