The Crocodile Hunter - My Daddy The Crocodile Hunter (2007)
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00:00My name is Bindi Owen. I live at Australia Zoo, and tonight I'm going to take you on a journey through the special years that I had with my dad.
00:10I was born on July 24, 1998, to my parents, Steve and Terry Owen. Before I was born, my mum and dad called me Eagle.
00:19They didn't know whether I was going to be a boy or a girl. But when I came into the world, my dad named me Bindi, after his favourite crocodile, and Sue, after his little dog, Suey.
00:29What a great start to life is that.
00:31Come on, Suey, we've got to go to the doctor's.
00:33My mum and dad, on the way to hospital, back when I was still Eagle.
00:38Are you a little bit nervous about all this?
00:41About my bum of warts?
00:43No, about seeing Igor.
00:45No.
00:46Are you excited?
00:48No.
00:49Okay.
00:51Of course I'm excited.
00:53What if it's not Igor? What if it's...
00:55Igoress?
00:56Igorina.
00:58Yvonne.
00:59I don't care.
01:281.34pm, Budgeham Hospital, the day I was born.
01:32Can you explain what's going on?
01:34Yeah, do you know what's going on?
01:35Yeah, I know exactly what's going on.
01:36I'm very proud of you.
01:37Mm-hmm.
01:38Okay.
01:39Okay, so now it's fluctuating, heartbeat 150, sound like a dog, but no, no, no.
01:43And this is US, that must be us.
01:47There you go.
01:49Comfort just having you here.
01:51Here we go.
01:52That was only a kick.
01:54A little...
01:5660s, we're in the 60s.
01:58Ah, that was pretty ordinary.
02:00Unless you get into the 80s, it's not really all that good a contraction, really.
02:03I didn't feel a thing.
02:04I'm glad you're okay.
02:05Yeah.
02:06Oh, you've got the red signal.
02:08Yeah.
02:09We don't know what that means.
02:10Yes, yes, the chart tells you a lot, actually.
02:13What does it tell us?
02:14It tells us that it's working and jig is going up and down.
02:18You're very clever.
02:19No, no, no, you can see the pattern that is starting to emerge.
02:23Yeah.
02:24This mountainous thing here.
02:25What's that?
02:26Followed by not-so-mountainous things.
02:28There's another mountainous thing and followed by not-so-mountainous things
02:31and another mountainous thing.
02:32So if you look here, this should be about where we catch fish.
02:37I can't see any sharks.
02:40There's a black dot over there.
02:41I think that's a coral formation.
02:43Oh, I'm not sure, but I think I feel one coming now.
02:46Wait on, here it goes.
02:47I'm getting kind of tight.
02:48Look at this, 166, 167, 172.
02:53Is this good?
02:55The big moment, and my dad must be nervous.
02:58He even crashes the wheelchair.
03:08The trick is not to think of how long it's going to take.
03:11Just concentrate on each contraction and rest between.
03:14Okay?
03:209 p.m.
03:21Stand by, everyone.
03:22Bindi Irwin is about to arrive.
03:35That's me, and my dad is so proud.
03:41Little baby.
03:42My name came from this crocodile, Bindi,
03:45and here's her mate, Graham, being distracted by Brino
03:49while my dad gets the eggs out of Bindi's nest.
03:53My dad loved Bindi the crocodile because she was such a good mother.
03:58Got it, mate?
03:59Run!
04:00You've got to go in the water now.
04:02Come on, then.
04:03You can't bite Uncle Stevo.
04:05You can't bite Uncle Stevo.
04:07And this is Suey.
04:08Hey, Davo.
04:09That's where the Sue came from in the next part of my name.
04:13Suey was my daddy's very best friend for 15 years,
04:17and I loved her, too.
04:23Suey!
04:29Having the name Irwin makes me feel very proud,
04:32and having a dad named Steve the crocodile hunter
04:35put my first few years on track for a wildlife adventure.
04:39Thank goodness we have stacks of videos of my early years.
04:43Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do.
04:46We got Bindi, a stardo about to happen here.
04:50Her first brain test.
04:54Daddy's giving her a little bit of directorial advice right now
04:57on how to play Supergirl.
04:59Los Angeles, 1998.
05:02Loves snakes.
05:03She likes to hug the boa constrictor and lean her head against it.
05:06She really digs the alligators and really wants to toss a crocodile.
05:09It's my first promotional shoot for Animal Planet
05:12and my first love for alligators.
05:14Set.
05:16You're watching Animal Planet
05:18with the crocodile hunter and family.
05:22Since the earliest days,
05:24I had a healthy appetite for healthy food,
05:27and my dad would turn even snack time around to wildlife.
05:32OK. Daddy, have some.
05:36Delicious.
