{"id":3750,"date":"2026-07-11T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T11:25:53","slug":"robert-irwin-details-bond-with-sister-bindi-irwins-daughter-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3750","title":{"rendered":"Robert Irwin Details Bond With Sister Bindi Irwin\u2019s Daughter Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"segment-text-only\">\n<p>Being the Crocodile Hunter was more than <strong>Steve Irwin<\/strong>&#8216;s career\u2014it was his destiny.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was born into it,&#8221; he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GWIuHQY61i4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo! Australia<\/a> in 2002. &#8220;Didn&#8217;t have a choice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From a young age, Steve joined his herpetologist dad<strong> Bob Irwin <\/strong>and wildlife rehabilitator mom <strong>Lyn<\/strong> <strong>Irwin<\/strong> on expeditions and helped at their reptile park in Australia&#8217;s Queensland. He captured and relocated crocodiles as part of a public safety and conservation effort by the government.<\/p>\n<p>In 1991, Steve took over his parents&#8217; reptile park. It was there he met wife <strong>Terri Irwin<\/strong> while she was visiting from Oregon. 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