John White, a typical teenage boy, is keen on hiking and photography. He also lives in a large zoo.
John, the son of the late "Crocodile Hunter" star Steve White, is now taking center stage in "Crikey! It's the Whites, "a new series on Animal Planet. "We've worked on quite a few different TV projects, but this is actually the first time my whole family has come back to Animal Planet together, so it's pretty unusual, " says John. Premiering(首映)at 8 p. m. on Sunday, "Crikey！" follows the Whites as they run the 100-acre Australia Zoo, founded by Steve White's parents. Steve owned and ran the zoo before he died in 2006. "We've always grown up in front of a camera. Bindi, my sister, and I were both filmed for some of the original ‘Crocodile Hunter' documentaries(纪录片), " says John.
"I'm very lucky in the way that I've had so much of my life captured(拍摄)on camera, so as the memories you have of Dad start to fade, you can always look back at the old footage(镜头)and relive those special moments, " he says.
"Crikey! It's the Whites" has some footage of Steve. The most exciting part of the premiere involves John leading the "Croc Show" at the zoo's "Crocoseum", a 5,500-seat stadium Steve built to give crocodile performances and educate visitors about crocodile behavior.
Of course, running a zoo doesn't leave much time for school, so John participates in Distance Education, a program similar to homeschooling. "School can be difficult for me to fit in, " he says. "But I've actually got a classroom that's set up at Australia Zoo and a teacher that travels with us wherever we go, so I can fit in all of my studies. " John continues, "I'm learning as much as I can about all of the animals and all of the work at Australia Zoo. I feel really honored to be following in Dad's footsteps. I love continuing that work. "
