-Thank you
for coming back to the show. -Thank you. I feel like
this is my second home now. It's awesome.
-Right. It should be. We love having you on. 'Cause I love...
-Yes. -I mean, last time you were
here, we had... -Yeah.
-...Kevin Hart was here. -[ Laughing ] We did.
That was a lot of fun. -And I asked him to stay out
and play with the animals. -Yeah.
-And he said, "I hate animals." [ Laughter ]
Or, oh, no -- actually, he goes, "I like animals.
I'm afraid of them." -All right. That's okay.
That's all right. -And he had -- oh, my gosh.
It was the funniest. -Yeah. I like to think
maybe we helped him, a little bit, overcome his fear.
-Maybe. -A bit more comfortable. But, I mean, for me,
it was really cool because we actually reached over
100 million people on Facebook, so for me, what a great...
-Yeah. It was the number-one
trend on YouTube. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Yeah, thank you so much. -100 million people.
-Yeah, it was awesome. And for me,
that's just such a great way to get the -- the message
of wildlife and conservation out to so many people,
so thank you so much. It was awesome.
-No, are you kidding me? Thank you right back to you.
-You, as well. Thanks, guys. [ Chuckles ]
-The show -- "Crikey!" -Yes.
-"Crikey! It's the Irwins." -You've got to say,
"Crikey! It's the Irwins." -Oh, sorry. [Australian accent]
"Crikey! It's the Irwins." -"Crikey! It's the Irwins."
-"Crikey! It's the Irwins." -There you go.
-[ Normal voice ] Yeah. -Perfect.
-It -- It -- It was the biggest debut
for Animal Planet in the last five years,
so congratulations on that. -Thank you so much.
Thanks, guys. -Over 12 million people
have seen it around the world. It's a giant hit.
-Yeah. -I'm happy for you
and your whole family. You know I love the whole fam. So, thank you for coming back.
-Thank you. -Now, you brought
some animals tonight, and, hopefully, I'll get along
with them and... -Yes. Hopefully.
-And, yeah. Yeah. -It's gonna be really fun. So, are you ready
for the first animal? -Yeah, here we go.
Absolutely, we love it. -Okay, we've got two of them
coming up here. -Okay.
-So, this is Ping and Pong, and they are
absolutely adorable. Hey, guys! Hello! Hello, guys!
[ Otters squeaking ] -Take your body and kind of... -Yeah, you can hold them
really nice and tight in there. These are otters. These are actually
little, baby otters. That's great.
[ Otters squeaking ] So, see those...
-Oh, my gosh. -...those little vocalizations
that they're making? -Yes.
-Now, that's actually -- Oh, he's eating you
a little bit. -All right, watch it.
Ohh. -That's how they communicate
with one another. Now,
Asian small-clawed otters -- these are the smallest otters
in the entire world. Whoops.
-He's eating... -He's eating --
He's eating you now. -...the microphone, yeah. -Now, these guys
are really cool. They're from Asia.
They're amazing. And they've actually got --
I think he loves me. -I think it's cute,
but you never know. The -- The squeaks. -They're still babies.
-Yeah. -So they will get
a lot bigger than this. All right, here we go.
[ Laughter ] -They'll get bigger, yes. Okay.
-They will. They will. -Oh, my goodness.
-Aren't they just so special? -Yep. Okay.
-Here. Let me put your mic back --
mic back on. -Hi. Yeah.
-There we go. -Hi, buddy. Okay, it's good.
-Isn't that awesome? So, they can actually have...
[ Otter squeaking ] -He found it again.
-They can have... -He's gonna find it again.
-Oh, my goodness. -Hi, buddy Ping, buddy Pong. -Ping and Pong.
-Hi, buddy. -Now, they actually have
the finest fur in the world. Oh, he's giving you a kiss. -I think he almost bit --
or bit me. He almost bit me or kissed me.
-Oh, they're so -- so cute. -Hey, buddy. I love them.
-Congratulations. Well done. Well done.
[ Laughter ] -I'm not squeezing him
or anything, I swear. -Thanks, Ping and Pong. -I'm just holding him,
and that's all. All right, I'm ready
to get Ping and Pong... -All right, we're good? Okay.
-Thank you for this. [ Cheers and applause ] Thank you very much.
-Oh, my God. -Oh, my God. Thank you.
-Thank you very much. -Ohh, gosh.
-How cute are they? Are you -- Are you all good?
-Yeah, I'm great. I love --
Yeah, that's fantastic. -That's good.
Okay. So, next, for this next one, I think we're gonna
come around again. We're gonna sit down here. And I'm gonna grab a few pieces
here for you of sweet potato. -Mm-hmm. Oh, man. -This next animal
loves sweet potatoes, so if you want to sit down...
-Oh, okay. Okay. Oh, no. -...and then, you can put...
[ Laughter ] -I can see
what's kind of coming. -You can put your legs
out like this. -Oh, gosh. -Now, you want to hold
the sweet potato just here, so they don't bite your fingers.
-Oh, no. What do you mean
they won't bite my fingers -- hold it like this?
-So, it'll -- it'll be good. -I don't know.
-It'll be good, I promise. -What do I do with that?
-You can grab that one, as well, and you can feed them.
-Oh, no. -They love sweet potato.
-All right. -All right, so, we've got
Quill Smith and Quilly Nelson. And you'll see their names
in a second. Come on in, guys. These are porcupine.
-All righty. [ Laughter ]
Good to see you. -Hello.
-Okay. What do I... -There you go.