05:37When the little baby bird's hungry, it goes...
05:40Weep, weep, weep.
05:42Watch my baby bird.
05:44Here comes the mummy bird.
05:53Hang on, baby.
05:55We'll get some passion fruits. What do you think?
05:57Every day was an adventure with my dad.
06:00He somehow knew where to find tasty food
06:03just growing on the side of the track.
06:08What was that one like?
06:10Did you have fun?
06:14Wow, that was fun.
06:17We got passion fruit from one end of us to the other.
06:20Yee-haw!
06:21That's excellent.
06:23Have I got any on my face?
06:25Just a couple.
06:26When my parents filmed all over Australia, so did I.
06:30As walking across these gibbers
06:33builds a sense of balance,
06:36and I reckon by the time she's a rickety old person like I am,
06:40she will have developed some uncanny instincts.
06:44At every opportunity, my dad taught me the ways of the wild.
06:49What not to touch and what not to eat.
06:53Oh, no, you can't touch that, sweetheart. It's a dead snake.
06:56See, you smell it, it smells bad.
06:58Yeah, no good, this one.
07:00Front fang venomous.
07:03I couldn't tell you what species it is.
07:06Very difficult to tell.
07:08It's just a little too rotten.
07:10Wash our hands in sand.
07:15That's better.
07:19Did you eat that sand?
07:22Tastes like dirt, doesn't it?
07:25G'day, I'm Steve Irwin.
07:27Welcome to Florida.
07:29I'm actually the presenter for a wildlife documentary series
07:34known as The Crocodile Hunter.
07:36This is my fellow presenter, Terry,
07:38and the other presenter, Bindi.
07:40Over here, round this way,
07:42this is our producer, Justin Lyons,
07:45and of course we brought our nanny, Johnny Staten.
07:51Here you go, John. See you later.
07:59Well, they should go with you guys.
08:02I'd like to put him up for just a minute.
08:05Do you want to do that poofy nappy change while we go on?
08:10It's a whopper.
08:12Ready?
08:13Go!
08:16My birthdays started with just family and friends,
08:20but they grew bigger and bigger every year.
08:24They turned into huge occasions at Australia Zoo
08:27for everyone who wants to join in.
08:31Close your eyes.
08:32My dad always picked the best toys,
08:35usually ones that he loved as well.
08:39And you can take Venom and Joey and Eddie and Gabriel all at once.
08:43Around this time,
08:44my love of music and sense of rhythm started to kick in.
08:48It wasn't from Mum and Dad, that's for sure.
08:51It must have been all the music that plays around Australia Zoo.
08:55Plus, all that dancing to my favourites back then.
08:59The Wiggles.
09:00No matter where we were, my dad made sure we could always keep in touch.
09:08Hello, Bindi.
09:09Hello.
09:10Hello, Bindi.
09:11Bindi.
09:12Yeah?
09:13When you want to talk to me this week, you just use that phone.
09:15You just have to go, Mummy, I need to talk to Daddy.
09:19And he always made Mum feel special too.
09:25OK.
09:26That ought to do it.
09:30My very best friend is my Mum.
09:33She is very special.
09:35And luckily for me, she was there for me when I was too young to remember.
09:40From the very beginning, Bindi was passionate about wildlife.
09:43She loved anything and everything that slithered, could crawl or could jump.
09:48Strangely, something in the genes made her want to touch, hold or kiss
09:53any animal that crossed her path, just like her Daddy.
09:56Apparently, since I was really little, I would head straight for the nearest animal.
10:01I loved everything that moved, but I had a special spot for snakes,
10:06something I have to this day.
10:09This is an indigo snake.
10:11Pretty snake.
10:13Indigo snake.
10:15Bindi just loves it.
10:17And this is my first hands-on encounter.
10:20Ooh.
10:22I don't want to be gentle, I want to wrangle.
10:24You want to wrangle the snake.
10:26My first American documentary was in the Louisiana bayous.
10:30So this has been Bindi's first experience in the bayous.
10:34And we're already seeing a lot of alligators.
10:37And the sun's getting a little bit warm, so she's got to have her hat on.
10:41But we could hear a big bull just going...
10:45Up on his front legs, roaring away.
10:47Just watch my hat.
10:49You can see this floating mass of vegetation.
10:52It's known as a floating marsh.
10:54And it's a great habitat for the alligators to feed in.
10:58You can see that dark coloration on top of that big bed of floating vegetation.
11:03That's where the alligators have been up summer,
11:05and they've been feeding on that alligator.
11:09Leave your hat on, sweetie.
11:10That's where alligators have been coming up to sun themselves.
11:13Have a look at the bird life that's in this floating vegetation.
11:16My hat is more of a worry than the alligators'.
11:20Beautiful area.
