Robert Irwin Recalls Being Nearly Attacked By A Crocodile
etcanada.comRobert Irwin had a close call with one overly eager crocodile during the season finale of his family’s show, “Crikey! It’s the Irwins”, which aired on Animal Planet and Discovery+ over the weekend.
In a recent interview with ET, the 18-year-old son of “Crocodile Hunter” star Steve Irwin talked about being nearly attacked by Casper the crocodile while at his family’s Australia Zoo, calling it an “almost died sort-of-thing” moment. “We had a crock, a brand-new crocodile that was actually rescued by my dad and moved into a new enclosure.
It was our first time doing a feeding and everything,” he shared, adding that things quickly took a scary turn. “Long story short, it was the fist time I ever actually had to completely ditch the food run and jump over a fence while there was a croc right at my heels – a massive, dominant male.” “It was definitely, definitely scary,” Robert added. “I think it’s one of those things when you’re feeding a crocodile you’d be silly not to be nervous.
For me, it’s a really exciting adrenaline rush. For me, crocodiles have been my specialty and what I love to do is to work with these incredible animals because of my dad, he instilled that passion.” Clearly passionate about crocodiles like his late father, Robert added, “At Australia [Zoo], we work with crocs like nowhere else on the planet and we’re able to get in there – not just chuck a piece of food at them but really replicate their natural behavior.
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