United Kingdom, May 13 -- Robert Irwin feels more comfortable brawling with a crocodile than dancing.

The 22-year-old conservationist - whose father is late Crocodile Hunter legend Steve Irwin - recently survived getting "death-rolled" by a croc named after Jimmy Fallon, and he has jokingly compared the experience to winning Dancing With The Stars.

He told Extra: "We're sort of the world leaders in crocodile research and crocodile rescue. And to catch a crocodile sometimes you end up getting death rolled, you know? I got death rolled...

"I was underneath him and luckily he rolled back the other way. That was really it. It was just sort of luck would have it. you have to go with it.

"But honestly compared to dancing, dude, give me a cr...