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3 unusual facts about Steve Irwin


Albert and Alberta Gator

He walked out of an elevator and became the object of Steve Irwin's alligator wrangling tendencies.

Batt Reef

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.

Beerwah, Queensland

The zoo set up by Bob Irwin and later made famous by his son, Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin.


Alice Springs Reptile Centre

Reptiles from the centre have featured in National Geographic Magazine, Wild Relations - Natural Born Cheats on ABC, an American Visa television commercial, New Zealand's The Bounty Hunters television show on TV2, Steve Irwin's Great Escapes on Discovery's Travel Channel and Animal Emergency on Channel 9 Australia.

Gil Reavill

Reavill's ghostwriting collaborations include projects with Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin (Steve & Me: Life with the Crocodile Hunter), Tiki Barber (Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond) and Jerry Heller (Ruthless: A Memoir).

Herpetology

Modern herpetological showmen of note include Steve Irwin, popularly known as the "Crocodile Hunter", and the star Austin Stevens, popularly known as 'AustinSnakeman', famous for TV series Austin Stevens: Snakemaster.

Holly Goldberg Sloan

She was the screenwriter on Steve Irwin's feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002) and the writer and director of the film Heidi 4 Paws (2008), which is a retelling of the children's film, but with dogs in all of the parts.

Planet Ark

Celebrities who have fronted Planet Ark campaigns include Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Newton-John, Jamie Durie, Steve Irwin, Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Nicole Kidman, Tom Cruise, Rolf Harris, Layne Beachley, Shelley Craft and Sir Richard Branson.


see also

Irwin's turtle

Steve Irwin's father, Bob Irwin, first caught the animal on a fishing line during a family camp trip in 1997.

MV Shōnan Maru 2

The ship trailed the Steve Irwin from a distance before closing in and engaging the Sea Shepherd vessel with water cannons and an LRAD.

Robert Irwin

Bob Irwin (born c. 1940), Australian animal conservationist and father of Steve Irwin

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency

The Steve Irwin has become a popularly recognized ship due to the Animal Planet television programme Whale Wars which documents the work of Sea Shepherd including their use of the vessel.