11:22Sweetheart, you've got to wear this hat, the sun's out now.
11:25I don't want to wear this hat, though.
11:27I don't want to wear this hat.
11:29I don't want to wear this hat.
11:31I don't want to wear this hat.
11:33I don't want to wear this hat.
11:36I don't want to wear this hat, though.
11:38This hat's dumb.
11:40It's dumb hat.
11:42Babies hate wearing hats.
11:44Yeah.
11:46No matter what country we were in, reptiles always played a big part.
11:51Got him.
11:52It's a little juvenile Merton's water monitor.
11:54Ooh, he might have tried to bite me there.
11:57And you can see, she's poking her little throat out, puffing her throat out,
12:01and what she's saying is, hey, you guys might try to eat me.
12:05We're not going to eat you.
12:06Are you going to eat her?
12:07No.
12:08She's beautiful, isn't she?
12:10Do you want to hold her?
12:12She's pretty scratchy.
12:13Will she die?
12:14No, I don't think so, sweetheart.
12:16There you go.
12:17Look at her.
12:18Why is it that all the animals love you, sweetheart?
12:21Well, I think they think.
12:24You're scary.
12:25Can you help me?
12:26You want to let her go?
12:27Yeah.
12:28Watch this.
12:29She goes across the water so fast that you can't even believe it.
12:34All right, you ready?
12:35Yeah.
12:36Okay, put her in and watch her go.
12:38Outback Australia, and I learned how to help individual animals.
12:43You're going to get the ticks off.
12:45All right, you hang on to me.
12:48They're pretty hard to get off.
12:50There's one.
12:52Don't you put them on me.
12:54Okay.
12:57There's another big one here.
12:59Under his arm.
13:01There's the other one.
13:04My interest in wildlife soon turned into care and concern.
13:08I learned such a lot.
13:10And being kind of little, no animal in the bush was out of reach.
13:14Dad was always with me every step of the way.
13:20And he passed on his knowledge of all the animals in the bush.
13:24He told me how this little quokka's name came from the aboriginal language.
13:30Spotlighting.
13:32One of many great nights out with my dad.
13:38Have a go at this, Bindi.
13:41What a school.
13:43What a school.
13:45Look at this.
13:46It's a little noctowl gecko.
13:47I see you're struggling.
13:50Have a go at this.
13:52What a really big, wide mouth.
13:55They'll eat anything that they can overpower.
13:57And those eyes.
13:58A little kiss goodbye.
14:00Just as my dad did all the time.
14:02There's a girl.
14:04Bye-bye.
14:06I don't know what it's like to live in a city, a neighbourhood or even an apartment.
14:11But I do know what it's like to live in the middle of a zoo.
14:14Falling asleep to muffled sounds of tigers growling, elephants trumpeting and crocodiles roaring.
14:21And best of all, spending hours every day playing with my dad and the wildlife at Australia Zoo.
14:27We had the best time.
14:29That's my stroller on the fence of a croc pond.
14:32It's alright, he's alright.
14:34Education about zoo life started very young.
14:37Even dress-up fun was all about wildlife.
14:41Australia Zoo was my playground.
14:43Animals were my friends, but my dad was always number one.
14:48It's the Lion King.
14:50Hey, Lion King.
14:52You must be the Lion King.
14:55Hey, what does the Lion King say?
14:59Oh, you're scaring me.
15:02Yeah, it looks really good, doesn't it?
15:04Big ears.
15:06A tail.
15:08A tail.
15:09Oh, you've got a tail.
15:10Give me a look at your tail.
15:12Oh my word.
15:14It's a fuzzy lion's tail.
15:17You look like the Lion King.
15:19Yeah.
15:20Oh my word.
15:22We're going in bright.
15:25We'll get Kelsey.
15:26Sneak up and get Kelsey.
15:28Oh, it's a lion.
15:33That's very scary.
15:34I was involved in every step of animal behaviour.
15:38It was a great classroom.
15:40Can you peel it off?
15:41Just grab a little piece and peel it off.
15:45Grab his tail.
15:46Grab some shell.
15:47Here he comes.
15:48Here he comes.
15:49Grab a piece.
15:50Help him out.
15:52That's it.
15:53That's it.
15:54That's it.
15:55That's good.
15:56That's enough.
15:57That's it, babe.
15:58Oh, here he is.
15:59Put him in the water.
16:01Hurry.
16:02Put him in the water.
16:03Do you want to put him in?
16:04Oh, you put him in.
16:06Oh, now he's going to swim.
16:10Oh, baby.
16:13Can I hold him?
16:15Yeah, you can hold him.
16:16Now he's all washed up.
16:17You'll be really gentle with him.
16:19Whoa, look.
16:21Yeah.
16:22He's very funny.
