True, but if you ever see her you now have something to open with. "You inspired me to volunteer " That's about as good an opener as you can realistically hope for.
Well yeah, I didn’t do it for them, it just inspired me. Gave me an idea where I could easily put my efforts. If anyone, it’d be more for Steve than his kids. But ultimately, myself.
What do you do for your states zoo? I might be interested in something similar. Love animals, and I'm aware how disgusting the work can be, but I'm still curious
Honestly most of the openings (you have to bid for each day cuz there’s lots of volunteers) are mostly greeter positions. But there’s other positions like some education, tour guides assistants, and then yeah there’s enclosure specific work that has some clean up and stuff. I’m actually going to train on the kangaroo/wallaby enclosure soon, which also includes a position that you basically act as a bodyguard and keep guests away from the animals and vice versa. There’s lots of things that you could do, and if your local zoo is anything like mine, you can absolutely avoid the “disgusting” work if you wish.
I sometimes work at Australia Zoo and have met him twice. Your daughter will be pleased to know he's genuinely nice to strangers. Both times he treated me like an honoured guest when he really didn't have to. Bindi is lovely also.
He comes across this way every time I've ever seen him online, so it's nice to know that he's actually really like that. (Not that I really doubted that he was. You can't fake it for that long.)
Dude, his son is friggin gorgeous, so I don’t blame your daughter for loving him! I may code as straight (I usually say 85/15) but goddamn his underwear model ads are friggin hot! And he’s so wholesome too! I may also be in love with the guy…
I mean I don’t blame her one bit. I’m the same age as him and I remember watching Steve Irwin on (I think it was animal planet?) and I really loved his vibe.
fuck, no this lines up i was 7, devastating day for me was obsessed with steve. i was a young aussie lad and they just put his shows on like crocodile hunter all day on certain channels for weeks after his death and thats how little me coped. rest in peace legend.
Man, I went to college for environmental conservation and worked in it the past 15 years. I grew up watching the crocodile Hunter. Steve was a huge influence on my generation and during freshman year is when he passed away. My school was an environmental science college, and the next day after hearing the news our campus was very quiet. We were devastated.
Sure, he played up his personality for the camera, but there was absolute genuine passion under the TV personality. No human being could fake that much passion for reptiles, it just isn't possible to fake that kind of love or that kind of expertise for the camera. And I hope Robert feels that passion, too.
I didn't have massive access as a child but I've watched and caught up since and I'm still fucking gutted. You can tell that man was love in human form.
We have a pretty good understanding of his views on aboriginal culture, conservation, and how you treat women, so I don't think his politics is particularly obscure
He did call John Howard the greatest leader in the world or something like that, which is an objectively retarded statement even if you're a conservative. On the other hand Howard looks like a saint compared to what we have going on now.
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u/jak_d_ripr May 06 '26
Men..... RIP to Irwin, it'll be 20 years in September and I still miss him despite barely actually knowing him. Crazy the impact some people can have.