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Has anyone heard a rumor or know for a fact that Mark O'shea was bitten and died.I was asked by a friend if I had heard this but had heard nothing.

I really hope not he was one of the only people that i rarely watched on tv... he just wasnt fake like the others and i really enjoyed seeing anything with him... but im sure that this isnt true because we would have heard about it by now. it wouldnt be some secret im sure.

I too loved to watch him on tv. I wish he was still making shows. Im hoping he will be lecturing at narbc in Anaheim, but Im not sure if he is attending, the website was unclear as to which shows he will attend around the country.

O Shea's an amateur. I've seen him bit on several of his shows. He got bit through the bag for Christs sake!!!

YEAH!!!! He was/is a moron! I really don't like him at all. He doesn't really seem to know ANYTHING! Plus ever noticed how he just kinda takes what others say and pretends he thought of it? Plus I don't like his handling tech at all!
My two cents =D

Having known Mark for a fair while and having worked with him in the field, I have to strongly agree with both of the above posts. Mark is very very professional and very good with the snakes. He knows a tremendous amount about not only the snakes themselves but their natural history as well. Perhaps the reason his shows seem a bit more 'amateurish' is because he is working with real snakes in the wild, not chilled down captive snakes behind a reptile park somewhere.

Cheers
Bryan
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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http://www.venomdoc.com

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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
University of Melbourne
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Population and Evolutionary Genetics Unit,
Museum Victoria
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http://www.venomdoc.com

I gotta agree with Bryan. I have known mark for a few years and while never worked with him directly in the field, in person mark is very knowledgeable & a good guy to drink beer with.

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CB

n/p

the question still is, Is Mark still alive or did he pass away?I still wonder.

I certainly think news like that would've been made available by now.