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Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin (1962-2006) 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 1992. That year he married. Footage of his croc-trapping honeymoon became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, which hatched on American television in 1997 and was soon taken up by the cable giant Animal Planet. In 1999 he made the first of his many appearances on US talk program, the Jay Leno Show. By then, The Crocodile Hunter was broadcast in some 137 countries and Irwin's catchcry 'Crikey!' had become synonymous with Australian zest for life. The feature film Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002) grossed $33 million. In 2002 Irwin founded Wildlife Warriors Worldwide, an international animal conservation fund. Locally, over the next few years, he collaborated with The Wiggles on Wiggly Safari, a
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Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert IrwinAO (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006) was an Australian zookeeper, television personality, wildlife expert, environmentalist, and conservationist. He was famous for the television program The Crocodile Hunter, a well-known real-life animal program that he made with his wife Terri Irwin. Irwin's character and adventures on his program made him an international star.
Early years
[change | change source]Irwin's mother and father were Lyn and Bob Irwin was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The family moved to Queensland in 1970, when Irwin was 8. Bob Irwin was very interested in reptiles (a type of animal that includes snakes and crocodiles). When the family moved, Bob and Lyn Irwin started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. Irwin lived there until he became an adult.
Irwin worked in his family's park when he was nine: feeding the animals, and taking care of the grounds. He began working with crocodiles when he was nine, and became a crocodile-trapper (someone who traps crocodiles without killing them) when he was olde
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Steve Irwin
Crikey! Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin wowed audiences by the millions!
Stephen Robert Irwin was born on February 22, 1962, in Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria. His parents moved their family to Beerwah, Queensland, and opened the ‘Beerwah Reptile Park’ in 1970.
Steve grew up loving all wildlife, especially reptiles. He caught his first venomous snake (a common brown) at the tender age of six and would often arrive late to school after convincing his mother to pull over so he could rescue a lizard off the road.
By the time he was nine years old, Steve was helping catch small problem crocodiles, hanging around boat ramps, by jumping on them in the water and wrestling them back into the dinghy. He always had an uncanny sixth sense when it came to wildlife and spent his life honing that skill.
By 1980, the wildlife park was renamed the ‘Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park’. This was Steve’s home and the place he loved the most. Here he worked countless hours, caring for the wildlife and maintaining the grounds.
As Steve’s love for crocodiles grew, he spent m
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