In honour of Steve Irwin. – “Yeah, I’m a thrill seeker, but crikey, education’s the most important thing.”
Stephen Robert "Steve“ Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed ”The Crocodile Hunter“.
“If there’s one thing that I, Steve Irwin, would wanna be remembered for, it’s be remembered for passion and enthusiasm. Conservation is my job, my life, my whole persona.”
Please help continue Steve’s legacy and find out more about his passion here. [Inspired by this post and this video.]
You know, while Irwin was alive, so many people made fun of him, and he was even accused of “cheapening” conservation by making a “spectacle” of it, even though he was just being himself and expressing how much he really loved all these animals.
And it occurs to me now that nobody like that has been a household name in America ever since. A man who adored reptiles and wanted to teach everyone to appreciate wildlife was a celebrity known to almost every man, woman and child only a few years ago.
And what took his place? What do the “educational” channels host now? Homophobic duck hunters and child molesting cultists. There isn’t even a single scientist or environmentalist most of today’s young children are familiar with.
His enthusiasm is what I remember him for
(Source: makebeliever, via lupinatic)
