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
She would definitely be the oldest living animal on Earth ... I can't see why she shouldn't live till 200.
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.
Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those species are rare or endangered. They're on the way out, no matter what anyone does or says, you know.
Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.
A lot of people who work with wildlife work with wildlife to satisfy their own egos. And I don't really agree with that. What I do is get in nice and close to the animal to make the animal look good. My aim in this world is to make that brown snake, that crocodile, that koala, that red-backed spider, that black widow, look good. That's my job. I have absolutely no problem with my ego or my staff's ego.
I have no problem giving donations, but I like to see my money go to work.
I had to jump off and jump on a plane at the ranger's station airfield, flew straight down and walked off the plane into the awards ceremony,
This is going to be under water one or two days a year.
It's just great, ... You're fortunate in your life to be in a good enough position to help someone.
To me, the story is the power of volunteers,
My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.
Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.
No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.