Steve Irwin has emotional encounter with mother Orangutan while filming Faces in the Forest, Indonesia, 1997
Steve Irwin has emotional encounter with mother Orangutan while filming Faces in the Forest, Indonesia, 1997 from OldSchoolCool
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I forgot how much I miss him.
Man I miss that dude. He really was one of the good guys.
Thought he was a bit of a joker at first until I saw some clips of him way back early in the day, before the fame, before the khaki uniform.
Him, at night, way up in a muddy estuary, on his own(apart from the unseen cameraman) wrestling a 7 foot croc into a ten foot dinghy. Dirty, wet, muddy, dark….a real ‘man vs wild’ battle.
This guy was one of the wild ones.
Good on you Steve.
He was a true gem
I, like many, miss this man. He was a true angel. Though he died doing what he loved, he is still missed.
I went to Australia Zoo in 2019 and met Bindi. She’s so pure and kind. The best experience of my life. I still remember the day he died…perhaps my earliest memory at 7 years old.
Steve was fully aware she could fuck him up at any point lmao
That man was a great human being.
TIL – orangutans evidently have double jointed shoulders.
That orangutan knew a quality human when she saw one
One of my favorite videos, Steve was just a kind soul, animals can sense that, mom orangutan wanted to be close and present him her baby, such a beautiful experience
The orangutan Mom was like : That’s Steve Irwin! I wonder if he wants to hang out.
This was such a powerful moment. I’ve got tears rolling down my cheek.
It’s quite bittersweet. We have these beautiful creatures connected to us by Mother Nature. Creatures who we should be protecting. Instead, we are destroying their homes, killing them for sport and betraying them.
It just rips my heart to pieces.
Imagine Bob Ross painting a picture of Steve Irwin as Mr. Rogers narrates it.
I just love him. ❤️❤️❤️ She can sense that he’s good and filled with a loving and good spirit.
The world is a worse place without this man in it.
She knew he was good, she just wanted to say hi and show off what she made ☺️🥰 I’m so glad I watched this.
Ooof! This hits me right there, yknow. I grew up watching all of that stuff on weekend mornings and seeing him. Reminds me of the days when I was a little kid, watching the animals interact with Jack Hannah or Steve Irwin.
Man was such a gift.
I don’t know much about Steve but I do know he is and will always be a legend rip brotha
Love this!
One of the highlights of my 10mos spent touring Australia in the late 90s was spending time at the Australia Zoo where Steve himself was actually there, teaching us about the zoo’s crocs, feeding them etc. He even brought baby Bindi in the pen with him!
I always thought he was a bit exaggerated – until that day. His passion, his excitement, his joy was real.
Was devastated when I heard the news of his death.
Genuinely one of the few celebrity deaths that truly impacted me emotionally.
We miss ya mate
I hope I can be half of the wonderful person Steve Irwin was before I die.
This video is pure gold. I feel blessed just watching it :’)
What a fucking legend… who has the balls to do something like that? lol
When he died, my little kid heart broke and it remains that way every time i see clips of him. He was my favorite on Animal Planet, always wanted to watch him and Top 10 Most Extreme. There’s just no one else like him.
“for the rest of my life.” hits a whole lot harder.
We live in a broken timeline. Somewhere out there there’s a world where Steve didn’t die and people kept their hearts.
I noticed he mimicks her actions, and then sort of jokishly comments to the camera: “itchy nose” then scratches his nose, same thing with his head after her, etc.. I think that is helping making the mother at ease..
I’m not very spiritual but I have a feeling that animal somehow knew how kind of a heart Steve had.
I was in Rainbow Beach surfing one day and behind me come paddling Steve Erwin on a long board he was wearing kahki shorts believe it or not and he was just as full of energy and charisma in real life as you see on TV, we took turns catching small waves in the sun, laughing and hooting. Had a few brief chats in what was a memorable day for me.
About a week later I was at school assembly and we had a suprise guest, I was about three rows back from the front and our comes Steve, just the same energetic legend, it’s certainly not a gimmick, that’s how he is, I was always dubious it was an act but what a champion of a guy he was, anyway, after a couple minutes he made eye contact with me and pointed and said hey! It’s me mate! Hey brother! It’s me little surfing mate! Haha, I’ll never forget it 20 something years later is a great memory.
RIP to one of the greats. Spread Love and kindness xo