"13 specials into 2007; with a nearly 11-year run, the series is the second longest-running program of any Discovery Communications network, behind ""MythBusters"". The Crocodile Hunter The Crocodile Hunter is a wildlife documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin's unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film """" and two television spinoffs: ""Croc Files"" and ""The Crocodile Hunter Diaries"". The series was presented on Animal Planet, becoming the network's highest-rated series at the time, and was in international"
"Steve Irwin Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed ""The Crocodile Hunter"" was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, and television personality. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series ""The Crocodile Hunter"" (1996–2007), an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted with his wife Terri; the couple also hosted the series, ""Croc Files"" (1999–2001), ""The Crocodile Hunter Diaries"" (2002–2006), and ""New Breed Vets"" (2005). They also owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Irwin's parents in Beerwah, about north of the Queensland state capital city of Brisbane. Irwin died at 44, after being pierced in the"
"57567 Crikey, in honour of Irwin and his ""signature phrase"". Steve Irwin Stephen Robert Irwin (22 February 1962 – 4 September 2006), nicknamed ""The Crocodile Hunter"" was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, and television personality. Irwin achieved worldwide fame from the television series ""The Crocodile Hunter"" (1996–2007), an internationally broadcast wildlife documentary series which he co-hosted with his wife Terri; the couple also hosted the series, ""Croc Files"" (1999–2001), ""The Crocodile Hunter Diaries"" (2002–2006), and ""New Breed Vets"" (2005). They also owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Irwin's parents in Beerwah, about north of the Queensland state capital city of"
"who died in a stingray accident in 2006), and second daughter, Mandy. While Irwin made a living as a plumber, and Lyn as a maternity nurse, the family's consuming passion was rescuing and rehabilitating local wildlife. Steve Irwin, the couple's middle child, would not only come to fulfill the roles of curator and director of the Beerwah Reptile Park, but also produce and star in his highly popular educational documentary series, ""The Crocodile Hunter"". Steve would enlarge the park to its present size of and rename the park the Australia Zoo. Steve Irwin wrote on his website: What a childhood!"
"Wes Mannion Wes Mannion (born September 1970) is an Australian television personality, best known from the series ""The Crocodile Hunter"" as Steve Irwin's best friend and director of Australia Zoo. Mannion's interest in reptiles began in the jungles surrounding his family's home in Malaysia, where his father was stationed as a member of the Royal Australian Air Force. In 1976, Mannion and his family returned to Australia and eventually, in 1985, settled on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. His passion for reptiles continued throughout his childhood years and at age 14, Mannion made his first visit to the Queensland Reptile"
"blood loss, and/or secondary septicemia or tetanus. In some cases, a startled ray has jumped out of the water and pierced a wader's chest cavity. This species is responsible for the majority of stingray injuries off New Zealand. However, the most infamous of all these tragic accidents is easily the death of the Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin. In his case, the short-tail stingray that killed him stung him in the heart with its barb, which is considered a tragedy in the natural world as deaths from a stingray barb are not particularly common. Throughout its range, the short-tail stingray is"
"Australia Zoo Australia Zoo is a zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains. It is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA), and is owned by Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, whose wildlife documentary series ""The Crocodile Hunter"" made the zoo a popular tourist attraction. The zoo is run by Director Wes Mannion. Australia Zoo was opened by Bob and Lyn Irwin on 3 June 1970 under the name Beerwah Reptile and Fauna Park. Their son Steve had helped his parents since childhood to care for crocodiles"
"bear in the tropics. Inuka was born on 26 December 1990, died 25 April 2018 (aged 27). The zoo also embarked on various rescue and conservation efforts to protect wildlife. Steve Irwin, the animal activist and conservationist known as ""The Crocodile Hunter"", admired the Singapore Zoo greatly, adopting it as the 'sister zoo' to Australia Zoo. He was at the Singapore Zoo in 2006 to officiate the opening of the Australian Outback exhibit. ""Breakfast with an Orangutan"" allows visitors to meet and interact closely with the orangutans in the zoo, which has included Ah Meng (died on 8 February 2008)"
