My idol, in this regard, is dear departed Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter, who loved reptiles unabashedly and unilaterally, even as he grappled and sidestepped to avoid their violent attacks.

这方面，我的偶像是鳄鱼捕手Steven Irwin。他就是执着地喜欢爬行动物，甚至在和它们扭打和躲避袭击时也如此。

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The 81-year-old Florida man fared better than crocodile hunter Steve Irwin, who was killed in 2006 when a stingray struck him in the heart.

这名81岁的佛罗里达州男子遭遇的情况要比2006年因海鳐鱼袭击心脏而死的捕鳄人史蒂夫·欧文要好些。

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The man known as the "Crocodile Hunter" was killed Monday in a freak accident when a stingray barb pierced his heart as he taped an underwater documentary.

这位众所周知的“鳄鱼先生”周一在一场匪夷所思的意外中丧命，当时他正在录制一部水下纪录片，一只？鱼的倒钩刺穿他的心脏。

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The TV personality Steve Irwin, who was nicknamed The Crocodile Hunter, but died in 2006, took part in the study.

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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.

ECONOMIST: Steve Irwin

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.

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