60 Notable Quotes By Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter
Stephen Robert Irwin (Steve Irwin), better known as ‘the crocodile hunter, was an Australian television celebrity and wildlife conservationist, who featured in an international wildlife documentary series (The Crocodile Hunter) with his wife and co-host Terri. Irwin also founded and maintained the Australia Zoo in Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Irwin’s zoo was a popular tourist destination as he was an active promoter of Queensland and Australian tourism. Irwin was actively involved with Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service promoting slogans such as "Quarantine Matters! Don't muck with it". For his extraordinary service to global conservation and to Australian tourism, he was awarded with the Centenary Medal by the Australian government. This crocodile hunter met with a tragic accident while shooting a documentary film, when he was bitten by a sting ray and unfortunately lost his life. Many newly found species of snails, turtles and gorillas were named after him to honor his legacy. We have collected some of his most fantastic quotes from his shows, speeches, interviews, writings etc. Here are some famous quotes from this iconic protector of the wild.
Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.
I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.
My job, my mission, the reason I’ve been put onto this planet, is to save wildlife. And I thank you for comin’ with me. Yeah, let’s get 'em!
We don’t own the planet Earth, we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife.
You know, you can touch a stick of dynamite, but if you touch a venomous snake it’ll turn around and bite you and kill you so fast it’s not even funny.
If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love.
Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart.
When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to you because I want to whip you around and plunk you right there with me.
Medieval attitudes such as “the only good croc is a dead one,” “the only good shark is a dead shark,” “there’s a snake—quick, kill it.
If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.
I get called an adrenaline junkie every other minute, and I'm just fine with that.
If you can’t excite people about wildlife, how can you convince them to love, cherish, and protect our wildlife and the environment they live in?
It never ceases to amaze me how cruel some people are. Do you think people would be so merciless and torturous if fish and sharks cried like babies when they felt pain?
If we can get people excited about animals, then by crikey, it makes it a heck of a lot easier to save them.
The message is simple: love and conserve our wildlife.
The truth is that we will never save wildlife by killing it.
Crikey means gee whiz, wow!
We humans still have a long way to go with learning to live harmoniously with our environment and its wildlife.
Yeah, for some reason parrots have to bite me. That's their job. I don't know why that is. They've nearly torn my nose off. I've had some really bad parrot bites.
My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect people's sacred status, regardless of the past.
And I have stopped eating tuna until the tuna nets cease killing tens of thousands of dolphins every single year.
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.
You know, I'm Australian, and we have got the worst sense of humor. We are cruel to each other.
No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted with violence.
Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.
Statistically there’s only one crocodile-related human fatality per year in the whole of Australia.
My field is with apex predators, hence your crocodiles, your snakes, your spiders.
I'm a proud Australian, a very, very proud Australian.
It causes me great pain and anxiety to inflict fear on this poor old croc, but without me, he and his wilderness would suffer.
The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.
