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The Best Episodes of The Crocodile Hunter

Every episode of The Crocodile Hunter ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Crocodile Hunter!

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...
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Best Episodes Summary

"Sleeping with Crocodiles" is the best rated episode of "The Crocodile Hunter". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/19/1997. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Wild in the USA".

  • Sleeping with Crocodiles
    10.0/101 votes
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    #1 - Sleeping with Crocodiles

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/19/1997

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wild in the USA
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    #2 - Wild in the USA

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/5/1997

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dinosaurs Down Under
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    #3 - Dinosaurs Down Under

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/12/1997

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Suburban Killers
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    #4 - Suburban Killers

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/26/1997

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dangerous Animals
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    #5 - Dangerous Animals

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/3/1997

    Steve and Terri venture across the United States of America, seeking out deadly scorpions, venomous snakes and toxic spiders.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Traveling the Dingo Fence
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    #6 - Traveling the Dingo Fence

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/10/1997

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hidden River
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    #7 - Hidden River

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/17/1997

    Steve attempts to rescue a turtle in a river despite the presence of crocodiles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Elephants and Orange People
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    #8 - Elephants and Orange People

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/24/1997

    Steve encounters orangutans and elephants in Sumatra.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Steve and the Dragon
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    #9 - Steve and the Dragon

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/15/1999

    Steve comes face to face with a Komodo Dragon, the world's largest lizard, on a remote Indonesian island.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Return to the Wild
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    #10 - Return to the Wild

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/8/1998

    Steve returns to his roots as he captures and relocates a 14-foot crocodile named Nobby away from a busy waterway in Australia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Outlaws of the Outback: Part 1
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    #11 - Outlaws of the Outback: Part 1

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 3/15/1998

    Steve takes a look at the serious problem of the introduction of non-native species to Australia. The new species can crowd out the native animals. In Australia, the vast majority of animals are endemic to the continent. Steve also shows a roundup of wild camels.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Outlaws of the Outback: Part 2
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    #12 - Outlaws of the Outback: Part 2

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/22/1998

    Steve continues his examination of non-indigenous animal species that threaten to crowd out native Australian animals.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Island of Time
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    #13 - Island of Time

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/29/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reptiles of the Deep: Turtles
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    #14 - Reptiles of the Deep: Turtles

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 4/5/1998

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Where the Devils Run Wild
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    #15 - Where the Devils Run Wild

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 4/12/1998

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Waterholes of the Outback
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    #16 - Last Waterholes of the Outback

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/16/1998

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Crocodile Hunter Goes West
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    #17 - The Crocodile Hunter Goes West

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/23/1998

    Steve and Terri travel west in search of a mate for the Goanna lizards at the reptile park. Also: the pair rappel into a deep bush gorge, but have difficulty trying to get out.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Freshwater Crocs
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    #18 - Freshwater Crocs

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/4/1998

    Steve gives viewers a look at freshwater crocodiles.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Sharks Outside the Cage
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    #19 - Sharks Outside the Cage

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1998

    Steve studies some of the more placid and harmless sharks living in the waters around Australia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Legends of the Galapagos
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    #20 - Legends of the Galapagos

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1999

    Steve and Terri study the Galapagos on their 168-year-old tortoise's birthday.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • America's Deadliest Snakes
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    #21 - America's Deadliest Snakes

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/1999

    Steve travels to the United States where he researches the remarkable rattlesnakes, the most venomous serpents of all, to show how placid they can be when unprovoked. In Florida, he finds snakes as diverse as the pygmy rattler and eastern diamondbacks. He also has a close encounter with timber rattlers in Virginia.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reptiles of the Deep: Sea Snakes
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    #22 - Reptiles of the Deep: Sea Snakes

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/6/1999

    Steve films the deadly sea snake in its underwater environment.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reptiles of the Deep: Saurians
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    #23 - Reptiles of the Deep: Saurians

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/1999

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Steve and the Dragon
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    #24 - Steve and the Dragon

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/1999

    Steve ventures to the remote part of the Indonesian islands to observe the largest lizard in the world, the Komodo dragon. Animals are Komodo dragon, gecko, golden tree snake, monkey, water buffalo, Russell's viper, and orange-footed scrubfowl.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Australia's Wild Frontier
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    #25 - Australia's Wild Frontier

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/1999

    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: N/A

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