16:23Because he thinks you're his mother.
16:26He's like, you're my mother.
16:31Being with my dad also meant lots of TV crews and news teams.
16:36Let's do it again, dad.
16:39I was always very much a part of everything my parents did.
16:44You show him how you can kiss badgers, sweetheart.
16:46And snakes were my specialty.
16:49He won't bite me.
16:52Can you help put him on chain?
16:54Dad started teaching me about the media even before I started school.
16:59There you go.
17:01And is Charles in any danger from the snake?
17:05It was the start of learning the value of the media to help people love all animals, even snakes.
17:11Is there anything you want to tell the camera about him, sweetheart?
17:14Um, snakes are not dangerous because it doesn't bite me.
17:21It won't happen.
17:23Stop tickling me.
17:25And this is more of your philosophy.
17:27Oh, yeah, it's good for handling snakes.
17:29Stop tickling me.
17:33This was my very first snake show at Australia Zoo.
17:36Mum makes sure the headset is good.
17:39And soon you'll see how much the snake likes it too.
17:43And this is a slime snake.
17:45They're from America.
17:47And they don't eat people.
17:52Here's what you should do if you're bitten by a snake.
17:56Mum or dad were always there to help me keep the facts straight.
18:00Telling a doll.
18:02When Cobb wants something to eat, she catches the mouse and constricts it.
18:07When Cobb is hungry, um, she catches a mouse and she constricts it.
18:13A corn snake doesn't understand about microphones.
18:17Do you want to show them why they're called corn snakes?
18:20They look like corn.
18:22Do you want to tell people how often...
18:24LAUGHTER
18:31You just have to be ready to handle anything when you're working with animals.
18:35And just like my dad, I want everyone to love reptiles.
18:41Thanks for everybody for coming to this demonstration.
18:47Yay!
18:49Most people think crocodiles and snakes are ugly and don't have a place in this world.
18:54But my dad loved them all.
18:56He encouraged my interest in them by letting me be a part of his work.
19:00From as young as I can remember, he taught me so much.
19:03Florida, Everglades, USA.
19:06Mum and dad are on a snake hunt.
19:09Come on, hurry up. We've got to catch some snakes.
19:11Walking is a new skill for me. I need practice.
19:15And anyway, what about all the interesting stuff on the ground?
19:24There's all these snakes up here and she's tracking them back down there.
19:28Come on, mate. Quick.
19:32We're going catching snakes.
19:34Dad found one of his favourites, a rattlesnake.
19:37As parents, it's our responsibility to teach our children and other children of the world
19:46to respect Mother Nature and all its animals.
19:51This snake is hot. What we call hot.
19:54Which means it's got pig fangs and a lot of venom.
19:57It certainly could deliver a fatal bite to me, Terry and Findi.
20:02Enough venom in one bite to kill us all.
20:04And some of the snakes Dad found were just perfect for me to handle, even as a little toddler.
20:11Now this is a little hognose snake, which is completely harmless.
20:15We're trying to teach Bindi.
20:17You've got to put your hand out like this, sweetheart.
20:19Put your hands out flat.
20:20Like this. Do this.
20:22You put it on Dad-Dad's hand.
20:25Flat.
20:26Like that?
20:27Put your hands out.
20:28Put your hands out flat.
20:34There's a girl. Don't squeeze her.
20:37No wonder I grew up loving reptiles.
20:40My Dad gave me the perfect start.
20:42Let him go.
20:43Should we let him go?
20:45Come on, let's go let him go.
20:49This is nature.
20:50There you go. Bye-bye.
20:51Bye-bye, little snake. Bye-bye.
20:53Bye-bye.
20:57My Dad was the best bushman in the world,
21:00and he told me everything he could about animals of the land.
21:03But in the water he was just as good,
21:05and I learned so much about the animals of the sea.
21:08Some very special moments in my growing up
21:11have been learning about endangered species.
21:17These manatees live in the wild of Florida.
21:20Such gentle, curious creatures.
21:23Naturally, I love them so much after this experience.
21:28My Dad was always very gentle with marine wildlife.
21:32They trusted him, like these wild dolphins.
21:36They even brought in one of their babies to meet us.
21:40Another one of my life's favourite memories.
21:43And all in the safety of my Dad's arms.
21:47This was a moment that I will never forget.
21:50Filming wildlife documentaries with my parents
21:53opened up a world to me.
21:58Here she is, baby. Talk to her.
22:00Hi, Nicky.
22:05Here she comes, going to show you her baby.
22:07She's right on us, right here, sweetheart.
22:14One of the best things ever is snorkelling on shallow reefs.
22:18And on this day, my Dad and I went snorkelling
22:22And on this day, my Dad and I had a close encounter with sea lions.
