When
you
lose
the
one
you
love
the
most,
life
becomes
difficult.
And
that"s
how
life
became
for
Terri
Irwin
too.
Terri,
wife
of
Australian
Crocodile
hunter,
Steve
Irwin,
talks
to
Oprah
about
how
she
coped
up
with
life
after
Steve"s
death.
Oprah"s
Ultimate
Adventure
would
have
been
incomplete
without
meeting
Steve
Irwin"s
family.
The
Australian
television
star
who
was
known
as
the
"Crocodile
Hunter," tangled
with
snakes,
swam
with
the
sharks
and
wrestled
with
crocs.
The
Aussie's
wild
adventures
and
his
catchphrase
"Crikey!"
was
loved
by
500
million
viewers
in
more
than
100
countries.
Then,
in
2006,
tragedy
struck
the
wildlife
warrior.
While
filming
a
documentary
on
the
Great
Barrier
Reef,
Steve
was
struck
and
killed
by
a
stingray.
This
44-year-old
conservationist
left
behind
his
wife,
Terri,
two
young
children,
Bindi
and
Robert,
and
a
lasting
legacy
at
the
Australia
Zoo.
At
his
memorial,
Steve's
daughter
Bindi
made
a
promise.
"I
had
the
best
daddy
in
the
whole
world,
and
I
will
miss
him
every
day," she
said.
"When
I
see
a
crocodile,
I
will
always
think
of
him
and
I
know
that
daddy
made
this
zoo
so
everyone
could
come
and
learn
to
love
all
the
animals.
Daddy
made
this
place
his
whole
life.
Now
it's
our
turn
to
help
daddy."
Bindi
is
now
12
years
old
and
joins
her
younger
brother,
Robert,
and
mother,
Terri,
on
stage
with
Oprah
along
with
a
few
friends,
of
course!
"This
is
a
little
olive
python,"
Bindi
says.
"The
olive
python
is
the
second
largest
snake
in
Australia.
She's
just
gorgeous."
The
Irwin
family
still
runs
the
Australia
Zoo,
which
spans
1,500
acres.
Bindi
tells
Oprah,
"We
literally
live
in
the
middle
of
the
zoo.
It's
fantastic.
Every
day's
a
new
adventure."
Seven-year-old
Robert
has
brought
a
friend
from
home.
His
friend
was
a
beautiful
snake.
"He's
called
a
Woma,"
Robert
says.
"Their
Latin
name
is
Aspidites
Ramsayi."
To
keep
the
memory
of
his
father
alive,
Robert
says
he
watches
tapes
of
The
Crocodile
Hunter
everyday.
"It's
so
good
because
it's
like
he's
actually
there,
and
he
was
the
best
dad
ever,"
Robert
says.
Terri
says
their
loss
is
still
hard.
"I
think
living
with
Steve
was
like
standing
in
a
cyclone,"
she
says.
"It
was
'Cyclone
Steve' with
that
passion
and
enthusiasm,
and
[we
were]
just
trying
to
keep
up
every
day.
Then
when
we
lost
him,
it
was
just
like
the
wind
stopped."
Instead
of
shutting
down
after
Steve's
death,
Terri
says
the
family
has
kept
his
conservation
efforts
alive
with
The
Steve
Irwin
Wildlife
Reserve
in
Queensland's
Cape
York
Peninsula.
"Not
only
have
we
continued,
we've
just
gotten
bigger
and
better,"
she
says.
Watch
Terri
Irwin
and
her
children
talk
to
Oprah
about
Steve
and
introduce
their
beautiful
friends
(snakes)
to
Oprah
on
her
Ultimate
Australian
Adventure
on
BIG
CBS
LOVE,
this
Sunday,
October
23,
at
8
pm.