But the last word on Steve Irwin seemed to belong to Africa's greatest crocodile-hunter, Khalid Hassen, bagger of 17, 000 crocs the easy way, with a rifle, who said it simply didn't seem right that a fish should have killed him.
There may even be an entirely new species of web-footed crocodile, according to a hunter-turned-conservation-officer employed by the group Cat Action Treasury.