Deadly 60

2009•6 series

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Steve Backshall lives for adventure, and his mission to come as close as possible to 60 of the world's most deadly animals is a brazen way to challenge himself. The naturalist and wildlife expert journeys to five continents and encounters a wide range of mammals, birds, reptiles and insects - some familiar, others quite unusual - including Baja rattlesnakes, tarantula hawk wasps, Humboldt squid, wolf eels and flesh-eating cockroaches. Backshall also tries to mimic the animals to see if he can match their lethal skills, such as hanging like a bat or flying down a zip wire to emulate a fish eagle.

Episode 1Cheetah Special

Steve Backshall tracks endangered cheetahs across Zambia by motorbike.

Episode 2Saving Sharks

Steve dives with 100 grey nurse sharks, a wobbegong and a whale shark.

Episode 3Ocean Oddballs

Steve is in Indonesia with a weird hairy frogfish and the creepiest animal on earth.

Episode 4Bat Spectacular

Steve Backshall joins a migration of ten million fruit bats and their eagle predators.

Episode 5Dragons and Death Adders

Steve is in Australia with an ocean dragon, snakes and the deadliest spider on earth.

Episode 6Jaguar Special

Steve Backshall is in Brazil searching for the world’s most elusive cat: the jaguar.

Episode 7Camouflage Killers

Steve is in Australia with the world’s most venomous fish and a bat-eating snake.

Episode 8Meerkat Madness

Steve Backshall searches for meerkats, aardwolves and aardvarks.

Episode 9Otter Hide and Seek

Steve Backshall swims with a caiman and meets the world’s biggest parrot.

Episode 10Snake Island

Steve Backshall heads to a place very few people have ever been to: Snake Island.

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