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Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin () achieved international fame as the 'Crocodile Hunter'. As a boy, Irwin moved to Queensland with his parents, who started the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park near Caloundra. Having helped in the park from an early age, Irwin worked as a crocodile trapper in North Queensland before returning to take it over, renaming it the Australia Zoo in That year he married. Footage of his croc-trapping honeymoon became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, which hatched on American television in and was soon taken up by the cable giant Animal Planet. In he made the first of his many appearances on US talk program, the Jay Leno Show. bygd then, The Crocodile Hunter was broadcast in some countries and Irwin's catchcry 'Crikey!' had become synonymous with Australian zest for life. The feature rulle Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course () grossed $33 million. In Irwin founded Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, an international animal conservation fund. Locally, over the next f
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Steve Irwin
Australian zookeeper, conservationist and television personality (–)
This article is about the Australian wildlife expert and television personality. For other people with the same name, see Steve Irwin (disambiguation).For the flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, see MY Steve Irwin. For the television series he hosted, see The Crocodile Hunter.
Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February &#;&#; 4 September ), known as "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlifeeducator, and environmentalist.
Irwin grew up around crocodiles and other types of reptiles and was educated regarding them by his father, Bob. He achieved international fame in the late s from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series that he co-hosted with his wife, Terri. The couple also hosted the series Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries, and New Breed Vets. Th
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Close your eyes and imagine you are riding down a river in a boat. The river is surrounded by swamp land. You hear bugs chirping in the trees and fish darting through the water below you. You are driving slowly, cautiously, watching the surface of the water for one of the largest, most ancient reptiles which rules these rivers &#; the infamous crocodile. At the front of the boat is the man known as The Crocodile Hunter. Behind him is a cameraman, who is filming the adventure. The Crocodile Hunter holds up his finger and you slow the boat’s engines. He points to the left and you look out across the river. Poking out of the water are two huge eyeballs and a long bumpy snout. Suddenly, The Crocodile Hunter dives out of the canoe and into the murky water. The cameraman films The Crocodile Hunter as he swims toward the crocodile and grabs it around the neck. You row closer as the cameraman continues filming. The Crocodile Hunter bursts from the surface of the river with the crocodile’s