I guess the lesson is that things that have claws, stings, spikes, spines, talons, teeth, beaks, barbs, and very little brains, are inherently dangerous and should not be poked, prodded, petted, or cuddled. Sadly Mr. Irwin joins the ranks of Timothy Treadwell (
eaten by a bear while trying to hug it), Roy Horn (
ravaged by a tiger while trying to make it disappear), and Jose Rojas Mayarita (
stabbed by a swordfish while trying to land it on his boat.)
[n.b. the link to the tiger incident is automatically censored by this site's software - you need to replace the ***** in the URL with a common English word for a cat, which is also happens to be a common word for a female body part. Automatic language parsers have NO sense of humor and NO way of understanding what a word means within a context.]Siggy