"the neck and shoulder, and was flown to Royal Brisbane Hospital. His condition was initially stated to be ""serious but stable."" He recovered well. On 29 July 2014, a tiger keeper was injured during a demonstration, again by the tiger Juma. The keeper made a full recovery. Australia Zoo Australia Zoo is a zoo located in the Australian state of Queensland on the Sunshine Coast near Beerwah/Glass House Mountains. It is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA), and is owned by Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin, whose wildlife documentary series ""The Crocodile Hunter"" made the"
"Terri Irwin Terri Irwin (; born July 20, 1964) is an American-Australian naturalist, conservationist, author, and the owner of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. A native of Oregon, United States, she began an independent animal rehabilitation center for injured predator mammals at age 22 while working for her family's trucking business. While touring wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Australia in 1991, she had a chance meeting with naturalist Steve Irwin, whose father founded Australia Zoo. The two married in 1992, and went on to co-star in ""The Crocodile Hunter"", their unconventional television nature documentary series and its spin-off series, ""Croc Files"""
"Terri Irwin Terri Irwin (; born July 20, 1964) is an American-Australian naturalist, conservationist, author, and the owner of Australia Zoo in Beerwah, Queensland. A native of Oregon, United States, she began an independent animal rehabilitation center for injured predator mammals at age 22 while working for her family's trucking business. While touring wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Australia in 1991, she had a chance meeting with naturalist Steve Irwin, whose father founded Australia Zoo. The two married in 1992, and went on to co-star in ""The Crocodile Hunter"", their unconventional television nature documentary series and its spin-off series, ""Croc Files"""
"My mum was the Mother Teresa of wildlife rehabilitation. Our house was a giant maternity ward fair smack-dab in the middle of the Beerwah Reptile Park. It was nothing for us kids to be sharing our house with orphaned joey kangaroos, sugar gliders, ringtail or brushtail possums, koala joeys, baby birds and untold amounts of other injured Australian animals. What a wild menagerie, and an exceptional household to be raised in. Steve Irwin died in 2006. While filming a documentary, he swam too close to a stingray that pierced his heart with its barb, and Steve died from his injuries"
"chicken, goat and fish. Eric had been implicated in the disappearance of two indigenous children in the 1980s, and was captured for the safety of the community. He was first taken to Darwin Crocodile Farm, where he bit off the heads of two female crocodiles with whom he was supposed to mate, and lost his right rear foot in a duel with a fellow crocodile. In 1989 he arrived by special freighter jet at the Australian Reptile Park and became a major attraction. He was named after the park's founder Eric Worrell who had died in 1987. Eric the crocodile"
"Steve Irwin's ""best mate"" and director of Australia Zoo, Wes Mannion. Bindi performs songs and dances with a group called the Crocmen, and answers questions from viewers in the ""Bindi's Blog"" segment. Steve Irwin appeared in several episodes filmed prior to his death in 2006. The second series was produced after his death, but he appears in archive footage in a segment named ""Croc Hunter Unplugged"", and is generally spoken of transcendentally in the present tense. Bindi Sue Irwin and her late dad, ""Crocodile Hunter"" Steve Irwin, try to spread the idea of conservation by teaching the world about many"
"The area received a high level of media attention following the death of ""The Crocodile Hunter"" star Steve Irwin on 4 September 2006 while filming an underwater documentary entitled ""Ocean's Deadliest"". Batt Reef Batt Reef is a coral reef off Port Douglas in Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. Batt Reef is centred at and is part of the Great Barrier Reef. The reef is about 18 km long by 5 km (11 miles by 3 miles) wide, lying northwest to southeast, at the northern side of Trinity Passage that leads from the inner Reef channel from Trinity Bay to the"
"Gerry Ortega Gerardo Valeriano Ortega DVM (August 28, 1963 – January 24, 2011), better known simply as ""Doc Gerry"" or ""Ka Gerry"", was a Filipino journalist, veterinarian, politician, environmental activist, and community organizer best known for his work to promote crocodile farming in the Philippines, and for his advocacy against mining on the island of Palawan. Ortega has often been lauded as a hero of the Philippine Environment since he was assassinated on January 24, 2011, allegedly due to his anti-mining advocacy. Doc Gerry was born on August 28, 1963, the son of Rafael “Totoy"" Ortega, who was the Municipal"
"Terri was unable to be there. When not co-hosting, he was usually behind the scenes keeping the camera crew safe from animals and ensuring their safety. In 2001, Mannion was involved in a serious incident in which a captive Australian saltwater crocodile named Graham bit him on the thigh. Irwin, acting on instinct and training, subdued the crocodile with a wooden ""safety stick"" (a safety device located in all crocodile enclosures), allowing Mannion to escape. Wes Mannion Wes Mannion (born September 1970) is an Australian television personality, best known from the series ""The Crocodile Hunter"" as Steve Irwin's best friend"
