The Crocodile Hunter The Crocodile Hunter The Crocodile Hunter is a wildlife documentary television series that was hosted by Steve Irwin and his wife, Terri. The show became a popular franchise due to Irwin's unconventional approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film "" and two television spinoffs: "Croc Files" and "The Crocodile Hunter Diaries". The series was presented on Animal Planet, becoming the network's highest-rated series at the time, and was in international syndication on networks worldwide. The series aired 64 episodes during five seasons, from 1997 through 2004, with a pilot episode in 1996 and
Madras Crocodile Bank Trust palustris"), salt-water crocodile ("Crocodylus porosus"), gharial ("Gavialis gangeticus"), tomistoma ("Tomistoma schlegelii"), American alligator ("Alligator mississippiensis"), Morelet's crocodile ("Crocodylus Moreletii"), spectacled caiman ("Caiman crocodilus"), West African dwarf crocodile ("Osteolaemus tetraspis"), Australian fresh water crocodile ("Crocodylus Johnsoni"), African slender-snouted crocodile ("Mecistops cataphractus"), dwarf caiman ("Paleosuchus palpebrosus"), yacare caiman ("Caiman yacare"), Nile crocodile ("Crocodylus niloticus") and the endangered Siamese crocodile ("Crocodylus siamensis"). The bank currently houses over 2,400 crocodiles and also many species of turtles, snakes, and lizards which are viewable by the public. The bank houses 12 endangered species of turtles and tortoises and 5 species of snakes, including king cobra ("Ophiophagus