-Robert, it's always good
to see you.
-It is so great to see you.
-How are you doing?
Everything good?
-I am absolutely awesome.
Thank you so much
for having me back on.
You have...the best audience,
the best viewers
in the entire world.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-I agree.
Have you been getting good
feedback from your appearances?
-Absolutely.
Everyone's been so nice.
So thank you very much.
It's just a great experience.
-Oh, I'm happy.
-Thank you.
-We love having you on.
You always bring
really cool animals.
And it's very informative
but also very scary for me.
-[ Laughs ]
-But first,
I want to talk about --
You are going to go on
a big trip here.
What's the expedition?
Tell us about that.
-Yeah. So, every single year
a team of scientists
from the Australia zoo
and my family
actually go up to the
Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve,
which is this huge reserve.
And it's about the size of
New York City,
and it's just massive.
And we've got all kinds of
different animals there.
And we've actually invited
people to come with us
on an expedition to research
all these different animals.
We've actually got
the most comprehensive study of
crocodiles in the entire world.
We're learning
these amazing things.
It's techniques
that my dad actually started.
So anyone who wants to
can actually come with us
and experience this remote
bushland in Australia.
-Really?
-It's great. It is amazing.
-What do we have to do?
Go to a website or something?
-Exactly. Yeah.
So, you go to
australiazooexpeditions.com.
And you can come with us.
The reserve is the size --
It's huge.
It's twice the size of
Singapore.
It's amazing.
-Wow. My goodness.
-Yeah. Yeah.
-I noticed you didn't invite me
personally.
But you're inviting everybody --
[ Laughter ]
Anyone who wants to do it.
Yeah.
-Well, actually,
with our crocodiles,
we've caught over 150.
And I know that
you can't come with us
because you'll be
doing the show.
But we've decided
that the first crocodile
that we're going to catch,
we are going to name
Jimmy Fallon, after you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Really?
-Yes. Absolutely.
-No way.
-And you can actually go online.
-And I can check on him
and stuff?
-You can track Jimmy Fallon.
You can see exactly
where he goes.
It'll be awesome.
-It's like Twitter
except for alligators.
Yeah. You can track where --
-Yes. Exactly.
-Yes. Exactly.
You're totally right. Yeah.
-I'm honored.
That's so cool.
All right, Robert,
what did you bring me today?
Let's see some animals.
-All right.
First up we've got actually
a very cute and fluffy animal
to start with.
This is Joe.
And he's a North American
badger.
He is really cool.
So the North American badgers...
-Oh, honey badger.
-...as the name suggests --
-Yeah, badgers don't care. No.
-Yeah. Exactly.
Now, they are similar
to the honey badger.
-Is that hurting you at all?
-No, no, he's all good.
They are quite feisty.
In fact, in Africa,
the honey badger has been known
to back down lions.
They have no fear at all.
-They really don't.
-Yeah, but I think you might
actually be able to pet him
if you'd like.
There you go.
Give him a little pet.
[ Laughter ]
He loves his pets.
He really does.
There you go.
-He just looked at me.
[ Laughter ]
-I don't like this part.
-There you go.
Yep. He feels like I thought
he would, too.
-He's soft. And you see he's got
that really loose skin.
So if an animal
were to grab him,
he can turn around
and bite them.
Yeah, it's really cool.
-How is he allowed to be here?
[ Laughter ]
How old is he?
-He's fine. He's a young one.
So he's only about a month old.
So he's not going to do
too much damage.
-That is a beautiful animal.
-But we can feed him
if you'd like.
-Sure.
-We've got a little plate of
food there.
-And he's omnivorous,
so he'll eat plants and he'll
also eat little animals as well.
So if you pop that right there.
Oh, gave me a little nip.
There we go.
[ Laughter ]
There you go.
-There you go, pal.
Look at that.
He lifted the plate up himself
and everything.
Isn't that wild?
[ Laughter ]
-And you can see his nose there.
He's got a really acute
sense of smell.
So he can detect anything from,
like, a little animal,
like a bird
or maybe a little insect.
They're really, really good
that way.
And see those little claws
there, too?
They're great at digging.
And when he gets older,
in the wild,
he would actually build a den
underground and dig it out.
-Yeah.
-It's fascinating.
-He can back down a lion,
you said?
-Yeah. Yeah, so if he --
[ Laughter ]
If he catches a food item,
nothing takes it off him.
-I think we're ready
to get rid of him.
-Yeah, okay.
-Great to see him.
It was great to see him.
-Thank you.
[ Cheers and applause ]
There we go.
-All right.
-It's pretty exciting.
-Yeah.
Do you have anything like
stuffed animals or like toys?
Like, plush animals?
-Not this time, sorry.
-No, okay, yeah.
-But we've got
a really special one.
This is a reptile this time.
-Okay.
-And this is Donatella.
And Donatella is
an alligator snapping turtle.
Isn't he amazing?
So, he's very young.
He's only about two years old
at the moment.
But you're welcome to hold him.
-Where do I hold him?
-Just down there.
Make sure you don't get anywhere
near his mouth
because he's got
quite a bite on him.
But this one --
[ Laughter ]
-Why would you hand him to me?
-When they get full grown,
they'll easily just be able
to bite through human bone.
[ Laughter ]
He's only about two years old.
-Ah, he's moving his neck!
Wait. How long is his neck?
How long is his neck?
-You'll be good. You'll be good.
-He's moving his neck.
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Robert, take him!
-All right. All right.
-God, save yourself. Gosh.
He was -- Look at that.
Oh, my gosh.
-He's only about two years old.
