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"Curl up in your lap" - Robert Irwin teaches Kylie komodo dragons are lovable | More Sh*t Monday

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of ""Curl up in your lap" - Robert Irwin teaches Kylie komodo dragons are lovable | More Sh*t Monday", an episode of Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce published December 22, 2025 (18 min, about 3,330 words). It mentions 9 people, works and ideas, including Crocodile Hunter, Animal Planet, Robert Irwin, Queen Emma, Captain America.

What this episode is about

In this conversation, Robert Irwin shares his fondness for wildlife, particularly komodo dragons, emphasizing their lovable nature while reflecting on the varied ways children engage with the environment. He discusses how personal experiences shape one's perception of nature, illustrating that everyone has their unique "normal" when it comes to connecting with wildlife, whether through bug hunts or other outdoor activities.

Key takeaways

  • Bug hunts: urban kids savor earthworms, suburban kids meet spiders, Aussie kids dodge venomous snakes.
  • Irwin's normal: crocodile standoffs. City slicker's nightmare. Wildlife comfort zones vary wildly.
  • Dogs—suburban buddy; elephants—majestic brains; orangutans—comedically dangerous. Love animals but keep a safe distance!
  • Wombats: concrete-rear-end sprinters hitting 25 mph. Beware the adorable, speeding meatball!
  • Wombat butt-knocking: curiosity fueled by NatGeo. Intrusive thoughts welcome, wombats obligingly oblige!

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 3:00: Crocodile Hunter, Queen Emma, Robert Irwin
  2. – 6:00: Animal Planet, Crocodile Hunter
  3. – 9:00: Captain America
  4. – 15:00: Australia Zoo
  5. – 17:44: Animal Planet

Notable quotes from ""Curl up in your lap" - Robert Irwin teaches Kylie komodo dragons are lovable | More Sh*t Monday"

  • Did you finish watching my conversation with Robert Irwin and think to yourself, Wow, that was so short. I could listen to those two talk for hours. First of all, thank you so much. That's so nice of you to say. And second of all, here's.
    about Robert Irwin · at
  • Like a little toddler, like a really just little kid. And, that was the peak of my dad's like the crocodile hunter, that show Crocodile Hunter. And I remember when I was a little kid, we'd be out by the fire and all the moths would come.
    about Crocodile Hunter · at
  • The number of times I have seen on Animal Planet or Nagio Wild of someone knocking on a wombat's butt to show that it is like how they protect their burrow that it's a hard barrier is like I need to know about this. I need to know what.
    about Animal Planet · at
  • The edge of that burrow and that butt it's a shield. I mean Captain America style they're just like nut get out of there. It's it's amazing. They're remarkable little critters. And you know they're close relatives of the.
    about Captain America · at
  • Besides crocs and pythons, what are some of your other favorite animals at the Australia Zoo? Oh, well, one of my other favorite animals, pugs. I do love my pug, Stella.
    about Australia Zoo · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Robert Irwin — Person · 1 mention · first at
  • Queen Emma — Person · 1 mention · first at
    Enjoy. Queen Emma, my producer, and I jokingly I'm called a bug hunt kid. I feel like there are people who did went on bug hunts and people who did not go on bug hunts. Yep.
  • Bindi Irwin — Person · 1 mention
  • Steve Irwin — Person · 1 mention

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Full transcript with timestamps

Did you finish watching my conversation with Robert Irwin and think to yourself, "Wow, that was so short. I could listen to those two talk for hours." First of all, thank you so much. That's so nice of you to say. And second of all, here's a bonus clip for being so kind. Morship Monday is driven by the Hest toy truck. Enjoy. Queen Emma, my producer, and I jokingly uh I'm called a bug hunt kid. I feel like there are people who did went on bug hunts and people who did not go on bug hunts. Yep.

Um because we lived in a city suburb. So like my connection with wildlife is like I'm going to go out. I'm going to flip some rocks. I'm going to find an earthworm. I'm going to find a roly poly. I'm going to find some spiders. I'm going to figure out what kind they are.

That was my like connection to the wild. That's how I would fulfill playing outside. And so I'm very much on board with the idea of like every kid should learn how to interact with nature in a way that feels good to them. Like I loved bugs so I was fine to flip rocks. If you don't like bugs,

go climb a tree. Exactly. 100%. This is perfect. It was so funny for me when I was growing up. It was always very like

you you kind of had to learn the rules. Like everyone would always say, "Oh man, must have been it's it's dangerous." Like you're a kid growing up around all of these animals. But it's just whatever you're used to. Like if you threw me into a city environment, I'd be like, "What on earth is going on?" Whereas for me, if I'm like facing off with a crocodile, I'm like, "Great, awesome. Easy. I've got that." You know? And so it's funny to see like everybody has a different normal and a different reality. And whatever is your normal, that's that's it. But we all have this way to to connect with the environment.

