As previously mentioned, Irwin, who was killed in 2014 by a large stingray while filming a series called "Oceans Deadliest," had a different sensibility about dangerous animals than most people. It seems the public generally accepted him putting himself in harm's way for our entertainment but Irwin drew the ire of the public at large when video surfaced of him holding his 1-month-old son, Bob, in one arm while feeding a 13-foot crocodile with the other for the entertainment of the audience at his zoo in 2004, according to CNN.
Australia's ABC News reported that Irwin apologized for the incident, saying he had a "safe working distance with that crocodile when that took place." He went on to defend the questionable move by saying, "I would be considered a bad parent if I didn't teach my children to be crocodile savvy because they live here — they live in crocodile territory."
Per ABC News, the whole thing was pre-planned and called "Bob's Croc Feeding Debut." In the video on YouTube you can see Irwin's wife, Terri, handing the baby over to Irwin for the stunt. While it may have been just a day at work for the Irwins, complaints flooded into both police and the Queensland Family Department, who investigated but did not press charges calling the incident "an error of judgment," CNN reported.
