Witness to Steve Irwin's Death - Smarter Every Day116
Dr. Seymour "Jelly Dude from Nemo Land" talks about how spending a week with Steve Irwin affected his life. Tweet: http://bit.ly/IrwinTWT FB: http://bit.ly/IrwinFB Visit Steve Irwin's Legacy:...
========== Hey it's me Destin, welcome back to Smarter Every Day. So I think we will all agree that Steve Irwin was one of the best science communicators that has ever existed. I mean he knew the knowledge and it was like a fire in his bones, he had to share it with people because he was so excited about it. And I truly believe that he was genuine, it wasn't all just for show. I get that. I wanted to be like Steve Irwin, I really did. So fast forward several years. I'm on the Great Barrier Reef and I'm diving and I learn that the guy that is teaching me this stuff, Dr Jamie Seymour from James Cook University, I learn several days into interacting with him that he was actually on the boat when Steve Irwin died. So I started asking questions, and I asked ...