Bindi Irwin, Steve Irwin.Photo:Paul Archuleta/Getty; SGranitz/WireImage
Paul Archuleta/Getty; SGranitz/WireImage
Bindi Irwinis looking back fondly on her fatherSteve’s admiration of all creatures.
TheCrikey! It’s the Irwinsstar, 25, uploaded a heartwarming clip to Instagram on Thursday of her late dad tending to the Australia Zoo — as he appeared to break up a fight between two feisty kookaburras!
“This#flashbackmakes my heart happy,” the nature conservationist captioned the video. “Dad’s kindness and love for all species will live on forever.”
During the throwback clip, theCrocodile Hunterstar biked up to a pair of kookaburras and helped separate the two opposing birds. After asking what was “going on” between then, Steve declared that a “kookaburra fight” was underway before grabbing both birds, holding them next to each other and asking for peace at his zoo.
The video then panned to a shot of Steve making kookaburra noises in an attempt to deescalate the situation, though he eventually separated the two animals entirely.
“Crikey,” Steve said, before taking off again on his bike. “Day’s work involves putting out fires, stopping fires, playing with the gators, koalas, kangaroos.”
Steve’s wifeTerricommented under her daughter’s touching post, too, writing that the clip marked “such a special moment.”
“Steve loved every animal@australiazoo,” she wrote of her husband, whodiedin 2006 at age 44.
Bindi Irwin with her father Steve and mother Terri in 2002.Newspix/Getty Images
Newspix/Getty Images
The Irwin family has grown over the years, as back in August, Bindi spoke with PEOPLE about her 2-year-old daughterGrace Warrior, whom she welcomed in 2021 with husbandChandler Powell, 25.
The nature conservationist, who also opened up about herstruggles with endometriosis, explained that she and Powell " feel so lucky to have Grace."
“I think that every day I wake up and I look at our beautiful daughter and think she is our tiny little miracle and it makes me cry because we were very, very lucky to have her,” she said, after sharing that being asked about having more children can be hurtful to some.
“And there was every chance that we wouldn’t have been able to have a little one, so to have our beautiful girl, we are so lucky,” she added. “And I wish more people would pause before asking, ‘Why aren’t you having more children?'”
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Lately, Bindi has also been raving about her younger brotherRobert Irwin’s “gorgeous girlfriend"Rorie Buckey, whom she applauded in an Instagram caption this month. The pair were firstphotographed togetherin Australia back in November and have sincemade their red carpet debutin July at the Australian premiere ofMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.
“Sweetest soul, beautiful friend, I love her dearly and you’ll usually see Grace just following her around because she adores her,” Bindi wrote.
source: people.com