22:26They swam up to us and I thought they were so cute.
22:31But my Dad also knew they could be too playful.
22:34He was super protective.
22:36And this time, he kept me right next to him.
22:39Or safely on his back.
22:41He taught me just how close we could get.
22:44And also how to behave so we could stay with them.
22:47Encounters like this one were all part of my earliest years.
22:51Crikey, I had it pretty good for the first 5 years.
23:19No competition, just me and my dad, no one else.
23:23But then one day along came a baby brother, Robert.
23:26At first I think I was hoping for a little sister,
23:29but now I wouldn't change him for the world.
23:32See this belly?
23:34He said it's going to get bigger.
23:38It can't possibly.
23:40And brace yourself.
23:43You and I are going to have to stick together.
23:45You know why?
23:46Why?
23:47He thinks it might be...
23:51a boy.
23:53Oh, great.
23:55Mummy just had a baby.
23:57Really?
23:58Yeah.
23:59She's had a little baby boy,
24:01and he's named Robert Clarence Irwin.
24:04And he's only that big.
24:05He was just so beautiful, even after seeing him.
24:09I couldn't help hoping that maybe he was really a girl.
24:14How do you know it's a boy?
24:17Did you check?
24:19They're not born with clothes on, Indy.
24:22How long are you going to sleep for?
24:25I think by the way he is, I'll call him Brian.
24:30His name's Robert.
24:32But I'll call him Brian for short.
24:35We had the best times ever after Robert came along.
24:39Here's what I love.
24:41Bob isn't even two years of age,
24:44but here he is out cutting loose in the wilds
24:47of Rocky Mountains National Park,
24:49doing his own documentary,
24:51feeling his way,
24:52and those...
24:54and those elk couldn't give a rip.
24:56You tell the camera about the elk.
24:58How many are they?
25:00How many is there?
25:01One, two, and ten.
25:04Wow, you're a good little documentary cameraman, aren't ya?
25:08You count them for me.
25:09One.
25:11One.
25:12Any best?
25:14Pat.
25:15No, they'd be scared of Bob Bob.
25:17They'd run away.
25:18They run away.
25:19Yeah.
25:20Hey, but good on you for making your own documentary.
25:23You're at the right age.
25:25I mean, you know, after feeding crocs,
25:27elk are pretty easy, aren't they?
25:29Just like me, Robert started early.
25:32This is a baby alligator.
25:35And is it cute?
25:36You tell Johnny how cute it is.
25:37It's cute.
25:39Want a kiss?
25:42Good boy.
25:43That's a day.
25:53When I turned seven,
25:54my dad took me into the University of Stevo,
25:57and the world got bigger and even more chock-a-block full of adventures,
26:01if that was even possible.
26:03We're in one of Australia's greatest wildlife areas.
26:07This is what the top end in the wet tropics is known for,
26:09great congregations of water birds.
26:12As the water recedes heading into the dry season,
26:15you can see these magpie geese and ibis and the other water birds
26:20all congregate at these shallow water holes.
26:24Even a sand goanna running in between the geese.
26:27That was how it appeared on the television screen.
26:30But what no one saw was the fun we had behind the scenes.
26:34My dad was teaching me how to make documentaries,
26:37just like him, sort of.
26:40Hey, Dad, there's a sand goanna running in between the geese.
26:47Can I say in between the geese?
26:48Whatever.
26:53Let's go.
26:54Luckily, I get better later.
26:56We all had to start somewhere.
26:58Our up-and-coming wildlife documentary presenter,
27:00Bindiu, over to you.
27:03Hey, Dad, there's a...
27:05Take 20.
27:09Go, go, go, go.
27:11Hey, Dad, there's a sand goanna running in between the geese.
27:22Hey, and there's this wild geese up here in the wet tropics in the poo.
27:28Don't!
27:32There's another thing, sweetheart.
27:33Look at this.
27:34Check this out.
27:35Over here.
27:37Here.
27:38This is Bindiu.
27:40Now, you ought to look at it.
27:42Now, good boy, but better hold your hands out.
27:44Don't you dare throw it at me.
27:46I wouldn't.
27:49Ooh, dry.
27:53And I'll try and say,
27:55these geese are one of the prettiest geese in the world.
28:00Okay.
28:01These geese are the...
28:04You are a crack-up.
28:05Okay.
28:06Okay, take two.
28:07These geese are...
28:12Okay, okay, take three, take three.
28:14Take three, take three.
28:16These geese...
28:17Aah!
28:21Six years old.
28:22As I grew up, I got to go on bigger adventures,
28:25and I could do more to help.
28:27This is his crocodile research project in the wilds of northern Australia.
28:36Have a look at this girl here.
28:38She is so quiet, she couldn't give a rip about us.