"Rod Ansell Rodney William Ansell (1 October 1954 – 3 August 1999) was an Australian cattle grazier and a buffalo hunter. Described to be from ""the bush"", Ansell became famous in 1977 after he was stranded in extremely remote country in the Northern Territory, and the story of his survival for 56 days with limited supplies became news headlines around the world. Consequently, he served as the inspiration for Paul Hogan's character in the 1986 film ""Crocodile Dundee"". In 1999, he was killed in a police shootout. Ansell was born in Murgon, Queensland, to George William Ansell and Eva May"
"Rod Ansell Rodney William Ansell (1 October 1954 – 3 August 1999) was an Australian cattle grazier and a buffalo hunter. Described to be from ""the bush"", Ansell became famous in 1977 after he was stranded in extremely remote country in the Northern Territory, and the story of his survival for 56 days with limited supplies became news headlines around the world. Consequently, he served as the inspiration for Paul Hogan's character in the 1986 film ""Crocodile Dundee"". In 1999, he was killed in a police shootout. Ansell was born in Murgon, Queensland, to George William Ansell and Eva May"
"out of the arena for the last time as Williamson sang. As a final tribute, Australia Zoo staff spelled out Irwin's catchphrase ""Crikey"" in yellow flowers as Irwin's truck was driven from the Crocoseum for the last time to end the service. On 1 January 2007, Glass House Mountains Road, the road that runs by the Australia Zoo, was officially renamed Steve Irwin Way. The Australian government announced in July 2007 that a 135,000-hectare (334,000-acre) national park was being created in northern Queensland and would be named the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve. An asteroid discovered in 2001 has been named"
"Sweetheart (crocodile) Sweetheart was the name given to a 5.1 metre saltwater crocodile responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia between 1974 and 1979. Sweetheart attacked outboard motors, dinghies, and fishing boats. In July 1979, Sweetheart was finally caught alive by a team from the Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission, but drowned while being transported when he became tangled with a log. The crocodile's mounted body is now on permanent display at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The story of Sweetheart has been taken with considerable artistic licence by Greg McLean, director of"
"Freshwater crocodile The freshwater crocodile (""Crocodylus johnstoni"" or ""Crocodylus johnsoni""; see below), also known as the Australian freshwater crocodile, Johnstone's crocodile or colloquially as freshie, is a species of crocodile endemic to the northern regions of Australia. Unlike their much larger Australian relative, the saltwater crocodile, freshwater crocodiles are not known as man-eaters, although they will bite in self-defence and brief non-fatal attacks, apparently the result of mistaken identity, have occurred. When Gerard Krefft named the species in 1873, he intended to commemorate the man who first reported it to him, Australian Native Police officer and amateur naturalist Robert Arthur"
"being publicly released, stating that ""it should be destroyed"". This footage is believed to be the only one that depicts someone's death by a stingray, an exceedingly rare cause of death. There were rumors that the footage had been leaked onto the internet, but all were revealed to be faked. In the memorial service held on 20 September 2006 for Steve Irwin, Stainton made an appearance to pay tribute to his old friend. John Stainton John Stainton is an Australian film and television producer and director. He was close friends with Australian naturalist Steve Irwin until his death in September"
"increased in numbers around Cape Breton in 2014 (35 to 40 whales were found around Cape Breton to Prince Edward Island in 2015). In late October 2009, country folk singer Taylor Mitchell died as a result of her injuries and blood loss due to coyotes attacking her during her lone hike on the Skyline Trail. This incident became the only recorded fatal coyote assault on an adult as well as a Canadian. Most of the park resides within what is called the Ganderia Terrane, sometimes referred to in the literature as the Bras d'Or or Aspy Terrane. This terrane was"
"the film ""Wolf Creek"", and made into a film titled ""Rogue"". Sweetheart (crocodile) Sweetheart was the name given to a 5.1 metre saltwater crocodile responsible for a series of attacks on boats in Australia between 1974 and 1979. Sweetheart attacked outboard motors, dinghies, and fishing boats. In July 1979, Sweetheart was finally caught alive by a team from the Territory Parks and Wildlife Commission, but drowned while being transported when he became tangled with a log. The crocodile's mounted body is now on permanent display at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory. The story of Sweetheart has"
