Crocodile Hunter 6: Search for a Super Croc

Crocodile Hunter 6: Search for a Super Croc info

Steve Irwin was one of those once-in-a-generation heroes who managed to connect both the natural world and his fellow humans. He had many skills – but perhaps the greatest was communication: transmitting his knowledge of, and passion for, some of the world’s most extraordinary animals.

And of course it’s crocodiles that Steve was best known for – and provide his legacy. Search For a Super Croc was perhaps his finest moment – as an adventurer and programme maker. Penetrating some of the most remote parts of hostile outback Australia, Steve used the very latest technology to uncover their 60 million year survival success story. He answered many questions: the biggest one being – why have crocs hardly evolved at all in their time on planet earth?

Steve grew up around crocs and other reptiles on his parents’ Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. He became the star attraction himself – wrestling his first croc at the age of nine.
But when he took over the family business, he turned the park into a conservation and research institute, and it grew to become Queensland Zoo.
Already a local star, when he married Teri (who became a co-host) he got worldwide attention when their honeymoon was filmed: it was a crocodile trapping mission!
The Crocodile Hunter became the world’s most successful nature series. 138 counties and 500million people watched his exploits – whether inspired, insane or insightful.
Since his untimely death in 2006, fatally wounded by a stingray barb, Steve’s family have continued his work. Discovery has documented how his daughter Bindi Sue, now 11, is the inheritor of her father’s fearless croc-work.

Crocodile Hunter 6: Search for a Super Croc