Bindi Irwin Honors Dad Steve Irwin, Daughter's "Grandpa Crocodile," on 16th Anniversary of His Death

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Sixteen years aft the decease of Crocodile Hunter star, Bindi Irwin took to societal media to stock however her father's emotion lives connected done her daughter.

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Cue each the crocodile tears.

On Sept. 4, the 16th day of the passing of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter star's girl Bindi Irwin paid tribute to her dad connected societal media and revealed his heartwarming caller nickname.

"Grandpa Crocodile, I cognize you would've been the astir unthinkable gramps due to the fact that you were specified an bonzer dad," she wrote connected Instagram connected Sep. 4, referring to her 17-month-daughter Grace Warrior Irwin Powell, who she shares with husband Chandler Powell. "Thank you for being an astonishing guardian angel for Grace."

Along with the message, the 24-year-old shared a throwback pic of her and her dada successful matching headlamps arsenic she proudly holds a babe alligator successful her hands.

Just weeks earlier, Bindi shared a heartwarming video of Grace Warrior showing her ain love for her maternal grandparents astatine the Australian Zoo.

"Tears successful my eyes arsenic I stock this video," she wrote connected Instagram Aug. 25, with a clip of the toddler walking up to a mural featuring Steve, his woman Terri Irwin and a koala bear. "We telephone my mum and dad, Bunny and Grandpa Crocodile with Grace. She loves them (and koalas) dearly. On each zoo locomotion she searches for pictures of her grandparents and it is beyond

Steve died astatine property 44 successful 2006 aft being stabbed successful the thorax by a stingray barb portion shooting a wildlife documentary. Bindi was 8 astatine the time, portion her member Robert Irwin was conscionable 2.

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He posted his ain tribute to their dada connected Sept. 4, writing, "It's Father's Day contiguous successful Australia, and I americium sending my emotion to those who are missing their dada today. I cherish each the bully times with my dada and consciousness grateful to beryllium capable to support his representation and bequest alive." 

Earlier this year, Bindi shared a antithetic benignant of tribute to her precocious father: a tattoo connected her interior forearm of an alligator beside the words "graceful warrior."

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"The words I spoke to our girl arsenic I held her for the archetypal clip successful my arms were, 'My graceful warrior.' That's however her sanction was born," Bindi wrote connected Instagram in January. "This is my dad's handwriting to support him with me, always. Our beloved alligator, Daisy, is adjacent to these words to correspond our conservation enactment arsenic Wildlife Warriors. And my beauteous wedding ringing successful bloom."

She continued, "Validation each time of the 3 astir important things successful my life: family, intent and unconditional love. [heart emoji] Since Grace's breastfeeding travel ended, present felt similar the cleanable clip for this empowering artwork." 

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