And I love I love hearing that. I love that you were out there with your earthworms and your little and your bugs. See, for me, if I was flipping rocks, the problem is there might have been a highly venomous snake under one of my rocks.

No, I do not recommend do not re Your yours would not have been bug hunts. You can't do that in Australia. Yeah. No. I I remember the first my mom used to call me moth hunter. So, there's a funny story behind this, right? So, it was on my first um crocodile research expedition. We we go out and we we catch and tag crocs. It's like a catch and releaseleas thing out in the wild so that we can understand, you know, where they go and what they get up to. My first trip up there, I was like a little toddler, like a really just little kid. And, you know, that was the peak of my dad's like the crocodile hunter, you know, that show Crocodile Hunter. And I remember when I was a little kid, we'd be out by the fire and all the moths would come around and my whole sole goal was just to try and catch as many moths as I could. And I was really gentle with them. They were all fine. But they were like, "Okay, your dad mom would be like,

"Your dad's crocodile hunter and you're moth hunter." So that was my that was my claim to fame. We started small.

That's it. You you worked your way up. Exactly. It's uh Yeah. No, I am I still to this day am the person who like will scoop up the spiders in our house and take them outside, which again is another situation. Yeah, it's another situation where like in Australia, no,

the sp our spiders are a little spicier. No, the whole sentence is no. Period. And they're huge. What's What's your favorite animal? I'm very interested because you are obviously an animal person. What's

Bindy asked me the same thing. Oh, did she? It's this is an Irwin question. Uh, so I I love dogs because of the proximity. Yes.

Like I love that they're they're accessible, that you get to have a relationship with them when you live in a suburb.

Um, I am deeply fascinated by many animals. Elephants just because of like their majestic nature and their intelligence.

Um, the I love a given. I think they're so funny. and orangutangs. I think they're just hilarious.

Um although I've been told I've been told that orangutangs are actually not that funny and quite dangerous.

They they are so we're good. So we're good. Yeah. Yeah. Love them from a distance a little bit, but they're beautiful. Oh, they're beautiful.

Um I uh I told Bendy I want to knock I This is I for people who don't know what I'm talking about. This sounds weird every time I say it and I know that. I want to knock on a wombat's butt. I want to knock on it.

I can make that happen. You are talking to the right person. Do you ever see something and your brain says you need to know what that feels like?

The let the intrusive thoughts win. The number of times I have seen on Animal Planet or Nagio Wild of someone knocking on a wombat's butt to show that it is like how they protect their burrow that it's a hard barrier is like I need to know about this. I need to know what that feels like.

And you know, I can tell you it feels really cool. And they actually like it. Like they like a really solid kind of scratch on the butt because they have It is It's like It's It's like hardwood. It's honestly It's like concrete.

This is so not helpful. It is. So I'm just fueling this now. I'm just I'm just I'm fueling the obsession. It's amazing.

So bad. And uh yeah, we've got we've got a few wombats at home. This is the thing about a wombat. They are fast. Did my sister tell you about how fast a wombat is? Did she Did she

She did not. Okay. No. Get this right. 40 km per hour they can travel. Which is Let me just on my little old man phone thing. Sure. Sure. Let me do the math tell you in miles per hour because I'm not that fast. They are holding holding 25 miles per hour. They can run.

And they look like stumpy little legs. Are you kidding me? They look like a meatball. They look like a meatball.

Like a meatball with a with a 25 mph meatball. Mom, the 25 mph meatball. I Oh, this is not helping. Wombats have it out for me. I love all animals. I love wombats. Most animals love me back, but it's a lovehate relationship. For some reason, wombats try and attack me. I have had a wombat like literally strike at my face to bite me. I don't know why wombats just they don't like me.

Well, yeah, maybe they'll like me. They will. I You know what? I get that vibe. You got to you got to come to Australia and feel a wombat's butt. That is that is a must.

Perfect. It's when I say that to people and they do not know what I'm talking about. They're like, "You want to knock on a what?" I'm like, "You if you've seen one video of someone knocking on a wombat's butt."

Oh yeah. Then you know it just it's lived rentree in my brain since I was probably in middle school.

