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Originally posted by flashfire
It was a pretty stupid move...the kid isnt gonna remember this so it wont get him "used to" crocks, just a big publicity stunt really why do you think all the cameras and the crowd had to be there? Cant he teach his children about crocks at home
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That ******IS****** his home.
He inherited it from his parents (father was also a herpetologist and Steve was raised the same way he's raising his kids), made it into a full zoo, and opened it to the public.
Hence the public being there.
The television crews were there filming something earlier in the day, they were packing up and decided to stick around a little longer to get some extra footage; that's when they got the baby shot.
He was *not* doing it on purpose for the tv's or the crowd. This is how he raises his children to first get them used to the crocodiles (most children would run screaming from a large green reptile with lots of teeth) and then to teach them to be safe around those reptiles.