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TIMOTHY TREADWELL  

Everyone knows who Steve Irwin was, the Crocodile Hunter. But most people do not know who Timothy Treadwell was: a conservationist and former alcoholic who loved grizzly bears and was eventually eaten to death by one.

Recently Animal Planet aired Grizzly Man, a documentary about Timothy Treadwell, the conservationist whose bizarre fanaticism over grizzly bears cost him and his girlfriend his life. This guy made Steve Irwin look totally placid.

Timothy Treadwell, a self proclaimed eco-warrior and photographer, died in 2003. He had a great deal of passion for grizzlies, but he set the wrong example for those he was trying to educate. In the end, what we take away from his story isn't what he wanted us to.

Timothy Treadwell's methods of Grizzly Bear conservation were unique at best. His style serve him for 13 years, and he was one of a kind. This is Timothy Treadwell's story:

Famous naturalists such as Steve Irwin and Timothy Treadwell died doing what they loved best, documenting nature. There are lessons that we can learn from both their lives and tragic deaths.

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Grizzly Man is ostensibly a documentary about a wildlife activist who literally lived among grizzly bears in Alaska for 13 summers before being killed by one in 2003. But in Director Werner Herzog's hands, the film's subject is more than that.

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