![]() ![]() ![]() Irwin made several other movies and documentaries with conservationist themes, enlivened by his bubbly Larrikin personality and his Catchphrase, "Crikey!", and he soon became perhaps the world's most visible and charismatic spokesman for the environment, filling a role left empty by the death of Jacques Cousteau. It also gave parodists a field day, and (perhaps unintentionally) did much to contribute to the stereotype of the "Australian Naturalist" as a khaki-clad testosterone-fueled adrenaline junkie whose passion for up-close-and-personal encounters with large, dangerous, or deadly animals bordered on protracted suicide. ![]() The show offered an unbeatable combination of old-fashioned derring-do with a strong conservationist message. He was also shown hand-feeding crocodiles, and distracting them while the rest of his staff raided the crocodiles' nest for the eggs to incubate. The show was full of physical action as Irwin and his mates jumped on crocodiles all at once and restrained them with rope and duct tape. Oh, and he also sometimes studied (but rarely captured) snakes. "Crikey!"Real life adventures of the Australian conservationist Steve Irwin, the curator of Australia Zoo in Queensland, as he studied and captured crocodiles, either to relocate them or to take them for his zoo. ![]()
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