It's amazing. It's amazing. They are gorgeous. And it is true like that the power they have in that in that booty. Holy moly. If you're a dingo or you know a large animal that's going in to try and get them, you know how it works.

The edge of that burrow and that butt it's a shield. I mean Captain America style they're just like nut get out of there. It's it's amazing. They're remarkable little critters. And you know they're close relatives of uh of the koala as well. You know they're they're a marsupial. They got a pouch so they're very Have you ever cuddled a koala before?

I have not. This is another thing you've got to do. This is where I I find there's a there's a catch here because I love animals. I love them

so much I can't even explain it. But I want the experience to be enjoyable for everybody.

Yes. So like when I meet an animal, I want to meet them. I If let me say this. If I meet an animal, I want them to be happy with the experience

100%. I want to meet them where they're happiest. And so I I only want to I only want to meet a koala

in Australia. 100%. And I think I feel like you guys have them figured out. That's where I want to meet them.

That's the thing. And I love that because it is so important. I think one of the one of the biggest things that I think people sometimes don't realize is the power that we hold as as a tourist. If you're visiting places, you know, particularly when it comes to wildlife, if you're supporting, you know, sustainable practices and experiences with animals wherever you travel, that's the most important thing because there's a lot of there's a lot of pitfalls, you know, that and and traps that people kind of fall in. But, as you say, if you are, you know, approaching an animal, having an experience that is on their terms and that is benefiting them, that's just crucial. So, like what we do with our koalas in Australia, because a lot of people don't realize, they're now an endangered species. There's not many left. And so, we have about about half a million acres of protected land throughout Australia that acts as like

refuges for animals, including koalas. We have a koala hospital where we save them and and and other animals, release them back into the wild after they've been rehabilitated. And like the conservation of koalas has become one of the biggest pillars for what we do. And then part of that as well is we have koalas at our sanctuary, some of them rescues that, you know, are so incredibly affectionate and it's beautiful when you see people meet them. There's this click where they go, "Oh my gosh, I have to protect these animals.

Like we need to save them." And that awareness is so crucial and it's so amazing to watch that and just go, "Okay, great. there's someone else on board for koala conservation. Like it's just it's so special.

Well, it's also crazy because and please correct me if I'm wrong here, but one of the largest threats to koalas are cars. Correct.

That is correct. That Yes. So, it's crazy to think that we're impacting like just our existence is impacting such an incredible creature in a way where it's like we think like, oh, we're just driving here or driving there. It's like you're you're literally taking koalas out of the population.

Exactly. You are you are so right. And you know, this is the interesting thing is the reason why koalas are endangered. It it is it's because of humans 100%. And that comes in so many different forms. For koalas, it's all about habitat. You think the only thing a koala can eat is eucalyptus leaf. That's it. which is why they're like so chill all the time is because they're just like all they all they got is eucalyptus leaf. So they're not really like bouncing off the walls. But that they they can only live in those beautiful big old growth eucalyptus forests. And there's not many of those left in Australia in in big wide open spaces cuz there's so many developments and roads and and like urbanization that's happening. They're so fragmented to little island populations, these little patches of of bush land.

So now if there's disease or there's anything that happens, it just wipes them out. Or like the big bush fires that we had in Australia,

it can really wipe them out. But our job, like we actually have like a koala ambulance service where we go out, we save koalas that might have been hit by a car or they've been displaced, they have an injury. We save a lot of orphaned koalas. happens all the time where the mom will get hit by the car but the little baby is still alive in the pouch. We bring them back and then re rear them back to health and release them and it is just oh it's heartbreaking but so fulfilling at the same time. They're just such sweet little critters. They're crazy. Oh my gosh. When you first get them out of the wild if you're rescuing them, they're like little gremlins, but they they calm down so quickly and they just they know you're trying to help them. It's beautiful. Yeah. Oh, I love that so much. I just saw a very brief uh report on the I'm I don't have the name, but it's the ground parrot.

Oh. Oh. Uh in in Australia or Yeah, the Australian. I don't I think so. But they it was something about like the craziest thing was is the a certain uh like crop this year was going to be like flourishing and because of that they are expected to like go up on uh like population count.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I'm so excited cuz their chubby little faces are so cute, right? I know. And Oh, I love that. And they're so smart. Like crazy smart. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

They're so cute. They look like p like their faces look. And I know it's not. I know they're not actually chubby, but their feathers make them look like they have these chubby little cheeks.