"of the Year. Shortly before his death, Irwin was to be named an adjunct professor at the University of Queensland's School of Integrative Biology. On 14 November 2007, Irwin was awarded the adjunct professorship posthumously. In May 2007, the government of Rwanda announced that it would name a baby gorilla after Irwin as a tribute to his work in wildlife conservation. Also in 2007, the state government of Kerala, India named the Crocodile Rehabilitation and Research Centre at Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary in his honour; however, Terri objected that this action had been taken without her permission and asked the Kerala"
"One species of Australian lizard is named for Butler and his wife, Margaret Butler: ""Eremiascincus butlerorum"". On 17 April, 2016, the new Western Australian Museum research facility and storage centre in Welshpool was named in his honour. Harry Butler William Henry ""Harry"" Butler (25 March 1930 – 11 December 2015) was an Australian naturalist and environmental consultant, best known as the presenter of the popular ABC television series ""In the Wild"" from 1976 to 1981. Butler was born on 25 March 1930 in Perth, Western Australia. He attended Claremont Teachers' College in Western Australia and later the Western State College"
"Rob Bredl Robert Harold Bredl (born 18 July 1950) in Renmark, South Australia is an Australian documentary film-maker, a reptile specialist and owner of the ""Blue Planet Wildlife Park"" (near Airlie Beach, Queensland). He became known through his many documentaries, such as ""Killer Instinct"" (53 episodes), ""Deadly Predators"" (10 episodes), as well as ""The Barefoot Bushman"" series (8 episodes). His documentaries are being shown on TV stations in more than 45 countries worldwide. Rob's documentaries have so far been translated into 36 languages. His best known documentary ""Kissing Crocodiles"" is being shown in over 100 countries worldwide on Discovery Channel"
"Malcolm Douglas (documentary maker) Malcolm Douglas (14 March 1941 – 23 September 2010) was an Australian wildlife documentary film maker, and crocodile hunter. Douglas started in the 1960s as a professional crocodile hunter and farmer, but later dedicated himself to their preservation. In 1964, 23-year-old Malcolm Douglas and his friend David Oldmeadow ditched their jobs as stock and station agents in the Riverina region of New South Wales and set off on a six-month trip around Australia. Six months turned into four years. It was a journey that shaped Douglas' future. As the pair travelled and explored, they filmed their"
"wild can be observed on 175 acres. A huge lake and the untouched nature are to give the impression of a mini Kakadu National Park. On 22 September 2016 Rob Bredl was bitten by a crocodile he was attempting to feed in his ""Blue Planet Park"". He was taken by Air Ambulance to Hospital for treatment to injuries on one of his hands and thighs. Rob Bredl Robert Harold Bredl (born 18 July 1950) in Renmark, South Australia is an Australian documentary film-maker, a reptile specialist and owner of the ""Blue Planet Wildlife Park"" (near Airlie Beach, Queensland). He became"
"Tarlton Rayment Percy Tarlton Rayment FRZS (27 November 1882 – 17 June 1964) was an Australian artist, author, broadcaster, poet, naturalist, entomologist and beekeeper. He is especially renowned for his extensive pioneering studies of Australia’s native bees. Apart from numerous papers and articles in the entomological literature and in natural history journals and popular magazines, books authored by Rayment include: Although Rayment is currently best remembered as a person who wrote expertly about bee-keeping in Australia, he spent a considerable amount of time with the Aruntja people of Central Australia. He had no formal training as an anthropologist, but his"
"September 2010, Douglas was killed in a car accident at his Wilderness Park, north of Broome, Western Australia. Douglas was found crushed between his vehicle and a tree; in reports police emphasised that his death was not suspicious but are unsure of the cause of the accident. Previously Douglas had battled prostate cancer. Douglas is survived by wife, Valerie, and their two adult children. Established in 1983 in Broome, Western Australia, it holds around 4,000 crocodiles for conservation and farming. Series: Malcolm Douglas (documentary maker) Malcolm Douglas (14 March 1941 – 23 September 2010) was an Australian wildlife documentary film"
"papers on them, describing species and detangling the many names that had accrued. He described 10 species that are still accepted, although others turned out to be junior synonyms. In 1941 Stokell's smelt, ""Stokellia anisodon"", was named after him. A direct man with forceful opinions, he left the Acclimatisation Society, stating:""Their sole qualification for safe-guarding the welfare of wild creatures [is] the possession of a desire to kill them."" Stokell died 10 July 1972 in Christchurch. Gerald Stokell Gerald Stokell (20 June 1890 – 10 July 1972) was a New Zealand amateur ichthyologist. Stokell was born at Prebbleton, near Christchurch,"