Super Giant Animals

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Steve Backshall

Matthew Wright

Gavin Henderson

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26/09/2013

BBC One - Super Giant Animals

Steve Backshall meets super giant animals across the world and finds out what they can do.

Steve Backshall meets super giant animals across the world and finds out what they can do, from swimming with crocodiles in Botswana to diving with sperm whales in the Caribbean.

Steve Backshall travels across the world to encounter the most charismatic super giant animals and discovers the remarkable things that their size enables them to do. Highlights include Steve swimming with Nile crocodiles in Botswana, dodging two-tonne elephant seals in California and diving with sperm whales in the Caribbean.

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