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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Oh, don't get me wrong. I couldn't watch the guy either. But he seemed to dig what he did, and a lot of people liked him, and from what I read, he championed environmental causes pretty heavily... So on the balance, unlike so many people (particularly in show business), he's a net loss to humanity.
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I don't think I ever saw his show, but I love Animal Planet and I'm pretty sure that it wouldn't have survived at first without him.
I read this description of him in the last few hours:
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For all, or perhaps because of, his theatrical nature, he made a lot of people look at more animals (and "icky" ones) and decide they were cool. Anyone can make lions and zebras look cool, it takes a special talent to make ill-tempered tarantulas look cool.
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I generally like animals, even most of the icky ones (sans, of course, snakes). Getting people to take a second look at animals in my book is a good thing.
