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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am.

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Steve Irwin
Age: 44 †
Born: 1962
Born: February 22
Died: 2006
Died: September 4
Actor
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Environmentalist
Explorer
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Journalist
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Television Personality
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Upper Ferntree Gully
Victoria
Australia
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