Nature's interesting to me without the drama, but Irwin was a cool chap.
I don't think it's horrible way to go for him though, very much in style. Snake bite would have been too ironic, considering he was well prepared to deal with those. Crocodile would have been too cheesy. A decent heroirc death. Rest in peace, Steve.
Reminds me of when James Bond faked his own death in "You only live twice" . One of his fellow agents finds his corpse and says "well at least he died on the job, he would have wanted it this way".