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The genus name Crikey was a favourite exclamation of Steve Irwin's, "crikey!" being a minced oath. [2] The snail species was described by John Stanisic, a scientist at the Queensland Museum [2] who was later awarded Certified Environmental Practitioner of the Year 2010.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 January 2025. Australian zookeeper, conservationist and television personality (1962–2006) This article is about the Australian wildlife expert and television personality. For other people with the same name, see Steve Irwin (disambiguation). For the flagship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ...
Steve Irwin died while filming an underwater documentary on Sept. 4, 2006 ... In 2009, a rare species of tree snail was named “Crikey steveirwini” after the late wildlife conservationist.
News of Irwin's death prompted reactions around the world. Australian Prime Minister John Howard expressed "shock and distress" at Irwin's death, saying that "Australia has lost a wonderful and colourful son". [18] Queensland's Premier Peter Beattie remarked that Irwin would "be remembered as not just a great Queenslander, but a great ...
Dinkelman was best known as South Africa’s Steve Irwin, another famous conservationist who died on the job. (Irwin died at age 44 in 2006 following a stingray attack.) (Irwin died at age 44 in ...
Robert Irwin, the son of the late conservationist Steve Irwin, has celebrated breeding a rare turtle that his father discovered in 1990.. Steve was an Australian zookeeper and media personality ...
A huntsman spider from Iran, "named after Mr Rambod Javan, an Iranian actor, director and comedian in recognition of his invaluable movements seeking to improve and protect natural environments and wildlife of Iran, especially via his most popular TV-program, Khandevaneh." [92] Cercopemyces messii Martínez et al., 2024: Fungus: Lionel Messi
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