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
Gena the Crocodile Gena the Crocodile Gena the Crocodile () is a fictional, friendly crocodile in the series of animation films "Gena the Crocodile", "Cheburashka" and "Shapoklyak" by Roman Kachanov (Soyuzmultfilm studio). He debuted in the 1966 novel "Gena the Crocodile and His Friends" by Eduard Uspensky. The 50-year-old Gena works in a zoo as an attraction. In his spare time, he plays the garmon and likes to sing. His two best-known songs are "Pust' begut neuklyuzhe..." and "Goluboy vagon" ("The Blue Train Car"). The crocodile's name is a typical diminutive of the Russian male name Gennady. Gena and Cheburashka, the title character