I hope this means he's jumped the shark and his 15 minutes are up... looks like he's getting a lot of critical comments from Australia. Australian Steve Irwin, famous for his TV show 'The Crocodile Hunter' cradles his month-old son, Robert, under one arm and feeds piece of meat to a 13-foot crocodile in an image from television during Friday Jan. 2, 2004, at his Australia Zoo reptile park in Brisbane, Australia.
This is the dumbest thing ever...who cares?? The guy is a freaking professional, it's his baby, let him do what he wants. I find it much more likely that a white-collar worker takes his kid to his office building and slips on the escalator killing their child than the possibility of Irwin falling. The crocodile could have attacked, but then, so can anybody's pet dog, critically injuring or killing a child, and there really isn't a get rid of your pet dog when you have a baby movement going on anywhere - or is there?
Are you comparing holding a baby near a pet dog and holding a baby inside a crocodile cage will feeding it raw meat? Holy crap. Whats worse, holding your baby out of a hi-rise hotel window or taking a your baby into a crocodile cage during feeding time? Tough decision.
bout ucking time his bubble burst, almost as realisitc representation of an australian as Croc Dundee funny thing is he has been copping so much from the media and public, but hasn't back down at all from what he did think today he came out and said the only thing wrong with the situation was there was cameras present
Oh who gives a crap? Both parents were okay with it. It's their business. The man knows his crocodiles. This is a good guy who does a lot of good work for animals. He does not deserve this media-bashing.
he has been nominated for australian of the year?? suspect this has something to do with the backlash, plus Jacko's balcony stunt. personally, he should have done this privately nobody would have known except the approving parties (ie him and his wife), it's a stupid thing to do publically these days and it certainly wouldn't caught the attention of child welfare agencies
No. I'm comparing Steve Irwin holding a baby near a crocodile with you holding a baby near your pet dog while feeding it. In my opinion, not much difference. If you think otherwise, maybe you don't know enough about Irwin, his upbringing, etc.
I support him. I think he knows what he is doing. What reason is there to hate the guy? http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8325426%5E2902,00.html A DEFIANT Steve Irwin last night vowed to take his one-month-old son back into a crocodile enclosure. The Crocodile Hunter was near tears as he gave a passionate defence of his croc-feeding stunt in the face of worldwide condemnation. Gaffe costly He said he was reeling with pain over criticism from around Australia and the world, after feeding a four-metre reptile while holding son Bob at his Sunshine Coast zoo last Friday. But asked if he would take Bob into the crocodile enclosure again, he replied: "I guess so". "What I would do differently is I would make sure that there was no cameras around," he told A Current Affair. "I will continue to educate my children and the children of the world so they don't go into the water with crocs." Irwin said his father took him into a crocodile pen when he was a baby, and it was important to teach his children about their surroundings. "We live in the middle of Australia Zoo," he said. "When I was a very small boy, my dad did the same for me. "In fact, when I was nine years old, he let me jump, restrain and capture my first crocodile." Irwin said he had taken daughter Bindi into a crocodile enclosure when she was a baby. "It's the same as if people live on a busy road – if you don't make your children savvy about busy roads, they'll get run over," he said. "I would be considered a bad parent if I didn't share my surroundings with my children. "The unfortunate thing is, the big mistake I made was I thought people would understand that where I live is a very different place to anyone else. "What I do – it's just not normal, mate." Clearly distressed, Irwin said his family was supporting him through the crisis. "You know what, take everything away from me . . . take the lot, take my zoo, take my life, take the crocodile, I don't care," he said. "The most important thing I've got in my life is my kids and that's it." "I'm proud of what I do and the thing that has hurt me the most is that people would perceive what I do as dangerous," Irwin said. "I am sincerely sorry that people have seen what I did as endangering my son." Irwin rejected criticism by child experts who condemned his stunt. "Yeah, well you know what? As soon as you become a parent, that's what you hear – everyone else's advice," he said. "Mate, me, I believe that while the fetus is in the womb they are taking in information. "My child knows my voice, and you know what? – even when my kid, my little baby Bob, is asleep, he can smell his mother and wake up and want breast milk like that. "I want him to be able to see what's going on, just like I did with Bindi. She's the most croc savvy kid in the world." Irwin claimed that camera angles in the footage taken of his crocodile feeding stunt were distorted. "Yeah, well, you know it (the crocodile) was a lot more than a metre away and the crocodile was fully extended on his back legs going up," Irwin said. "You know they're not like a lion, they can't actually leap forward." Irwin said he had a tape from the Australia Zoo camera that would show the act was not as dangerous as the public believed. ". . . which will give you another angle so all that ugly stacked-up vision of me looking like I endangered my child will be put to bed very quickly." Irwin said his mother, who had also handled crocodiles, was not killed by one of the reptiles but had died in a car crash. Irwin also said he cared about his family before his international reputation. "My grandfather and my great grandfather died for me and you, for democracy, so I can stand there and go `Crikey have a look at this little beauty!' and I can raise my children to be the people they are."
