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Steve Irwin was born in 1962 to parents Lyn and Bob Irwin, who were animal naturalists. He shared the love for animals all his life, stemming from being raised at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. There, he partook in daily duties of animal feeding and care. He quickly established himself with the Queenland's government on the process of the country's Crocodile Relocation Program, in which the reptiles could be transferred and relocated to proper localties in the most absolute humane, non-tranquilizing manner. He frequently implements the non-tranquilizing factor in his televison show Crocodile Hunter für Kids (1999). Steve married fellow naturalist, Terri Irwin (Baines) in 1992. She joined him in his adventures and efforts in almost every episode of his show. They had one daughter, Bindi Sue Irwin, who was born July 24, 1998. He died in September 2006 following an attack by a stingray, off the Great Barrier Reef.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tommy R. Donovan <underdland@hotmail.com>

Steve Irwin was the director of the Australia Zoo in Queensland, Australia, and host of Animal Planet's series Crocodile Hunter (1996). The son of naturalists Bob and Lyn Irwin, he spent his entire life studying, living and working with animals. He grew up at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where he took part in the daily feeding, care and maintenance of the park's many animal inhabitants. He soon became an expert on local wildlife, particularly reptiles. And (as anyone who has ever seen Steve will easily believe), by the time he was 9, his dad had taught him to jump in and catch crocodiles in the rivers in North Queensland. Together, this father-and-son team could boast that every crocodile at the Australia Zoo (numbering over 150) was either caught with their own hands, or bred and raised at the zoo.



Steve made his name in the Queensland government's rogue crocodile relocation program, where he was one of the most successful participants in this government-sponsored program, safely catching and relocating dozens of troublesome crocodiles without harm to them (or him, for the most part). Irwin's unique talents first came to the attention of the world television audience with the premiere of the first installment of Crocodile Hunter (1996). Before long, a star was born -- or "hatched" to be more reptilian about it.



In 1992, Steve married Terri Raines, a young American whom he met when she visited the zoo. She co-starred with him in Crocodile Hunter (1996), and traveled with him to help educate the public about the care and responsibility we all have to the natural world. They had two children, daughter, Bindi Sue Irwin, born July 24, 1998 and son Robert Clarence Irwin, born 1st of December, 2003 Sadly, Steve died on 4 September 2006, as a result of a stingray attack.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: tom tomlin

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His catchphrase: "Crikey!"



Khaki shorts and shirt



Thick Australian accent



Unabashed enthusiasm for wildlife



Exuberant screen personality



Trivia (22)



Daughter, Bindi Irwin , was born on Friday, July 24, 1998, at 9:46 PM. She weighed 6 pounds and 3 ounces, at birth.

He was scared to death of parrots, especially the sulfar crested cockatoo. When he was four years old, he almost had his nose bitten off by his father's pet sulfar crest. The only bird he felt comfortable around was a black cockatoo, named Ularoo.





Steve and Terri's daughter, Bindi Sue Irwin, is actually named for Steve's favorite crocodile, Bindi and his dog, Sui, who has, incidentally, appeared in numerous Crocodile Hunter (1996) episodes with Steve and Terri.

Had a species of turtle named after him - Elseya Irwini.



His dog, Sui, is a Staffordshire Bullterrier cross



Second child, Robert Clarence "Bob" Irwin born on Monday, December 1, 2003 at 8:00 AM. He weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces, at birth.



Almost faced charges of child endangerment in early January 2004 for doing a crocodile demonstration while holding his one-month-old son, Bob, in one arm and feeding a 13-foot crocodile with the other. Steve and Terri claimed that their son was not in danger and that both their children were going to be "croc savvy".



He told his camera crew to always be filming and that if he needed help, he would ask for help. Steve and Terri spent their honeymoon trapping crocodiles together.





Second child, Robert Clarence Irwin , is named after Steve's father, Robert, and Terri's father, Clarence.

Stopped personally greeting zoo visitors when he witnessed a little girl getting knocked down and seriously injured by a fan rushing to meet him.



Owned a red and white motorbike which he rode around Australia Zoo. This was one of the main ways to determine whether he was at the Zoo or not.



Over 360 million people tuned in to watch the Steve Irwin Memorial Service on Animal Planet on September 19, 2006.



Has had a road named in his honor: Steve Irwin Way in Beerwah, Queensland on Australia's Sunshine Coast.



He was awarded the Centenary Medal by the Australian government for his service to global conservation and to Australian tourism (2001).





The documentary movie Ocean's Deadliest (2007), and the animated movie Happy Feet (2006), were dedicated to his memory.



Was on camera when he was killed. The only copy of the video was given to his widow Terri Irwin . She claims to have destroyed the footage without ever viewing this.

Posthumously inducted into the Queensland Leadership Hall of Fame, recognized for international relationship both in business and wildlife conservation, significantly contributing to Queensland and its international reputation (2015).





Like Timothy Treadwell who was killed in a Grizzly bear attack with his significant other Amie Huguenard in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve three years earlier, Irwin was in his forties at the time of his tragic death.

Despite reports/belief, the stingray barb wound was not actually in his heart, according to the coroners, it was in the center of his upper chest. The coroners also stated that it was basically the stingray's venom that killed him, not as much the wound.



Posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6320 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 26, 2018, the first conservationist to be so honored.



On February 22, 2019, he was honored with a Google Doodle.



Although it was widely reported that the stingray's barb had come out, got stuck in his chest and he pulled it out. (additionally with reporters adding "He pulled out the 'plug', but it was like being stabbed with a dirty dagger"). His eyewitness/cameraman confirmed that those reports were actually wrong and that Irwin could not be saved due to the stingray's deadly venom.



Personal Quotes (11)

If something ever happens to me, people are gonna say 'we knew a croc would get him!'



Crikey, mate. You're far safer dealing with crocodiles and western diamondback rattlesnakes than the executives and the producers and all those sharks in the big MGM building.



I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.



Crocodiles. I've been catching them since I was nine. No problem.



I am a wildlife warrior, and I will fight, fight to the death for wildlife.



On illegal poaching and animal testing: "These Hitlers use the camouflage of science to make money out of animals... so whenever they murder our animals and call it sustainable use, I'll fight it. Since when has killing a wild animal, eating it or wearing it, ever saved a species?"



I'll meet my match when I'm dead.



My job, my mission, the reason I've been put on this planet, is to save wildlife.



My life revolves around conservation. That is my work. That is my life, and I'll die doing that.



[last recorded words before his death] Don't worry, they usually don't swim backwards.



My dad once said to me, "if they're biting you, you know you've got 'em".



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