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Deadly 60 on a Mission

Series 2

Episode 4: South America

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Steve Backshall and the crew scour the wetlands of Venezuela in search of more lethal beasts. Steve heads into crocodile infested waters for a spooky nocturnal encounter with a truly shocking predator, the electric eel. He joins a team trying to save a highly endangered predator, the Orinoco crocodile, and witnesses the ferocious maternal instincts of a female croc protecting her nest.

Steve then leaves the wetlands for the rainforest and heads into a dark cave infested with vampire bats. Here a true toxic terror lurks, the scolopendra, a giant centipede armed with a powerful venomous bite.

Before leaving South America, Steve takes the opportunity to cross the border into Brazil and gets a close-up view of one of the world's rarest canines, the maned wolf. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Steve Backshall
Camera Operator:
Graham MacFarlane
Series Producer:
Scott Alexander
Sound Recordist:
Simon Cole
Executive Producer:
Wendy Darke
Executive Producer:
Jonny Keeling

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