28:42We're in one of the remotest parts of the entire world, Cape York Peninsula.
28:46This is a full-grown adult female.
28:48She'd be up over nine and a half feet in length.
28:51And have a look at her.
28:52She's out here basking, absorbing all the heat.
28:55She wants her body to be 30 degrees Celsius,
28:58and by crikey, I reckon she'll get there.
29:00Whoo!
29:01She's in great condition.
29:03Plenty of tucker here.
29:04We'll leave it to her.
29:05I've just about grown up in crop country.
29:08I've seen hundreds of captures,
29:10and my dad has let me help whenever he thought it was safe.
29:13Whenever I was with him, dad also gave me the honor of naming the crops.
29:18This one's called lollipop.
29:21My dad only had a small crew with him this time,
29:24so he really needed my help with lollipop.
29:30Oh, lollipop, lollipop.
29:32Ooh, lollipop, lollipop, lollipop.
29:35Lollipop.
29:39She's a lollipop.
29:41Ooh, lollipop.
29:44That's what I call her in my name.
29:49Lollipop.
29:51My dad was a better crocodile catcher than a singer.
29:57It was so amazing to be close to an animal of this size.
30:01But as usual, dad kept me safe from danger.
30:04He always made sure his entire team was safe, but especially me.
30:08Keep going, mate. You're doing good.
30:09Great. Pull, pull, pull.
30:12Hold it, mate. You've got it.
30:18There's my girl. Oh, you've got a few teeth stuck.
30:20Our girl, lollipop.
30:25So, sweetheart, we're going to have to just jump on lollipop for a minute.
30:28So I'm going to need backup with my gear,
30:30because I won't be able to get it off because I'll have to hold her head down.
30:32She's going to try and bite me.
30:33Yep.
30:37Sweetheart?
30:38Over here, babe, I need you to hand me that knife in my hand.
30:41And then you need to back off.
30:42OK.
30:43OK?
30:44In between helping, I had to get way back.
30:48Cool.
30:49I'll see you soon, babe.
30:53Pull it all through, sweetheart.
30:55There's my girl.
30:56Take all the weight off her.
30:57You all right, sweetheart?
31:00How special to be allowed to be involved with lollipop.
31:04That's how much my dad thought of animals.
31:06He gave them the same respect as people.
31:10Keep going, babe. Pull, pull, pull.
31:13Dad always kept me the right distance away,
31:16especially in dangerous moments like getting the croc into the boat.
31:24All right.
31:30And one, two, three, slide.
31:35Jump on her tail, sweetheart.
31:36OK.
31:38And don't let her talk to you, too.
31:40Just keep her comfortable.
31:41When you get this close to a crocodile, you feel what amazing power they have.
31:46I got the best ever hands-on knowledge of croc wrangling,
31:50all from the University of Stevo.
31:53No one can teach like my dad.
31:55And like always, he knew how to make everything so much fun.
32:02That's my daddy, all right.
32:06That's my girl.
32:08At the age of eight, I wanted to do what my daddy did best
32:12and make television shows to teach other kids about wildlife.
32:16So Binzie the Jungle Girl was born and daddy was as proud as punch.
32:21Once upon a time, deep in the jungle,
32:25there was a girl that lived in a tree.
32:27That's what they call her.
32:29Well, well, Binzie the Jungle Girl.
32:33Well, well, princess of the animal world.
32:39The croc hunts its daughter.
32:41Now his only daughter is Binzie the Jungle Girl.
32:46Now his only daughter is Binzie the Jungle Girl.
32:51Crikey! Crikey! Crikey! Crikey!
32:55Welcome to my treehouse.
32:57I live up in the trees of the jungle.
33:00I have a lot of regular animals and sometimes my brother Robert.
33:06Down in South America and Patagonia, their cat species is the puma or cougar
33:12and nothing is more stealthy than them.
33:14The best thing was being able to work with my dad in the show.
33:18Look at you!
33:21Hey!
33:22See, Peru's getting older and she's got orange on her now.
33:28Dad, you're upsetting the turtle.
33:30Oh, sorry sweetheart.
33:32That's okay, just don't do it again.
33:34Have a look at this.
33:36Little weird chick. You alright little buddy, you little buddy?
33:39Dad, it's on twinkle. See?
33:41Oh, you've got it.
33:44Okay, now tell us what it's doing.
33:46Tell us how. Look at its tiny little eyes.
33:48And look at that tongue going flat out like a lizard drinking and eating.
33:51Look at that long, sticky, pink tongue. Get excited.
33:54And look how quick it's going. It's talking as quick as its tongue's going.
33:56Look how quick its tongue's going. It's lapping up all of the food.
34:04Oh, that didn't work very well, did it?
34:06Uh, no.
