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Stephen Robert Irwin , nicknamed "The Crocodile Hunter" was an Australian zookeeper, conservationist, and television personality. 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; the couple also hosted the series, Croc Files , The Crocodile Hunter Diaries , and New Breed Vets . They also owned and operated Australia Zoo, founded by Irwin's parents in Beerwah, about 80 kilometres north of the Queensland state capital city of Brisbane.

Irwin died at 44, after being pierced in the heart by a stingray barb while filming an underwater documentary film titled Ocean's Deadliest.

✵ 22. February 1962 – 4. September 2006
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Steve Irwin: 11 quotes11 likes

Famous Steve Irwin Quotes

“I have a deep-seated respect for parrots. As gifted as I am with all other wildlife, parrots have this uncanny desire to kill me. I'm not sure why, but they're like my kryptonite!”

Steve Irwin

“Crikey means gee whiz, wow!”

Steve Irwin

“I think my path would have always gone back to or delivered me to wildlife. I think wildlife is just like a magnet, and it's something that I can't help.”

Steve Irwin

“If something ever happens to me, people are gonna be like 'we knew a croc would get him!”

Steve Irwin

Biography for Steve Irwin (II) in The Internet Movie Database

“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.”

Steve Irwin

from "Enough Rope With Andrew Denton" on ABC, 2004

“I've probably saved thousands of people's lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything. Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.”

Steve Irwin

Online interview at Scientific American online (sciam.com) (26 March 2001)

Steve Irwin Quotes

“Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.”

Steve Irwin

Radio interview on Radio Alice (KLLC 97.3)

“I've got the Terri factor, mate. I've got this wife that is so incredibly intelligent and strong that I reckon, between us, we'll get through it.”

Steve Irwin

from "Enough Rope With Andrew Denton" on ABC, 2003

“I have a message for my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I've found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you'll be a winner.”

Steve Irwin

from Crikey! What an Adventure on Animal Planet, 2007nb

“I don't know, man; don't worry about it.”

Steve Irwin

from "Broad Street Scientific," 2012 edition, quoted posthumously

“I'm very embarrassing to look at. You know why? Here's why I'm embarrassing: 'cause there's a little bit of me in everybody… I'm like the boy that never grew up. I'm very, very passionate about what I do. I mean, I love what I do…. and people are like "God, give this guy a valium or something, you know? Can't he have a bad day?"”

Steve Irwin

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