It looks native to the untrained eye but that’s an invasive species

Steve Irwin’s Outback Encounter: Wrestling a Tyranid on Catachan

The Crocodile Hunter Meets the Tyranid Menace

This hilarious Warhammer meme features none other than Steve Irwin, the legendary Crocodile Hunter, smiling proudly as he holds up what would normally be a dangerous animal—except in this case, it’s a Tyranid. The creature he’s cradling is unmistakably a Hormagaunt, a razor-clawed bioform bred for ripping apart Imperial Guardsmen by the swarm. The setting looks like a peaceful Australian outback riverbank, creating a gloriously absurd contrast with the alien death machine in his hands. The text reads, “G’day Mate, Welcome to Catachan. Have a look at the size of this bloke, isn’t he a beauty!” which adds the perfect Aussie flare to this mash-up. Steve’s cheerful demeanor makes the whole scene feel like he’s discovered just another curious critter in the bush, rather than a deadly xenos horror. The absurdity of treating a Tyranid like a wildlife documentary subject is what makes the image so disarmingly funny.

When Catachan Wildlife Gets Out of Hand

The humor deepens for Warhammer fans who know that Catachan is one of the most lethal death worlds in the Imperium, where even the plants want to eat you. It’s a place where holding a Tyranid like this could honestly be considered just another Tuesday, especially for the musclebound jungle fighters known as the Catachan Jungle Fighters. The meme plays off Steve Irwin’s fearless and enthusiastic approach to terrifying animals, suggesting that not even a bioengineered alien horror fazes him. The mashup is seamless in tone—his iconic excitement blends bizarrely well with the lore of a planet where everything is trying to kill you. By inserting a Tyranid into the hands of someone so calm and cheerful, the meme turns monstrous danger into cheeky charm. It’s a loving parody that brings together two wildly different worlds with just the right amount of Aussie humor and 41st-millennium grimdark.