"He died doing what he loved best and left this world in a happy and peaceful state of mind."

I wonder what gave this man the right to say this. How could he possibly have died happy and unworried, when he has had no pre-conception of the ending of his life, no last goodbye to his wife and his young children? There was no forewarning whatsoever, no mental preparation.

The tragic irony is that he lived all these years, handling far more dangerous animals than a stingray, and he has lived a life relatively unscathed, but because of just one unfortunate, untimely sting, he died. According to the report, a stingray's sting is not fatal, and it is rare that people die from it, but because it pierced his heart... he, the great Crocodile Hunter, should die from it.

How could I say anything else to a man who has done much more for this earth we live on than any of us could hope to do, and who shouldn't leave this early, but rest in peace.