Crikey! Steve Irwin’s Kids Are Keeping His Legacy Alive

For His 6th Birthday, He Got A Python

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The Australia Zoo became Irwin’s home for good when he took over in 1991. Before all that, what started his love for the wildlife was a present on his sixth birthday. Irwin received a scrub python, and by the time he was nine-years-old, his father taught him how to handle crocodiles.