Robert Irwin welcomes a new addition to the family trends now
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Robert Irwin welcomed a brand new member to the Australia Zoo family last Monday.
The celebrity conservationist, 19, introduced an extremely rare species of turtle to the wildlife sanctuary after his father Steve Irwin discovered them in 1990.
Posting a video of the gorgeous animal to Instagram, the media personality explained the freshwater species was named Elseya irwini after his father.
'For many years we've wanted to have them here at Australia Zoo, and finally we can say we've got them. We've actually rescued several Irwin's Turtles,' he said.
'There's simply not enough data known about them to classify them as an endangered species because they're so incredibly rare.'
Robert Irwin, 19, (pictured) welcomed a brand new member to the Australia Zoo family last Monday
He continued: 'But what we do know is that they're very much at the mercy of human-created threats. Things like dams, mining, pollution, habitat degradation.'
As he gently held the docile creature