We've got one
that's 100 years old, full grown
that is ready to meet you.
Does that sound good?
-A 100-year-old snapping turtle?
100-year-old snapping turtle,
alligator snapping turtle.
-I'd love to see him.
And his name is Sheldon.
All right, come on out, Sheldon.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Awesome.
So, this is one that you would
definitely not want to get
anywhere near his mouth.
[ Laughter ]
-Look at that. Oh, my.
-You can see just there,
on the end of his tongue,
he's got this thing
called the lingual lure,
and it looks a bit like a worm.
So, he'll cram himself
underwater in a little crevice
and wiggle it around so, like,
a little fish might think
it's a food item.
And then it will swim right up
into his mouth
and then all of a sudden --
wham -- he grabs the fish.
[ Laughter ]
It is astonishing.
-We were both making
the same face at one point.
[ Laughter ]
-How cool is he?
[ Cheers and applause ]
That's awesome.
Isn't he just like a dinosaur?
-I can't believe I was afraid of
that little guy.
Yeah, Donatella, please.
You're a joke, Donatella,
please. Grow up.
One day, you wish, you wish.
-In 100 years,
that's what it'll look like.
-In 100 years, yeah, I'll see
you in 100 years, buddy, please.
-Well, thank you very much,
Sheldon.
-Bye, Sheldon.
-See you later, mate.
-Take care, buddy.
Well done, well done.
[ Cheers and applause ]
-Awesome.
-Well done.
-That is great.
-You have more stuff?
-Yes! Oh, absolutely! Okay.
So, for this one,
I want you to come around
to the front of the desk.
All right.
So, we're going to come around.
I'll grab this bottle.
Now, you're welcome
just to go on, like,
on your hands
and knees right here.
You can just kneel down
like this.
You're fine. You'll be fine.
It's all good.
-I know. This is just --
-And we're about to meet Hazel.
So come on out, Hazel.
-See, it sounds like
a cute name,
and it's probably going to be
something that frightens.
-No, it is very cute.
Here she is.
So, Hazel is a baby kangaroo.
[ Audience awws ]
What do you think?
What do you think?
Do you want your bottle?
There you go.
Oh, isn't she great?
[ Applause ]
So, these are from --
-How old is this baby?
-She's actually only about
eight months at the moment.
She's a joey.
She's a baby kangaroo.
And these guys, of course,
occur in Australia.
If you'd like to come around,
you can actually hold
this bottle and feed her.
So come around to this side.
-Be very careful.
She's like a little...
-There you go.
-Like a little bunny rabbit
kind of thing.
-Yeah. It's like an oversized
bunny rabbit.
And she's actually quite small,
but she will get a lot bigger.
This particular species
is the red kangaroo.
And they're the largest
kangaroo species.
And you can see those legs.
That's what helps them jump.
They can jump 30 feet
in one single leap.
It's astonishing.
There we go.
-She's staring me down.
-I think she's got all her milk.
-What do they eat if people
aren't out there
with bottles of milk?
-Just grass. Just grass.
It's okay.
-Okay, good.
-But I think she's done.
What you can do is if you kind
of lightly blow in her face,
like this, that's kind of
how you introduce yourself.
-Blow on her face?
-Yeah, blow in her face.
-Hazel, thank you for...
-[ Laughing ] No.
-No. Right?
She doesn't want to.
[ Audience awws ]
-She gives you a little kiss.
-That's pretty cute.
She gave you a kiss.
-She's so cute.
-All right, Hazel, thank you
for coming on the show.
I appreciate it.
-Thank you. Bye-bye.
-We'll see you soon. Oh.
[ Laughter ]
-I just want to blow on it.
I didn't know what to do.
Okay, good.
[ Laughter ]
All right, good.
[ Cheers and applause ]
That was nerve-racking as well.
-All right.
Actually, how about we come
around one more time,
because this animal --
I want you to just sit here
in front of the desk.
This one can be
a little bit feisty.
-This one is going to attack me.
I know it. I can feel it.
-So, I want you to just grab
this bottle.
-Okay.
-Okay.
-Yeah.
-Now, the animal that I'm about
to get out --
-I don't drink this bottle, no.
This is for the animal.
-The animal that I'm about
to bring out, it's amazing.
They are an African animal.
They can get up to 300 pounds,
and they've been known
to kill adult lions.
They are amazing.
All right. Here we go.
Are you ready?
-We might have to go to
commercial.
[ Laughter ]
-Ready for this? Here we go.
-Yeah.
Let's pop this here.
All right, come on out, guys.
-Oh, no.
What are they?
-They're baby warthogs.
They're so cute.
You can give them a bottle.
-How many of them are there?
-There are three of them
in here.
There you go.
Have your milk.
Now, these guys are
really, really young.
They're only
a couple months old.
But when they are full grown,
as I said, they'll get up
and over 300 pounds in weight.
-300 pounds each.
-Aren't they incredible?
-This is amazing.
-We've got
Eenie, Meanie, and Miny.
-Oh, my gosh!
They've got very cute names.
And when they get older,
they'll develop these tusks.
[ Laughs ]
And the tusk is what helps them
dig underground.
They love eating tree roots.
-They're tough already.
This one's like really getting
into this nipple here. Yeah.
-Yeah. Aren't they wild?
So, the warthogs
are just amazing.
They're one of
my favorite animals.
-Miny, come here.
Is this Meanie or Miny?
-That's Miny.
-Miny.
Robert, thank you so much
for coming on
and bringing these animals.
-This is always a treat for us.
-Oh, totally. No worries.
Robert Irwin, everybody.
[ Cheers and applause ]
Robert Irwin.