34:07Dad took every chance to coach me in front of the camera
34:10because it is tricky working with animals.
34:12They have big horned sheep in America,
34:14and they have little babies just like this.
34:22Um, we're going to lose it.
34:23Like they say, never work with animals or kids.
34:26With some exceptions, of course.
34:28This is Peru.
34:34I am an elephant of India.
34:38I am an elephant of India.
34:42Learning how to sing and dance with my crew, the Croc Men,
34:45was a whole new fun experience.
34:48Okay, so I'll talk to you, and you can talk to me back.
34:51You can talk to us through the mic, okay?
34:56I am an elephant of India.
34:59I am an elephant of India.
35:02Another special day in my life.
35:04My very first time in a recording studio.
35:08That's sounding good. You're getting better every time, I reckon.
35:11Good. Thank you.
35:17Have you been doing the songs?
35:18Yes.
35:19Cool. Okay.
35:20Yes, I pretty much learned them all.
35:22From one studio to another.
35:24This time to learn dancing.
35:26My mum and dad sure put a lot of variety into every day of my life.
35:30The singing is great, but I love the dancing just as much.
35:41When they see the way we see water,
35:44it'll cool you less when the hippo moves her hips.
35:48Action.
35:49So we'll see you next time for more Fun in the Jungle.
35:53Indeed, a jungle girl.
35:57When you camp out in the bush,
35:59you get a chance to really be close to nature
36:01and understand the environment.
36:03You enjoy the things around you,
36:05and not just the things you have.
36:07My dad taught me so much in the bush.
36:09He taught me how to be a wildlife warrior.
36:11August 2006.
36:13I'm eight years old
36:15and a fully-pledged member of my dad's croc research team.
36:19We're back in the rugged, wild country of Northern Australia.
36:23Indee!
36:24Come on, sweetheart, we're good to go.
36:26This was the fourth year of an amazing research project.
36:31Come on, big boy.
36:34The Australia Zoo croc capture team
36:36is wrangling the biggest wild animals in Australia.
36:39Scientists are going to track them
36:41and discover all about their secret life.
36:44Here he goes. Come on, baby.
36:46For the first time, they will know where they go and what they do.
36:50We're controlling the croc with ropes and our own body weight.
36:55Three, two, one, go.
37:00I'm a little pack rat.
37:02I've got all my stuff that I need,
37:04so I'm very nicely set.
37:07My job is to stand by with my dad's tools and ropes.
37:11I'm ready to hand them to him.
37:13Back tape that off. Snip that off.
37:15Thanks, baby.
37:17OK, duct tape.
37:19We have a bit of a lift up.
37:22My dad has now secured the croc with duct tape and rope,
37:26so now it's time for Craig to come in and put the transmitter on.
37:32And the transmitter helps to see how far it dives,
37:35how hot it gets and where it goes, really.
37:39Protect the gear. Watch out for the gear.
37:42The gear he means is the transmitter stuck on the crocodile's back.
37:46Look at the power in that tail.
37:48No death rolls, Dan.
37:50Ride it out, ride it out.
37:52How's that?
37:54It's right here that we can learn the mobility of these crocodiles.
37:57Here he goes again.
37:59Don't want to get hit by this tail.
38:01Roll it, here he goes.
38:03The strength of this crocodile is unbelievable.
38:05What an honour, what an honour for everyone here to be involved with this croc.
38:09Here he is, a grandpa, maybe 100 years old.
38:13Hang tight. If you need help, just call him.
38:19Now they have to protect the transmitter and get him back in the water.
38:23It's the most dangerous time.
38:30Great job. And crikey, I am learning so much about crocodiles.
38:36This is history.
38:38My grandad, Poppy.
38:40Three generations of crocodile hunters on the job.
38:48That's good.
38:49Poppy taught my dad.
38:51And then my dad learned more from his own experiences.
38:54Dad was the best in the world at what he did.
38:57He lived with crocs and snakes and knew how they thought.
39:01He was responsible for a capture team of 30 or 40 people.
39:05They never once had a problem being bitten or hurt.
39:09This was such a special day.
39:11Watching my dad and my Poppy working together.
39:14And me being able to help as well.
39:21Bindi, you got your knife packed there, buddy?
39:25Blindfolds.
39:27I was allowed in close, only after the jaws of the croc were tied and the tail couldn't hit me.
39:35Crocs can be very dangerous at both ends.
39:38I am never at risk.
39:40But I could see close up exactly everything that was going on.
39:44The whole time my dad was coaching me.
39:47I reckon I had the best view of all when they were working on the crocodile's head.
39:53I learned skills and things about crocodiles that I will build on all my life.
40:14While the radio trackers were being stuck on, I did first aid on the crocodiles.
40:19They get a lot of battle scars from life in the wild.
