Steve Irwin’s son Robert Irwin has shared a horrifying moment he almost got eaten up by a 3.7-meter crocodile during a feeding session at an Australian zoo and even though his story is terrifying, that didn’t stop animal activists from slamming him. One commenter on social media admonished him to stop using animals for entertainment. Robert aka ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ shared the horrifying video on his Instagram page.
Here is more on Robert Irwin’s experience with the crocodile during a feeding session at an Australian zoo by the Daily Mail:
Robert Irwin has spoken about the heart-stopping moment he was forced to flee for his life when a 3.7metre crocodile lunged at him during a feeding session at Australia Zoo.
The 18-year-old, who is the son of Steve ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ Irwin, shared footage on Monday showing his terrifying encounter with the rare ‘leucistic’ saltie named Casper.
Robert offered Casper a slab of meat for lunch to test whether the animal was comfortable enough with his new enclosure to be featured in shows at the zoo.
But the 350kg beast beast ignored the food and made a beeline for the teen with snapping jaws, forcing him to flee and tell his fellow zookeepers to ‘bail, bail!’
‘[Caspar] is just absolute dynamite,’ he told Today show hosts Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon on Tuesday.
‘I’m in there feeding him to do a kind of a test, see how he reacts. ‘I get him to come out of the water, he puts on a big strike. I throw the food, he looks straight past the food and just right at my head and starts running.’
Robert said he was left with no other option than to escape the enclosure, recalling: ‘He puts on this huge chase and I just go, nah – bail.
‘You can’t have any sort of ego. You’ve got to know when to call it and when it’s too close. And that was too close.’
Here are some comments by animal rights activists slamming the Australian zoo and Robert Irwin:
‘Zoos should never exist, wild animals shouldn’t be held captive for the amusement of humans,’ one fan wrote on social media, while another said: ‘Leave the animals alone.’
‘When will they learn. This is sad. For a show, was it worth it?’ a third added. ‘Animal abuse for entertainment,’ another scathed, while one wrote: ‘Stop tormenting wild animals.’
‘Stop using animals for entertainment,’ one added, while another referred to an article headline and said: ‘Why doesn’t it read “Crocodile had to protect his environment from annoying man?” You know wildlife warriors and all that.’
Flip to the next page to watch the video and also pictures from the horrifying scenes.
