Another newly discovered Australian animal - a species of air-breathing land snail, Crikey steveirwini, was named after Irwin in 2009. Later given the honour of naming the newly discovered species, he named it Irwin's turtle ( Elseya irwini) after his family. Honours In 1997, while on a fishing trip on the coast of Queensland with his father, Irwin discovered a new species of turtle. He once described his daughter Bindi as "the reason was put on the Earth." His wife once said, "The only thing that could ever keep him away from the animals he loves are the people he loves even more." Although the Irwins were happily married, they did not wear wedding rings they believed that in their line of work, wearing jewellery could pose a hazard to them and/or the animals. Irwin was as enthusiastic about his family as he was about his work. Bindi Sue is jointly named after two of Steve Irwin's favourite animals: Bindi, a saltwater crocodile, and Sui, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier who died in June 2004. Together they had two children: a daughter, Bindi Sue Irwin (born 24 July 1998), and a son, Robert Clarence "Bob" (named after Irwin's father) Irwin (born 1 December 2003). He sounded like an environmental Tarzan, a larger-than-life superhero guy." They were engaged four months later and were married in Eugene on 4 June 1992. Terri said at the time, "I thought there was no one like this anywhere in the world. According to the couple, it was love at first sight. Marriage and family In 1991, Irwin met Terri Raines, an American naturalist from Eugene, Oregon who was visiting wildlife rehabilitation facilities in Australia and had decided to visit the zoo. Irwin took over the management of the park in 1991 and renamed it Australia Zoo in 1992. He also helped found International Crocodile Rescue, the Lyn Irwin Memorial Fund (named in memory of his mother, who died in an automobile crash in 2000), and the Iron Bark Station Wildlife Rehabilitation Facility. He worked as a volunteer for Queensland's East Coast Crocodile Management program and captured over 100 crocodiles, some of which were relocated, while others were housed at the family park. He began handling crocodiles at the age of nine after his father had educated him on reptiles from an early age. On his sixth birthday he was given a 12-foot (4 m) scrub python. Irwin became involved with the park in a number of ways, including taking part in daily animal feeding, as well as care and maintenance activities. After moving to Queensland, Bob and Lyn Irwin started the small Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park, where Steve grew up around crocodiles and other reptiles. Irwin described his father as a wildlife expert interested in herpetology, while his mother Lyn was a wildlife rehabilitator. He moved with his parents as a child to Queensland in 1970, where he attended Landsborough State School and Caloundra State High School. Irwin was born on his mother's birthday to Lyn and Bob Irwin in Essendon, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
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