Since I was a boy, from this house, I was out rescuing crocodiles and snakes. My mum and dad were very passionate about that and, I was lucky enough to go along.

Irwin frames wildlife conservation not as a later career choice but as a childhood routine rooted in family culture. The “house” evokes a home base—implicitly the environment his parents created—where rescuing animals was normal, hands-on work rather than spectacle. By pairing dangerous animals (crocodiles and snakes) with the ordinary language of upbringing, he emphasizes familiarity over fear and suggests that respect for wildlife is learned through proximity and practice. The line also credits his parents’ passion and mentorship, presenting conservation as intergenerational: he became “lucky enough to go along,” implying both gratitude and a sense of responsibility inherited from family example.