{"id":135650,"date":"2025-09-11T07:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135650\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:48:08","slug":"steve-irwins-dad-bob-irwin-tears-into-wannabe-crocodile-hunter-influencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/135650\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Irwin\u2019s Dad Bob Irwin Tears Into Wannabe \u2018Crocodile Hunter\u2019 Influencer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">An American influencer who filmed himself wrestling crocodiles in Australia has come under fire from Bob Irwin, father of the late \u201cCrocodile Hunter\u201d Steve Irwin and a lifelong crocodile advocate. In a rare statement, which came after thrill seeker Mike Holston, aka \u201c<a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealtarzann\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealtarzann\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealtarzann\/\">The Real Tarzann<\/a>\u201d came under investigation from Queensland authorities, Irwin suggested that influencers who engage in reckless stunts should have \u201cd&#8211;khead legislation\u201d thrown at them and be \u201cbooted out the door.\u201d Irwin called for a crackdown on influencers after becoming concerned about a \u201crunaway train\u201d of content creators \u201cencouraging and glorifying harmful wildlife interactions.\u201d He added, \u201cThis isn\u2019t a Steve Irwin issue. This is about an individual illegally interfering with protected fauna. Anyone who actually knows how to handle crocodiles knows they don\u2019t respond well to capture. It\u2019s a specialized skill to do it without causing dangerous stress and lactic acid build-up\u2014and this bloke clearly had no clue.\u201d Addressing the colorful name for his proposed legislation, Irwin added: \u201cThat\u2019s exactly what content creators like the Real Tarzann are in my books: d&#8211;kheads. Because anyone who harms wildlife for fun, is.\u201d Holston\u2019s actions are being \u201cactively investigated\u201d by Australian authorities, they announced on Tuesday. Interfering with a saltwater crocodile carries an on-the-spot fine of $8,345, which can rise to a maximum of $37,000. Irwin says these fines are nothing compared to the money influencers\u2019 videos can earn them online.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"read-it-at-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/sep\/10\/steve-irwin-father-bob-condemns-videos-influencers-wrestling-wild-crocodiles-calls-for-bigger-penalties\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Read it at The Guardian<\/a><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An American influencer who filmed himself wrestling crocodiles in Australia has come under fire from Bob Irwin, father&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2840,49,48,66,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-135650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}