Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin
Stephen Robert "Steve" Irwin, nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter", was an Australian wildlife expert, television personality, and conservationist. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series The Crocodile Hunter, an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted with his wife Terri. Together, the couple also owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Irwin's parents in Beerwah, about 80 kilometresnorth of the Queensland state capital city of Brisbane...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth22 February 1962
CountryAustralia
Steve Irwin quotes about
The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.
We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife.
My belief is that what comes across on the television is a capture of my enthusiasm and my passion for wildlife.
If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.
So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.
The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am.
But I put my life on the line to save animals.
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.
Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart. I've had these blokes in Hollywood hug me trying to make out I'm their friend and as soon as I turn their back they take out a big bunch of knives and stab me in the back. I feel sorry for these people because they are so shallow.
scientific whaling, and other lies will be exposed and become atrocities of the past.
If you can't excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?
Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn't matter where or what it is, from the biggest to the most venomous.
We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been shot historically, which doesn't work for us.
I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.