Well, what he said was that he was in complete control of the situation... not the animal. I don't think that we can say with our arm-chair authority that the children should be taken away.
I agree with you, Roberta... I don't know that Crocodile guy's name, but I don't enjoy watching him at all. He concentrates on the blood-thirsty-ness of it all, not the biology.
Irwin is being supported by a new editorial in the Melbourne Herald-Sun:
Quote:Steve Irwin deserves a medal
08jan04
CROCODILE hunter Steve Irwin deserved a medal for promoting Australia's interests overseas and the media should stop demonising him, NSW Premier Bob Carr said yesterday.
Mr Irwin, a star in America, sparked international outrage last week when footage was released of him feeding a 4m crocodile while holding his month-old son Bob. Mr Carr said Mr Irwin made a mistake but it was time for the media to stop pursuing him.
And here's Steve Irwin's interview...
Quote:"Yeah, well, you know it (the crocodile) was a lot more than a metre away and the crocodile was fully extended on his back legs going up," Irwin said.
"You know they're not like a lion, they can't actually leap forward." (who knew??)
Irwin said he had a tape from the Australia Zoo camera that would show the act was not as dangerous as the public believed.
". . . which will give you another angle so all that ugly stacked-up vision of me looking like I endangered my child will be put to bed very quickly."
Irwin said his mother, who had also handled crocodiles, was not killed by one of the reptiles but had died in a car crash.
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So Husker, that's the Mrs. Irwin who died in a car crash.
.... Can't stand these boyo Aussie heroes! <shudder>
