The WORST episodes of The Crocodile Hunter
Every episode of The Crocodile Hunter ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of 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 its unconventional approach and Irwin's approach to wildlife. It spawned a number of separate projects, including the feature film The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course and two television spinoffs: The Crocodile Hunter Diaries and Croc Files. The series has been presented on Animal Planet and has been in international syndication on networks worldwide.
#1 - Steve's Greatest Crocodile Captures
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/12/2002
Steve's greatest crocodile captures are shown in this episode. Steve and Terri also review the proper methods to use in such captures.
#2 - Africa's Final Frontier
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/24/2002
Steve travels to Namibia, where he experiences close encounters with a variety of dangerous animals and plants, including a tree with inch-long poisonous spines, a feisty viper and a cranky cobra.
#3 - Africa's Deadliest Snakes
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/30/2000
Steve embarks on a quest to find the most infamous of all Africa's venomous snakes - the black mamba. In his search Steve encounters the most aggressive snakes he has ever seen - the Egyptian cobra, the dangerous boomslang, and the deadly green mamba. When he finally meets his nemesis, the black mamba, the encounter is Steve's most memorable and possibly most dangerous.
#4 - Forces Of Nature – Eglin, Part 1
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/24/2000
Steve travels to Florida's Eglin AFB to help remove poisonous snakes from the base. He also catches rides in an F-15 and an F-16.
#5 - Wildest Home Videos
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/29/1998
This action-packed episode takes a look at some of the hairiest and scariest moments from The Crocodile Hunter's private video library and includes classic scenes from the archives of program out-takes. Steve is bitten on the face by an angry python, bitten on the foot by a vengeful crocodile, and has close calls with lunging crocodiles along with many other hair-raising adventures.
#6 - Wildlife In Combat – Eglin, Part 2
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/23/2000
Steve and Terri help U.S. Army Rangers remove venomous snakes from a training course at Elgin Air Force Base, Fla.
#7 - Steve's Most Dangerous Adventures
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/12/2002
Steve looks back on his most dangerous encounters, including those with Komodo dragons, various crocodiles and venomous snakes.
#8 - The Crocodile Hunter Goes West
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/23/1998
Steve and Terri head out west in a quest to find a mate for a goanna lizard at Australia Zoo.
#9 - Freshwater Crocs
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/4/1998
Steve gives the viewers a look at freshwater crocodiles.
#10 - Wild Surf of Indonesia
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/23/2001
Steve travels to Indonesia to encounter wildlife, then hits the beach to do some surfing.
#12 - From the Outback to Hollywood
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/20/2002
A detailed account of Steve and Terri Irwin's sudden and unexpected rise to fame, in just one short decade. Footage includes the whirlwind of a promotional tour for their first Hollywood film, and their conservation work at the Australia Zoo.
#13 - Steve's Story: Home Video
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/22/2001
Interviews with Steve, Terri, his father Bob, his mother Lyn, and some of his friends, as they reveal the man behind the adventure series.
#14 - Steve's Most Dangerous Adventures
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/12/2002
Steve looks back on his most dangerous encounters, including those with Komodo dragons, various crocodiles and venomous snakes.
#15 - Steve's Most Dangerous Adventures
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/11/1999
Steve looks back on his most dangerous encounters, including those with Komodo dragons, various crocodiles and venomous snakes.
#16 - Steve’s Story
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/11/1999
Interviews with Steve, Terri, his father Bob, his mother Lyn, and some of his friends, as they reveal the man behind the adventure series.
#17 - Legends of the Galapagos
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1999
Around 10 million years ago, an archipelago of over 200 volcanic islands was forming 500 miles west off the coast of South America. Named the 'Galapagos Islands', these unique land masses are now a wildlife sanctuary supporting a diverse number of animal species living in harmony. Steve and Terri take an intimate look at the lives of the islands' exotic inhabitants: land iguanas, marine iguanas, sea birds, seals, sea lions, and of course the giant land tortoise.
#18 - Reptiles of the Deep: Turtles
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/24/1998
A report on green and loggerhead sea turtles includes segments on the females' struggle to lay eggs on land and the hatchlings' fight to reach the ocean. Also: an annual scientific-and-medical survey of the creatures conducted off the east coast of Australia.
#19 - Faces in the Forest
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/1999
Falling in love with the orangutans of Sumatra, Steve helps in their rehabilitation process.
#20 - Australia's Wild Frontier
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/1999
Queensland's Cape York is one of the last wild frontiers in Australia. Steve and Terri set out on a journey along some of the most treacherous roads and remote rivers to reach the very northern-most tip of the country. Along the way they encounter a huge array of wildlife including a slately grey snake, an angry scrub python, a rusty monitor goanna, feral pigs and a tree-jumping canopy goanna - the rarest goanna species in the world.
#21 - Jungle in the Clouds
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/21/2000
Steve journeys through the wilderness of New Guinea, moving through the mangroves of the coast, jungles, valleys, and mountains toward his destination: a rare equatorial glacier.
#22 - Hidden River
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/1997
Steve attempts to rescue a turtle in a river despite the presence of crocodiles.
#23 - Wild River of Africa
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/19/2000
Steve travels the Luangwa River in Zambia, observing hippos, Nile crocodiles and monitor lizards. Included: a crocodile feeding frenzy.
#24 - Reptiles of the Deep: Saurians
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/1999
Reptiles still living in the sea include saltwater crocodiles and lizards that can dive deep.
#25 - Swimming with Alligators
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/2001
Steve goes to Florida's Eglin Air Force Base to remove an alligator from a missile-testing zone, and travels through the Everglades, where he has a close encounter with a cottonmouth and an alligator snapping turtle.