Bonus: Australian Scientist Offers First-Hand Account Of Steve Irwin's Tragic Death

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🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Australian scientist Jamie Seymour was friends with the famous "Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin. He was even there when Irwin was fatally stung by a stingray in 2006. Jamie sat down with Ben to reflect on that experience and Irwin's legacy.

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0:50.8	Hey, endless thread listeners.
0:52.4	We have something we wanted to share with you in between episodes.
0:55.9	In our last story, Doom Jelly, we talked to Australian toxicologist Jamie Seymour about box jellyfish
1:02.5	and the equal parts mysterious and terrible Euricangis syndrome.
1:07.2	If you haven't listened to that yet, get on it.
1:10.0	But there was a part of our conversation with Jamie that didn't quite fit into that episode.
1:14.9	It was about his relationship with the famous conservationist and TV personality Steve Irwin, aka the crocodile hunter.
1:23.2	Irwin died suddenly in 2006.
1:26.2	He was filming a documentary for the Discovery Channel off the coast of Australia when a stingray attacked him,
1:31.6	piercing his heart with its tailbarb.
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