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Steve Irwin

You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it'll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it's not even funny.

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Steve Irwin is pointing out that a stick of dynamite, while dangerous, won't actively harm you just by being touched, unlike a venomous snake that reacts quickly and aggressively to defend itself. He uses humor to highlight how the snake’s immediate and deadly response is much more frightening than the inanimate threat of dynamite.

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