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
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?
I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.
I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that's habitat destruction.
She would definitely be the oldest living animal on Earth ... I can't see why she shouldn't live till 200.
He could still decide to take out his anger on us,
I bled a lot. I got hit across the face. We couldn't film for seven days. I got hit, whacked, underwater, across the face. I finished the shot, got into the boat and blood started coming out.
Because when they strike it can be that quick that if they're within range, you're dead, you're dead in your tracks. And his head weighs more than my body so it's WHACK!
That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from fear like everyone else.
When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.
We did not submit an ordinance that we believed would not pass constitutional muster. The Supreme Court says we can make reasonable time, place and manner restrictions in order to achieve a legitimate public interest.
We need to increase the perception for people who live in Apollo, Butler and everywhere else that it's OK to come into the city.
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.