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Stephen Robert Irwin AO 22 February — 4 September was an Australian zookeeper, television personality, wildlife expert, environmentalist, and conservationist. He was famous for the television program The Crocodile Hunter , a well-known real-life animal program that he made with his wife Terri Irwin. Irwin's character and adventures on his program made him an international star.

The family moved to Queensland in , when Irwin was 8.

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Bob Irwin was very interested in reptiles a type of animal that includes snakes and crocodiles. Irwin lived there until he became an adult. Irwin worked in his family's park when he was nine: feeding the animals, and taking care of the grounds. He began working with crocodiles when he was nine, and became a crocodile-trapper someone who traps crocodiles without killing them when he was older.

Irwin trapped crocodiles that were near places where people lived, and kept them for the park. Irwin became head of the park in and changed the name to Australia Zoo. In , at the Zoo , he met and married Terri Raines.