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The Best Episodes of The Crocodile Hunter

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Australian host Steve Irwin and his wife Terri run a wildlife refuge. Their shared passion is educating the world about wildlife, including the much feared crocodile and numerous venomous snakes. Steve's specialty is the capture

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Crocodile Hunter Season 3 Episode 4 - Reptiles of the Deep: Saurians
    8.9/10(22 votes)

    S3:E4

    Reptiles still living in the sea include saltwater crocodiles and lizards that can dive deep.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Crocodile Hunter Season 1 Episode 1 - Wild in the USA
    8.8/10(22 votes)

    S1:E1

    Steve follows Terri to her home state of Oregon, and to New York, to watch beavers and raccoons. Steve also helps Terri to relocate her pet cougar, Malina. Animals are alligator snapping turtle, American alligator, grey kangaroo, freshwater crocodile and red-belly black snake.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. The Crocodile Hunter Season 4 Episode 11 - Reptiles of the Lost Continent (Part 2)
    8.8/10(17 votes)

    S4:E11

    Steve looks at cave-dwelling crocodiles, different types of chameleon and other unusual reptiles on Madagascar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Crocodile Hunter Season 5 Episode 9 - Island of Snakes
    8.8/10(41 votes)

    S5:E9

    Steve Irwin travels to Sri Lanka to help laborers contend with some of the most venomous snakes in the world like the Russell's vipers and the cobras. And, for the first time in his life, he goes head-to-head with a man-eating mugger crocodile.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Crocodile Hunter Season 1 Episode 2 - Dinosaurs Down Under
    8.7/10(15 votes)

    S1:E2

    Steve and Terri trace the history of Australia's dinosaurs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Crocodile Hunter Season 2 Episode 6 - Where the Devils Run Wild
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    S2:E6

    Steve and Terri seek the Tasmanian tiger, thought to be extinct since the 1930s, as well as Tasmanian devils, copperhead snakes, black-faced shags, pademelon joeys and wombats.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Crocodile Hunter Season 4 Episode 10 - Last Primates of Madagascar (Part 1)
    8.7/10(18 votes)

    S4:E10

    Steve attempts to find members of the four remaining lemur species on the island of Madagascar. He travels through the countryside on bicycle and talks with the town inhabitants.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Crocodile Hunter Season 1 Episode 4 - Suburban Killers
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    S1:E4

    Not all dangerous creatures live out in the wilderness of the forests, the jungles and the Outback. Some of them live in the homes of suburbanites in Australia. Steve examines some of the venomous snakes and spiders that can make unwelcome appearances in suburbia.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Crocodile Hunter Season 1 Episode 6 - Traveling the Dingo Fence
    8.5/10(24 votes)

    S1:E6

    The Dingo Fence in southern Queensland, is part of the world's longest fence (over 3300 miles long), built to keep dingoes out of southern Queensland and away from the sheep flocks. Steve observes boars, snakes and dingoes in the Outback. Note: This episode originally aired as a two-hour special, but in later reruns, it was divided into two separate episodes.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Crocodile Hunter Season 4 Episode 2 - Captured on Camera
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    S4:E2

    A compilation of the best moments of the series up to this point.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Crocodile Hunter Season 5 Episode 8 - Crocs in the City
    8.5/10(88 votes)

    S5:E8

    Steve Irwin works with the Mexican government to solve croc problems in the resort towns of Tampico and Cancún.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Crocodile Hunter Season 2 Episode 5 - Reptiles of the Deep: Turtles
    8.4/10(15 votes)

    S2:E5

    Green and loggerhead sea turtles lay their eggs on the land. The hatchlings face enormous obstacles to get to the ocean. Steve films the struggle and shows an annual scientific survey of the turtles off the east coast of Australia.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Crocodile Hunter Season 5 Episode 1 - From the Outback to Hollywood
    8.4/10(18 votes)

    S5:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Crocodile Hunter Season 4 Episode 6 - Wildest Home Videos
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    S4:E6

    Steve and Terri show us their home video collection, most of which document their conservation work.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Crocodile Hunter Season 4 Episode 9 - Surfing Snakes
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    S4:E9

    Steve heads to Indonesia where he looks at venomous snakes, lizards and monkeys.odiles.

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  16. The Crocodile Hunter Season 5 Episode 2 - Casper: The White Crocodile
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    S5:E2

    Eleven crocodiles must be relocated at the zoo, so Steve develops a new method to capture them. Also: an extremely ornery white crocodile named Casper is introduced at the zoo and proves to be aggressive towards a female.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Crocodile Hunter Season 5 Episode 5 - River of the Dammed
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    S5:E5

    Steve is the special guest of the Belize Zoo as they celebrate their 20th anniversary. He also travels up the Macal River to observe a controversial dam project and tangles with a highly venomous fer-de-lance snake while searching for Morelet crocodiles.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Crocodile Hunter Season 2 Episode 4 - Island of Time
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S2:E4

    Beautiful scenery and adventure are encountered during Steve and Terri's visit to the isolated inhabitants of the world's largest sand island.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Crocodile Hunter Season 3 Episode 3 - Reptiles of the Deep: Sea Snakes
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S3:E3

    Steve films the deadly sea snake in its underwater environment.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Crocodile Hunter Season 3 Episode 6 - Australia's Wild Frontier
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    S3:E6

    Steve and Terri venture out to Cape York in Queensland, Australia, one of the most remote areas in the country. Among the creatures they spot are the Scrub Python, the Slately Grey Snake, feral pigs, a Rusty Monitor Goanna and the tree-jumping Canopy Goanna, the rarest goanna species in the world.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Crocodile Hunter Season 4 Episode 1 - Sidewinders of Arizona
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    S4:E1

    Steve and Terri visit the Barry M. Goldwater Military Range in Arizona to track down the sidewinder rattlesnake. Afterward, Steve visits the airmen at Luke Air Force Base, who prove to be fans of his show. Steve gets the opportunity to fly in an F-16, the plane that carries the sidewinder missile named after the rattlesnake.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Crocodile Hunter Season 1 Episode 3 - Sleeping with Crocodiles
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S1:E3

    Steve takes viewers behind the scenes at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park (now Australia Zoo) in Australia. The work at the park includes relocation of giant boas and healthcare for alligators.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Crocodile Hunter Season 2 Episode 7 - Last Waterholes of the Outback
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    S2:E7

    Steve travels to the Australian Outback to show us the last remaining major sources of water in this dry area. Animals are saltwater crocodile, freshwater crocodile, brown tree snake, tick, frill neck lizard, cattle and kangaroo.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Crocodile Hunter Season 3 Episode 11 - Wild River of Africa
    8.1/10(22 votes)

    S3:E11

    The Luangwa River in Zambia includes hippoes, Nile crocodiles and monitor lizards among its residents. Steve witnesses a crocodile feeding frenzy.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Crocodile Hunter Season 5 Episode 7 - Search for a Super Croc
    8.1/10(16 votes)

    S5:E7

    Steve and the crocodile capture team take journey to the remote part of Queensland to find large saltwater crocodiles.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Reptiles of the Deep: Saurians" is the best rated episode of "The Crocodile Hunter". It scored 8.9/10 based on 22 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/7/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Wild in the USA".