Sam Mac’s cheeky dig at Robert Irwin
Sam Mac has taken a cheeky dig at Robert Irwin during his Taronga Zoo segment.
The Sunrise weatherman was showing off a baby echidna that was new to the Taronga Zoo.
“Smudge is a baby echidna, only 43 days old,” Sam said as he showed off the baby echidna.
“You can actually see the spikes starting to form there as well.
“And apparently, he loves it if you give him a little belly rub.”
Sam then gently rubbed Smudge’s belly as he squirmed in delight.
“Take that Robert Irwin,” he laughed.
Sunrise weatherman @MrSamMac is taking on @RobertIrwin while handling some cute and cuddly animals at @tarongazoo #Sunriseon7 pic.twitter.com/smJ2SaOm3x
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) October 24, 2022
It comes just months after Robert took his own dig at Sam when he covered for him as a weatherman in July.
"You're going to fill in next week as a guest weatherman!" host Natalie Barr told Robert. "Tell us about that!”
"I am," Robert replied with a laugh. "All I can say is: Sam Mac, I am coming for ya! I'm excited, it's gonna be good fun guys!”
On the other side however, Robert’s sister Bindi has come under fire for her "pathetic, useless" response to a "tragedy" at a wildlife farm in the US.
Bindi was contacted on Twitter by Taylor Blake in Florida, asking for help to cure her emu Emmanuel, who has avian influenza.
According to Taylor, avian flu has killed 99 percent of the other birds who live at Knuckle Bump Farms, in what she described as a "massive tragedy".
Running out of options to save her celebrity emu, Taylor reached out to the Aussie wildlife warriors online.
Bindi Irwin responded saying that, although Australia Zoo had treated more than 100,000 animals, it had “never treated an emu with this particular disease”.
“We will need to rely on our fellow animal experts with more experience with this avian flu,” she began, in a tweet in response to Blake’s call for help.
She signed off the response with, “Sending love and light your way from our entire family”.
Bindi's response was quickly condemned online, with many suggesting the Irwins might have been able to do something to assist.
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