Bindi Irwin Says Daughter Grace, 4, Has Dad Steve's Personality, Cries That She's Not Old Enough to Feed the Crocodiles
Bindi Irwin is sharing that her daughter Grace, 4, has inherited her late father Steve Irwin's personality
She adds that her daughter even cries over not being old enough to feed the crocodiles
Bindi shares Grace with husband Chandler PowellBindi Irwin's daughter is already taking after her grandpa, Steve Irwin.
The nature conservationist, 26, appeared on the Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce podcast and shared that her 4-year-old daughter Grace is already asking to feed the crocodiles at the Australia Zoo, where Bindi lives with her daughter and husband Chandler Powell. The daughter of the famed zookeeper shared that Grace is starting to take after her grandpa, even though she never met him.
"There have been a lot of talks with our daughter because she's 4 now, which is wonderful," begins Bindi. "But it also means you wanna be part of everything. So like, when we're feeding the crocodiles, she's like, 'Why can't I be there with you?' She's crying, 'I just wanna feed the crocodiles!'"
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"We're like, 'Well, this is why you can't and why you have to wait 'till you're 18. But it's really that education," Bindi continues. "And kids are so good. They're like little sponges. They just absorb so much information."
The proud mom says she and Powell started their daughter off slowly, letting her be around animals like tortoises, wombats and echidnas, which the parents knew she could be safe around. Bindi explains that she's teaching Grace how to read animal cues and says she hopes to work Grace up from there.
"And that's what my parents did with me. It was a slow progression as I got older," Bindi says. "And then it's kind of like becomes second nature."
When Kelce asks if there are any hard rules about not going into a pen or a hard pass, Bindi admits that it's tricky because Grace wants to be around everything, and she wants her daughter to be curious. However, she knows it's important to teach Grace that some animals are quite dangerous.
"It's finding ways to communicate with them and help them understand," the proud mom says. "But Grace, oh my goodness, she is a wild child. I mean, she has my dad's personality. I did not expect that having a little one. I was like, 'Where did this come from?' Oh, my dad."
Steve died in 2006 after he was pierced in the chest by a short-tail stingray barb while filming in the Great Barrier Reef.
"Living in a zoo is so special because she's able to run around and have so much fun," adds Bindi. "But at the same time, she's like 'I'm gonna climb higher in this tree,' or, you know, 'I can do this by myself.' I'm like, 'Well, you're 4.' So we probably need to workshop this."
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