Information about the Crocdile Hunter
Information about the Crocodile Hunter
Steve Irwin
Steve likes to relocate rouge crocodiles. They are crocodiles that have
inhabited recreational areas and are likely to injure or be injured.
In all, Steve is an all-around great guy who really loves his animals.
He is determined to tell the world the way it really is about crocodiles,
how they should be not be thought up as vicious man-eating animals
but as lovable, caring, and sensitive creatures who have lived for millions of years.
Steve Irwin is a herpetologist who owns and works at The Australia Zoo in Beerwah Queensland. His
job sometimes takes him on wild journeys all over Australia, and now the world,
finding all sorts of creatures that need his help, or telling us about them. His
specialty are crocodiles. He can catch the right sized crocodile with his bare
hands for he's been doing this since he was a young boy (tough kid!). A worker
at Steve's Zoo says "Steve does not make mistakes when he's working, it would
cost him his life with some of the animals he deals with".
His main partners are, his currently pregnant, wife Terri, who tries her best to
put up with Steve and the situations he gets her into, and his dog Suey, a brave
dog that knows when to stay out the way. Most of the action is caught on the
cameras and is shown on his T.V. show called "The Crocodile Hunter" and is
watched by millions of viewers world wide. It seems to have a great impact on
some of the viewers, and those who watch it thoroughly enjoy it, for it is
crammed with entertainment and education. Steve Irwin is finished with shooting
new episodes in the deserts of North and South America and has returned to his
park in Queensland and will be staying until Terri has their first baby in August.
Steve is extremely Boisterous and very active. Steve is also extreemly
courageous and you'd think he doesn't have a fear in the world, but in fact you'd
be suprized. He lives, breathes, sleeps(but does not eat) Crocodiles.
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Stephen Robert Irwin was born to Lyn and Bob Irwin in Victoria in February 1962. Bob Irwin
was a keen enthusiast of reptiles and moved his family to Queensland in 1970 to start a small
reptile park at Beerwah on the Sunshine Coast. Australia Zoo opened its doors to the public
in April 1973 and became a true family business, flourishing until 1991 when Bob & Lyn
retired, turning over management to their son, Steve.
Living in the Park, Steve grew up with animals of all kinds, taking part in the inhabitants
daily feeding, care and maintenance. His 6th birthday present was what he had always wanted
� his very own scrub python it was 3.6m long and while most other children were opening
cans of pet food for their cats or dogs, Steve was out catching fish and hunting rodents to
feed to his crocodiles and snakes.
Bob taught the young Steve everything there was to know about reptiles � even teaching his
nine year old how to jump in and catch crocodiles in the rivers of North Queensland at night.
This father and son�s proud boast is that every crocodile in their park (now numbering some
150 animals) was either caught by their bare hands or bred and raised in their Park.
As he grew older Steve followed in his father�s footsteps and volunteered his services to the
Queensland Governments rogue crocodile relocation program which saw him spend years
living on his own in the mosquito infested creeks, rivers and mangroves of North
Queensland catching huge troublesome crocodiles single-handed. His record of successful
catches is still staggering to this day.
Since 1991, Australia Zoo has flourished and expanded under Steve�s guidance. In 1990 a
chance reunion with his friend, television producer John Stainton, filming in the Park for a
TV commercial, gave Steve the opportunity to show his diverse animal talents to the world
when they both took a punt and make the first documentary, "The Crocodile Hunter" in
1992. The tremendous success of this one program quickly encouraged the making of more
and so over the next 3 years, 10 one hour episodes were made and on television screens all
over the world. Series Two is now in production with Series Three in the planning stages.
Steve has the greatest respect and understanding for all animals � something that has been
instilled into him by his family for all of his life � and his proud to share his passion with
everyone who visits his Zoo and with his two � three hundred million viewers world-wide.
In June 1992, Steve married Terri Raines from Oregon USA. They had met a few months
earlier when Terri visited the Park whilst on holidays in Australia. They now spend their
lives together educating people everywhere to care for all of our world�s wildlife.
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