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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sian Cain

Robert Irwin: ‘Nothing in the natural world scares me. Everything in the man-made world does’

‘Kevin Hart was afraid of a baby ostrich! It’s basically a chicken with a long neck!’ … Robert Irwin.
‘Kevin Hart was afraid of a baby ostrich. It’s basically a chicken with a long neck!’ … Robert Irwin. Photograph: Channel 10

You grew up in a zoo. Did you have to do zoo chores?

I did! You can’t get out of zoo chores. The fun zoo chores are like feeding the crocodile – that’s pretty awesome. But there are less fun zoo chores, like cleaning up rhino poo. But you learn the silver linings. Rhino and elephant droppings make incredible fertiliser for your garden. The best tomatoes in the world are elephant-poo tomatoes.

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