'Crocodile Hunter' son gets his own TV show.

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HONG KONG -- The youngest Irwin is following in the TV hosting footsteps of late "Crocodile Hunter'' Steve Irwin and big sister, Bindi.

Nine-year-old Robert Irwin will co-host "Wild But True'' on Discovery Kids Asia, exploring parallels between nature and science.

He calls it a "really, really cool concept'' for a television show. "It's about how science has gotten ideas and built from inventions from the natural world,'' he said.

The siblings appeared regularly on their father's show before he died of a sting ray injury in 2006 while shooting a documentary.

Bindi Irwin also has television shows of her own and a few film credits. She says Robert doesn't need tips about being in front of the camera, but if there was one piece of advice that she could give him, it would be something from their father.

"I think that the greatest tip that dad gave myself when we started filming is that he said, 'When you talk to the camera, just talk to it like you're talking to a person, because that's...

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