The 44-year-old media personality and environmentalist died yesterday when a stingray barb punctured his heart while he was filming a nature documentary off the coast of Port Douglas in north Queensland.
Yes, the contributing factor to his winning a spot on the 2006 roster was one of these little fellas:
For those who are curious, here are a slew of other past Darwin Award winners:
http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/