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6 unusual facts about The Crocodile Hunter


Alameda East Veterinary Hospital

The show became an instant hit on Animal Planet and at its peak alternated with The Crocodile Hunter as the network's #1 show.

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.

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.

Kevin Rubio

His list of writer/director credits includes a pilot presentation for the Sci-Fi Channel (Alien Hunter - a sort of Crocodile Hunter in space), Colossor (a pilot for MTV), Action Man for Fox Kids, and Storm Watch, a pilot for the USA Network.

The Crocodile Hunter

It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and two television spinoffs: The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and Croc Files.


Greatest Movie Hits

The album features 13 of their songs featured in movies and on soundtracks, including two of their newest songs: their cover of Elton John's "Crocodile Rock" featured in The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, and "Accident" featured in The Wild Thornberrys Movie.

The Jedi Hunter

While the film primarily spoofs the Star Wars universe in the format of a Crocodile Hunter special, there are several other notable targets, including swipes at Army of Darkness, "Crocodile" Dundee, Star Trek, Shaft, The Princess Bride, and Aliens.


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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.

Terri Irwin

The footage, shot by John Stainton, became the first episode of The Crocodile Hunter, which later became successful in the United States.