I know. I know. You just want to give them a little squish, you know? They're just

I know. I know. They're adorable. This is This is why This is why the universe put me so far away from Australia. They were like, "She'll be over here just like pinching cheeks. You'd be just cuddling everything. I love it.

I love it. Oh, no. No, no. And people think that Australia is full of like all of these crazy dangerous Yeah, we do have a lot of dangerous animals and venomous snakes and all of that, but we've also got like

we got the cutest animals, too, though. Yeah. And that's the thing. We've like you

there had to be balance, guys. There had to be we got crocodiles, which are so cool, and like these dinosaurs, and we got koalas, which is just basically a plush toy. So, you know, you've got to have the balance.

I love that you picked crocodiles as the most like as your dangerous representation because I think most people would be alarmed by the

number of venomous snakes. That's really that's Yeah, we have the top 11 most venomous snakes on Earth and one of which the fierce snake. It is the most venomous snake ever and they are But the cool thing about them is I I've handled them quite a bit. I I handled my first one when I was like only about 8 years old. And I find them to be so interesting cuz they know how venomous they are. When you pick them up, a lot of the time they're actually really cruisy cuz they're just like, I know you're not going to mess with me because like look at me. I mean, come at me. I'm the most venomous thing ever. And they know it.

It's It's amazing. They're really cool. Anyway, oh, I love my snakes. I could just talk about them all day. They're really neat. Besides crocs and pythons, what are some of your other favorite animals at the Australia Zoo? Oh,

well, you know, one of my other favorite animals, pugs. I do love my pug, Stella. She She is She's a little less exotic, but I do absolutely love her. But, you know, I'll tell you, my my I have two absolute favorite animals at Australia Zoo that I just adore. We have a a rhino, a southern white rhino named DJ who is just like an absolute Labrador. He is massive. He's two two tons. He's huge and he'll run over to you and you scratch him on the belly and he loves it.

He's just such a sweetheart. Love him to death. And then and you know that's really special too because of course like I'm in South Africa right now and the rhinos here are having a heck of a time with poaching. So you know he's got that beautiful big horn and when you meet him you see that beautiful horn. You sort of that ultimate way to say hey look this is where the horn of a rhino belongs. It belongs on the rhino and it looks a lot better there. But anyway love him. And then I've also got a komodo dragon named Inda. She is the only Komodo dra. Have you met a Komodo dragon before?

I have not, but um a lot of there was a lot of talk of them on Animal Planet, so I do have a good foundation here.

You've got a foundation. You will know that a Komodo dragon is just that. They are a dragon. Like they have huge teeth. They're venomous. They're massive and powerful. They can bring down something the size of a buffalo, mate. A force to be reckoned with. Well, this this little darling, oh my goodness, her name's Inda, and you jump in with her. She runs over to you. I'm not even kidding. Sit down, cross your legs, and she'll come up and curl up in your lap, and you just give her a big old hug. She is an absolute sweetheart. She'll try to climb up onto your shoulder. She just wants to get right in the nook of your neck, you know? It's so cute.

I love her. I I I I kiss her on the head. I give her a little kiss, you know, cuz she's just so cute. Oh, she's just beautiful. I

I love her so much. So, but this is the thing like it I love when people see dangerous animals being adorable because it's like, you know, while I do not advocate, once again, don't go up to a Komodo dragon and just start kissing on it. Not a good idea for your face. Not don't do that.

Actually, terrible idea. Terrible idea. But it doesn't mean that you can't still love them. You know they can be they are capable of being very sweet and very lovable.

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Who speaks in ""Curl up in your lap" - Robert Irwin teaches Kylie komodo dragons are lovable | More Sh*t Monday"?

Kylie Kelce (Host), Robert Irwin (Guest), Emma (Guest), Bindi Irwin (Guest).

What is ""Curl up in your lap" - Robert Irwin teaches Kylie komodo dragons are lovable | More Sh*t Monday" about?

In this conversation, Robert Irwin shares his fondness for wildlife, particularly komodo dragons, emphasizing their lovable nature while reflecting on the varied ways children engage with the environment. He discusses how personal experiences shape one's perception of nature, illustrating that everyone has their unique "normal" when it comes to connecting with wildlife, whether through bug hunts…

What is mentioned in this Not Gonna Lie with Kylie Kelce episode?

9 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Crocodile Hunter, Animal Planet, Robert Irwin, Queen Emma, Captain America, Australia Zoo. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

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The episode runs 18 min; the transcript is about 3,330 words in 61 timestamped sections.

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