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South America

Steve Backshall and the crew scour the wetlands of Venezuela in search of more lethal beasts. Steve heads into crocodile infested waters for a nocturnal encounter.

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.

29 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Steve Backshall
Director Katharine Arthy
Producer Katharine Arthy
Camera Operator Graham MacFarlane
Series Producer Scott Alexander
Sound Recordist Simon Cole
Executive Producer Wendy Darke
Executive Producer Jonny Keeling

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