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Animal Planet also created the annual Croc Week marathon, which lasted a full week in the middle of June, every year from 2000 to 2007.
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He was a born communicator." Īmerican satellite and cable television channel Animal Planet ended The Crocodile Hunter with a series finale titled "Steve's Last Adventure." The last Crocodile Hunter documentary spanned three hours with footage of Irwin's across-the-world adventure in locations including the Himalayas, the Yangtze River, Borneo, and the Kruger National Park.Īfter The Crocodile Hunter, Irwin went on to star in other Animal Planet documentaries, including Croc Files, The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and New Breed Vets. Sir David Attenborough praised Irwin for introducing many to the natural world, saying "He taught them how wonderful and exciting it was. Irwin's exuberant and enthusiastic presenting style, broad Australian accent, signature khaki shorts, and catchphrase "Crikey!" became known worldwide. The Crocodile Hunter became successful in the United States, the UK, and over 130 other countries, reaching 500 million people.
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The series debuted on Australian TV screens in 1996 and made its way onto North American television the following year. Film footage of their honeymoon, taken by John Stainton, became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter. Steve and his wife Terri spent their honeymoon trapping crocodiles together. Irwin and Terri with Wes Mannion, the other two cast members of The Crocodile Hunter. Career The Crocodile Hunter and related work Irwin took over the management of the park in 1991 and renamed it Australia Zoo in 1998. He worked as a volunteer for Queensland's East Coast Crocodile Management program and captured over 100 crocodiles, some of which were relocated, while others were housed at the family park. Also at age nine, he wrestled his first crocodile, again under his father's supervision. He began handling crocodiles at the age of nine after his father had educated him on reptiles from an early age. On his sixth birthday, he was given a 12-foot (4 m) scrub python. Irwin became involved with the park in a number of ways, including taking part in daily animal feeding, as well as care and maintenance activities. After moving to Queensland, Bob and Lyn Irwin started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where Steve grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles. Irwin described his father as a wildlife expert interested in herpetology, while his mother Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator. He moved with his parents as a child to Queensland in 1970, where he attended Landsborough State School and Caloundra State High School. His parents were both of English and Irish descent, with some Swedish on his mother's side.
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Irwin was born on his mother's 20th birthday to Lyn (Hakainsson) and Bob Irwin in Upper Ferntree Gully, a suburb of Melbourne.