Steve gets to hold a baby gharial and finds out why they are so successful at fishing. They are one of the largest reptiles and the fastest breed of crocodile in the water. It is thought that there are only 200 breeding pairs of gharials left in the wild. Steve Backshall continues his odyssey in India, this time on the hunt for two large and endangered predators to add to his Deadly 60 list. Steve has to decide which lethal critter should go on his list. Neither animal kills humans in order to eat them but are simply defending their territory in a heavily populated country. It is estimated that between 20,000 to 50,000 people die in India each year from snake bites and the king cobra and saw-scaled viper are among the main culprits. The latest leg of Steve Backshall’s natural history odyssey takes him to Asia and, hot on his hit list of the Deadly 60, are examples of a lethal snake, a mammal and an insect.
Some use their weapons for defence, and some for attack, however, one thing remains, and that is that whatever their size, these animals are truly deadly. Each animal has developed deadly characteristics, and Steve shows how they help the animal survive in the wild. He learns about primates in Uganda, digs out world’s longest venomous snake in Thailand, swims with deadliest sharks and poisonous snakes in Philippines, tracks the elusive lynx and Europe’s largest cat in Norway and many more.įrom black rhino to the blue whale, leopard seals to giant hornets, Steve searches for the animals that most people would happily avoid. Steve moves around and tackles most fascinating and deadly creatures across Costa Rican jungles, deadliest desserts in Mexico, Panama’s Darien Jungle rainforest, waters of the Indian Ocean in Mozambique, arid landscapes of Namibia in southern Africa, rainforests of Madagascar to dig out the largest carnivore. Pushing four tonnes of pressure through every square centimeter of tooth, the great white shark proves to be worthy of a place on Backshall’s Deadly 60 list, and a remarkable glimpse of fish eagles grappling their prey underwater illustrates their predatory prowess.ĭeadly 60 travels to innumerable places to list down ‘Deadly 60’ creatures in the world. Possessing three hearts and blue-green coloured blood, they can change colour in a fast-flashing pattern, acting as a deadly weapon of camouflage sneaking up on their prey. What about the cuttlefish? Cuttlefish belong to the mollusc group and are among the most intelligent invertebrate. Despite its stocky shape and short legs, the hippopotamus can easily outrun a human - it’s been clocked at 48 kph. Take the hippopotamus - this friendly looking animal kills more humans than anything else in South Africa.
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