Crocodiles are easy. They try to kill and eat you. People are harder. Sometimes they pretend to be your friend first.
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!
I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that’s habitat destruction.
I have a message for my fans. Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable. The most important thing that I’ve found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you’ll be a winner.
I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.
And I have stopped eating tuna until the tuna nets cease killing tens of thousands of dolphins every single year.
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.
I believe that education is all about being excited about something. Seeing passion and enthusiasm helps push an educational message.
See, I’ve always seen Jacques Cousteau as a hero, mate. He’s a legend – like my dad, just a legend. And so what he did for conservation in the ’60s through the ’70s was just phenomenal.
All you have to do in life is be passionate and enthusiastic and you will have a wonderful life.
I would sooner die of a taipan bite then tell my dad that I got bitten by a taipan. Because my nose would bleed from his kicking my ass.
So, my tactic with conservation of apex predators is to get people excited and take them to where they live.
Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.
Where I live if someone gives you a hug it’s from the heart.
So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.
There’s a lot of research behind the scenes that you don’t get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then.
If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.