Even with regard to his own death, Irwin displayed a sense of humor undermining conventional pieties that drown out other kinds
of expressions of grief.

Irwin once insisted, "My number one rule is to keep that camera rolling. Even if it's shaky or slightly out of
focus, I don't give a rip. Even if a big old alligator is chewing me up I want to go down and go, 'Crikey!' just before I die.
That would be the ultimate for me."

"Thanks Aunt Betty."