Overview
- Irwin told The Tonight Show that a crocodile he named Jimmy Fallon flipped into a death roll and pinned him before he escaped unharmed.
- He said the encounter happened while collecting data on wild crocodiles using Steve Irwin’s method of jumping onto the animal to secure it.
- He described the reptile as about 14 feet long and roughly 317 kilograms, with about 700 pounds pressing on him as he lay trapped.
- He explained that the crocodile later rolled back the other way, which let him get free without injury.
- He has risen in U.S. visibility after winning Dancing With the Stars and will host Dancing With the Stars: The Next Pro in July, a spinoff filmed at Brisbane’s Australia Zoo with judges Mark Ballas and Shirley Ballas.