Believe me I have seen and heard it all. It would have been hard not to with all his hype. I'm just arguing this point. Pet Dog > Domesticated pack animal. Easily trained, man's best friend blah blah blah..... Crocodile > 240 million predator. Small brain, no need to really evolve because it's perfect at what it does, kill. Steve may be really good with crocs and know alot about them but they are still wild animals. Roy of Siegfried and Roy knows all about this. I do concede that Steve has a ton more knowledge of animals then ole' Roy.
Why do people care? Stay out of this man's business and worry about your own damn life. He's not gonna come kidnap your baby and dangle it in front of a crocodile, so why bother? And before someone says "Oh, but the baby didn't have a choice...he was indeed screwing with another human being's life," I'd like to say that my parents did some screwed up stuff with me and if Steve Erwin was running the CPS he probably would have taken me away from them. Same with your parents. And you with your children. To each his own.
I have seen dogs kill, Whats your point. Dog is domestic, why because a whole bunch of doc's say so. Well IMO its still dangerous to have one around little kids. Irwin knows crox better than most know dogs. So, Im pretty sure he knows how to handle his family.
That picture doesn't really do any justice for him....from a different angle you could see that there was a lot of distance between him and the croc. And to be honest, it is a lot easier to drop a 3 or 4 year old than a baby. 3 and 4 year olds have this one move, kind of like kung fu, and within seconds they are out of your arms. It's crazy. At least you can hold on to babies tightly. Doesn't excuse what he did....but it is his decision.
After all is said and done I'd let my kid stay the night with Steve and Terri Irwin loooong bverfore I ever let them spend the night with Whacko Jacko. BRING ON THE CROCODILES BABY!!! The Croc Hunter seems like a good guy albeit a little off kilter and I think the bashing is unfair even though it was a pretty dumb stunt.
Wow. Hey, I guess you can say that in this case the media seems to be balanced. Well, Jacko would agree anyway.
I don't hate the guy, nor do I care what he does. I just thought it was incredibly stupid. But hey, his kid. So whatever.
People who say it is his kid and he can do what he wants obviously do not have kids of their own. If he wants to get in there and wrestle crocs then go for it. But what if he gets in there with a defenseless baby and the croc knocks his ass down, grabs the kid, and crushes his/her skull. It would only take one time. No do overs with kids and crocs. Absolutely disgusting. Just like the idiot on Discovery the other night that would get in the water with sharks. He said he knew the sharks behavior and that they wouldnt attack if he stayed still. This guy had been around sharks for over 20 years. He knew what he was doing. Alledgedly. Then the big ass shark bit his leg off. Way to go genius.
Look, if the croc dude says it was physically (not behaviorally) impossible for the croc to get him, I believe it.
LMAO!!! You are on exactly point. These guys are 'tards. Experience my ass. Only a matter of time before they become fodder themselves. Ask Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy.
