CROCLIST: picture in e-mail message body

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Re: CROCLIST: picture in e-mail message bodyAgreed!  Best regards.  Roark Ferguson

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  From: Steve 
  To: croclist at lists.gatorhole.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 11:07 PM
  Subject: Re: CROCLIST: picture in e-mail message body


  Don't give up on the list, Jojo. You'd be surprised at the eyes who read these posts. People like Peter Brazaitis, whose name is synonymous with knowledge and dignity and generosity of spirit. There are more of them out there than you realize, and a few pompous jackasses, whose posts we mostly ignore.
  If you are inteersted in gators, read anything by Kent Vliet, another top shelf guy.
  As a matter of fact, email me at home and I'll put you on to a list of croc folks who will never dissapoint you!
  My best.
  Steve Binnig
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: milano.design~jojo 
    To: croclist at lists.gatorhole.com 
    Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 8:25 PM
    Subject: Re: CROCLIST: picture in e-mail message body


    You guys are brutal. Grow up. The guy is dead for christmas sake. I am on this list to get a different/educated perspective on gators. Their life and what not. I don't post much. Don't live my life around crocs and such. Just live in the middle of gator country. But this display is what I expect from a yahoo list. Not this one. That photo is not new just the angle is different. Watched it last night on animal planet. you know that channel that airs Steve Irwins shows, the ones that get to the millions of americans that are now extremely interested in gators, reptiles and other vilified animals of this earth.

    Thank you steve that was a nice post you put out about him.

    This is what you should be focusing on.... So what if he wasn't educated. He did more for gators in the public than most ever will.

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    I wasn't a fan of Steve's show, but as a zoo keeper in a Reptile House, I will say that Irwin's positive impact on the public is of a magnitude that I can't find words for. Not a week goes by that I don't marvel at how much kids know about the animals in our building. When I ask how they knew a particular fact, the answer is always the same, usually by a parent: "He/she watches the Croc Hunter every time he's on!" The parents watch with the kids, and the knowledge and enthusiasm level they have for the natural world is really impressive sometimes. Steve used that most powerful of all tools, entertainment, to make herps and other animals cool first, then interesting, and valuable. We do a public croc feeding every Sunday, and people often wait  to talk to me after, because they want to show me what they know. I can't imagine anything more valuable than to educate and enlighten the quantity of people that his show reaches. Say what you want about the man; his legacy speaks for itself.







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