Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Steve Irwin’s son says he was “proud” when he was first bitten by a snake

The IrwinsLike father, like son: Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin's young son says he was "proud" when he was first bitten by a boa constrictor snake.

Little Robert Irwin, four, was not at all scared when the baby boa constrictor bit him.

"He picked one of them up and it bit him on the finger, and he was so proud to have copped his first hit," Irwin's widow, Terri, said, as her family launched a new line of toy dolls of themselves.

"He said, 'I hope it wasn't venomous,' so I assured Robert I wouldn't actually let him play with venomous snakes."

Irwin said 9-year-old daughter, Bindi, was first bitten by a snake when she was 18 months old.

Steve Irwin, known through his nature TV series as a wrangler of crocodiles and snakes, died in 2006 from a jab of a stingray's barbed tail during an underwater documentary shoot. He was 44.

By Owen Williams, Feb 19 2008 © Copyright 2008 - Showbiz Spy

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