40:22And this is my chance to help them heal better with antiseptic spray.
40:29Dad knows crocodile behaviour so well.
40:32As soon as there was danger, he kept me away and let me back when it was safe.
40:40Part of my job is to be in control.
40:45That's it, Bindi, sir. You're a good girl.
40:48You've got a pretty important job there, haven't you?
40:51Uh-huh. Part of my job is to be the crocodile's nurse and to help it with anything.
40:56Back up, babe.
40:58Here we go.
41:00The documentary lessons continue.
41:03When you're with this huge crocodile, it can be so hard to do what you've got to do.
41:08And even harder to say what you've got to say.
41:12But my dad taught me perseverance.
41:15Three large tail thrashers.
41:18And spray away, Bindi.
41:23Part of my job is to be the croc's nurse and help it with any worries.
41:28So the boys are attaching the hardware.
41:30Professor Franklin and Dr. Pete are taking great patience and skill
41:34to actually get a good attachment so it doesn't come off.
41:37Steve-O, we're ready to roll.
41:41Looking good.
41:46You know what I think we'll do when we stand here, boys?
41:52My dad knows the croc will head straight out for water almost every time.
41:57But he also knows wild animals can be unpredictable.
42:01That's why I have to get away from the release.
42:04For that one time when the crocodile does something unpredictable.
42:10One more croc to go, and she is something special.
42:14I named her Kate.
42:17We think this is a female croc, so the girls are going to jump her.
42:21As soon as we get these top jaw ropes on, we're going to see some girl action.
42:26All girl action.
42:28Roping the jaws is one of those jobs that my dad always did himself.
42:34He knew he could do it safely,
42:37and he wanted to make sure no one else was put in danger.
42:40My mum and the girls from Australia Group have always been right in the action.
42:45They don't hang back when there's dangerous work to be done.
42:48But it isn't often we get a girls-only capture team.
42:52Keep your weight on it, Damo.
42:54Kate, you're on the head.
42:56Okay, go.
42:59Indy, get that tyre.
43:01That's one up for the girls.
43:03For me, it was another episode in my wildlife education.
43:07Hold on, hold on to it.
43:09Okay, we've got legs.
43:11I've lost me little helper.
43:14She's had quite a few death rolls, so we've got her down, so that's a good sign.
43:19You can see that Kate here has had a really bad injury when she was younger,
43:25and it was probably from a bite of another crocodile or something like that.
43:31Here we go.
43:32Three, two, one.
43:38What a great moment.
43:39My graduation into the catching team.
43:42That summer was a time of my life that I will always remember.
43:46My dad truly made me feel like I was a third-generation crocodile hunter,
43:51and that makes me feel so proud.
43:54Good work for the girls.
43:58Okay, Bin.
44:02My daddy, the crocodile hunter, will always be remembered
44:06for conservation work and his passion for saving wild animals.
44:10He bought large chunks of land in the outback as sanctuaries for wildlife.
44:15He put a stack of money and time into research projects
44:18with the university and national parks to learn more about crocodiles.
44:22He built the Australian Wildlife Hospital to save injured animals.
44:26He really loved Australia Zoo, which he grew from a small wildlife park.
44:30Into a world-famous icon.
44:33His dreams and his goals will live on because I want to save wildlife
44:37and make the world a better place, just like he did.
44:40My daddy was the crocodile hunter, but he was the best daddy in the whole world to me.
45:00My dad was a great man, a park conservationist, a park divan.
45:05He knew things he would teach me, like how to set the waves down the beach.
45:10We'd ride on a bike, we'd get chicken.
45:13Yeah, we'd ride on a water bike just for fun.
45:16Traveling the world was a big adventure, living with my dad was a bigger one.
45:21Catching snakes, jumping on top,
45:24swinging with the monkeys in the high tree tops.
45:27Chicks and lizards, hawks and rats, that's what his family had.
45:31Me and dad, sometimes shooting for the silver screen,
45:35sometimes jumping on the trampolines.
45:38A worldwide hero, but don't you see, that he was just plain dad to me.
45:43My dad was a get-up-and-goer, so did the animals, just like Noah.
45:49He's still a household name, but in our house, he earned his fame by cooking our dinner.
45:55Every night with recipes, I lost it all.
45:59He put us on a bed with a pillow, but there was action guaranteed, so we'd go.
46:04Catching snakes, jumping on top,
46:07swinging with the monkeys in the high tree tops.
46:10Chicks and lizards, hawks and rats, that's what his family had.
46:14Me and dad, sometimes shooting for the silver screen,
46:18sometimes jumping on the trampolines.
46:21A worldwide hero, but don't you see, that he was just plain dad to me.
46:26That's my daddy, all right.
46:28That's my girl.