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This is Science Friday.

I'm Flora Lichten.

Today on the podcast,

Why Tales are underrated.

But first, a chat with conservationist,

Bindy Irwin, daughter of the crocodile

hunter. We described dad as a living hurricane. Like, he was a living hurricane just like stuffed

inside a person. More than 20 years ago, conservationists Terry and the late Steve Irwin

captured the world's attention with their show, The Crocodile Hunter.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, what's going on here?

This crock is going ballistic.

Woo-hoo! I can't believe this!

Every way I turned my goggles, I can see sharks.

I'm rocking it was dangerous.

It introduced millions of people to the Australia Zoo and the strange and sometimes scary wildlife from down under.

Now their daughter, Bindy Irwin, runs the zoo with her family and has taken up the conservation mantle.

Her new book is called You Are a Wildlife Warrior,

Saving Animals and the Planet. In it, she takes young readers on an adventure through the zoo,

along with her daughter, Grace. Bindy, welcome to Science Friday. Thank you so much. Gidei. I'm so happy

to be here. Let's talk about your new book. What made you want to write it? Oh, my goodness.

I am so excited and so proud of my book. I have to say, this book all came about because of

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