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STEVE IRWIN MEMORIAL TONIGHT ON ANIMAL PLANET.


Animal Planet will carry famed croc hunter Steve Irwin's memorial service at 9 tonight, without commercial interruption, from the stadium in his Australia Zoo.

Family members and his longtime producer, John Stainton, were slated to speak at the one-hour public memorial, titled ``Steven Irwin: He Changed Our World.''

Irwin, who often flirted with danger while taping his ``Crocodile crocodile, large, carnivorous reptile of the order Crocodilia, found in tropical and subtropical regions. Crocodiles live in swamps or on river banks and catch their prey in the water. They have flattened bodies and tails, short legs, and powerful jaws.  Hunter'' series, died Sept. 4 at age 44 when a stingray stingray: see ray.
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 or whip-tailed ray

Any of various species (family Dasyatidae) of rays noted for their slender, whiplike tail with barbed, usually venomous spines.
 barb barb-,
a combining form used to indicate derivatives of barbituric acid.


Barb

1. originally a distinct line of black Australian kelpies, but now the term is generally applied to any black kelpie.

2.
 pierced pierced  
adj.
1. Cut through with a sharp instrument; perforated.

2. Of or relating to a body part that has been perforated for the purpose of attaching a piece of jewelry.

3.
 his chest as he filmed an ocean documentary.

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Date:Sep 19, 2006
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