-Now, can I... -Have a go at that. So, now, these guys --
they're African -- [ Laughter ]
He's curling up now. These are
African crested porcupines, the largest rodent
in the continent of Africa. -Okay, this might be the most
dangerous thing I've ever done. -And see those spines there?
Yeah. That's actually --
That's their defense mechanism. If a predator is gonna get them, they'll actually sink them
right down into their skin. And that's -- that's how
they avoid predators. They're amazing.
-All right, all right. -How cool is that?
-Does he want -- Yeah, it's unbelievable.
-And see how they're -- That shaking there means
they're a little bit -- a little bit unhappy. They're thinking,
"Just what's going on?" [ Laughter ] But, see,
once they've got that -- once they got the sweet potato,
they're completely happy. They absolutely love it.
-I can feel him eating it, but I just...
-That's great. How cool is that? -Yeah, man.
-Look at them go. -Well, I'm just happy
that I had kids, you know...
-So cool. Here you go. -...when I -- when I...
-Yeah. [ Laughs ] What do you think, eh?
-...when I could. -Now, they'll get...
[ Laughter ] ...they'll get
a lot bigger, too. When they're full-grown, they could easily have a go
at a lion. If -- If --
If it's getting close, they'll just stab right in
with those quills. [ Laughter ]
How cool is that? -All right,
this is unbelievable. -They're amazing, aren't they? -It is a pleasure
to meet you guys. Oh, wow! My God!
All right, all right, Robert. -You're good. You're good. All right, should we
take them right now? -Robert. Robert. Robert.
-You're good. You're good. -Robert.
-All right, bye, guys. -Robert.
-Now... -Be very careful,
whatever happens next. -I don't know
how we're gonna get this. Here. Let's see.
-Okay. -There we go.
You're good now. -All right, all right.
This is great. -All right.
See you later, guys. [ Laughs ]
-Oh, my heavens. All righty. Okay.
-Are you good? -That's --
That's not the carrot. All right, here you go.
[ Laughter ] You're having --
the carrot's over here. Here you go, buddy.
Eat this. Eat this.
-[ Chuckling ] Okay. -All right,
good to see these guys. Oh, my gosh.
Yeah, I think -- [ Laughter ]
-Wow, they really love it here. -Security? Oh, no. Okay.
-[ Laughing ] Okay. All right, no worries.
There we go. -All right, yep.
Okay, good. -It's a bit of a challenge
picking them up, as you can see. -Ohh. Ohh, my gosh.
-There we go. -Yeah.
-Well done, guys. [ Cheers and applause ]
Good job. That was great.
That was so cool. Do you want me to grab
your sweet potato for you? -Yeah, that's what he was,
yeah, going for. -All right. No worries. So, I think we're gonna stay
down here for a little while. [ Laughter ]
Have a look at this guy. Now, this is...
-I'm not putting him in my lap. I'm not.
-This is a giant aardvark. -I don't want to move.
-And the aardvarks -- they are native to Africa,
as well. See those massive claws there? That's what they use to dig. So, they're really
interesting animals. They've got that big, long nose. -Yeah.
-And that's how they smell. They've got a great sense
of smell. And the end of their nose
actually looks a bit like a marshmallow. It's so cool. -Has he -- Have we...
-How special are they? -A random aardvark.
-Big ears, great hearing. -This is -- And, sorry. I didn't even quite even hear
what you were saying. -Yes.
-Is he an -- It's an aardvark -- It's an anteater? -Yeah, so they'll --
they'll eat ants and termites. And, yeah,
they're great at digging. They'll find a termite mound.
They'll break into it. But we've got
a little mixture here, and that's kind of a mix
of squished insects and bugs, and they absolutely love it. See that?
-Absolutely. [ Laughter ]
-It's really good. So, it's actually
really quite good for them. They absolutely love this.
-I can't believe it. -So, we're gonna head down here
now for this one. We couldn't really fit this one
on the stage. -Okay.
-So, this -- This is Debra --
This is Debra the Zebra. -Oh, my goodness.
-And I absolutely love Debra. Do you want me
to come around this side? -Sure.
-So...there we we go. -Debra the Zebra.
Hi. How you doing? -So, Debra the Zebra -- she's
actually still quite young. -Hi.
-She's a young little zebra, and she still loves her bottles. Now, she's only
about six months old. You're welcome to pat her,
though. -Six months old?
-She loves her pats, yeah. -Oh, my gosh.
-Now, these guys -- they use those stripes
for camouflage. They're one of the best
camouflage animals ever. Now, do you want
to grab this bottle? -Sure.
-And you can feed her. Isn't that amazing? She is so sweet.
-Oh, my gosh. -Absolutely adorable,
aren't they? -This looks fake almost.
-Yeah, yeah. And unlike horses,
they can actually be sometimes quite aggressive
out in the wild. Yeah, really cool.
[ Laughter ] So, that's Debra. Isn't she cute?
-She's unbelievable. And she's for sale
at FAO Schwarz for eight months. [ Laughter ]
Just kidding. -Oh, good girl, Debra.
-This is unbelievable. -Yeah.
-Thank you for -- you kind of took it a little bit
easier on me this time. I appreciate it.
-No worries. No worries. -And Robert Irwin, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ] "Crikey! It's the Irwins" airs Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m.
on Animal Planet.
It makes me so happy that Steve's kids are keeping his legacy alive and well.
I'm a sucker for these animal on late night segments, it was first love of late night as a kid. They are always so fun and goofy to see the host out of their element, plus a bit educational.
I like Bindi, but Robert's obvious love for animals really seems to rival his dads. I'm excited to see what kind of work he does as he grows up
curious about where the animals come from, are they flown in from Australia or from a nearby zoo?