0:00:02 > 0:00:04My name's Steve Backshall.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06People call me Steve.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12I'm on a mission to find the Deadly 60.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15That's 60 deadly creatures from around the world.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19And you're coming with me every step of the way.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Ow!
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Whoa!
0:00:29 > 0:00:33We're in one of my favourite countries in the world, Brazil.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36It's about here.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38This is the Amazon rainforest.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41It's by far the biggest jungle in the world,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and I think the most spectacular.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Twice the size of Europe
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and home to more species of animal than anywhere else on the planet,
0:00:58 > 0:01:02the Amazon is wildlife central.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06I'm going to be exploring it with my trusty team -
0:01:06 > 0:01:09director James,
0:01:09 > 0:01:10cameraman Mark,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12on sound, Rich,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15researcher Charlie,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18and Dudu, our expert guide.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23The biggest rainforest on the planet,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26this is home to some living giants.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Huge snakes,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35enormous butterflies,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40even giant otters as long as I am tall.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Spiders are the world's finest insect killers,
0:01:48 > 0:01:54but there are giant spiders here that can eat much larger animals.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57They're mostly nocturnal, which means they're active at night,
0:01:57 > 0:02:01so get your scaredy-cushions ready for a night-time adventure
0:02:01 > 0:02:03through the biggest jungle on earth.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10And as the sun sets, Dudu finds our first giant creepy-crawly.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Ooh, well spotted, Dudu.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20If you were going to try and design a creature
0:02:20 > 0:02:24that was really terrifying-looking and perfect for hunting at night,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26you'd probably come up with one of these.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29This is a whip spider.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34The front legs are super, super long.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36They become like antennae,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39tapping around in front of the whip spider,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41feeling his way and also feeling out for prey.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43See if I can get it onto my hand.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48See, they're very canny.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53Look at that! Those front legs just tapping around all over the place.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- HE CHUCKLES - Not havin' any of it!
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Uh!- Got him?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03There he is. Uh!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Wahey!
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Look at that.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27Claws spread out, just waiting to give something a nasty pinch.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35Are you sure he's harmless?
0:03:35 > 0:03:37They're not venomous.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40That's not the same thing.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Well, I would imagine that those barbed claws
0:03:43 > 0:03:45could give you a nasty pinch.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Well, that's all right, then.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50But if you were a cricket or another insect
0:03:50 > 0:03:53that was unlucky enough to be wandering around out here,
0:03:53 > 0:03:55then you would be mincemeat.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59These things are phenomenal predators.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Ooh!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05OK. Let's send him back.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10There are very few creatures on our list
0:04:10 > 0:04:14that look as scary as the whip spider.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18But what I'm holding out for is the largest tree spider on earth.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21It's the creature of many people's nightmares.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28After searching for many hours, our patience is rewarded.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Steve!
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Wow! Oh my goodness!
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Great spot, Dudu!
0:04:37 > 0:04:40That's the proper tarantula.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45It's a good size, actually.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48You're more like it.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51- It's flicking hairs at you, Steve. - Yeah, I know, I saw.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55'I just want to gently guide her down the tree towards us.'
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Whoa! Right, OK.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02I don't know if you could see that from there,
0:05:02 > 0:05:07but that back leg going frantic, rubbing against his abdomen,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10is kicking off very, very fine hairs
0:05:10 > 0:05:14which are designed to get into the mouth and the nose
0:05:14 > 0:05:18and the eyes and irritate anything which is trying to attack him.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22It's a very, very effective deterrent for big spiders like this
0:05:22 > 0:05:27and they actually use it more than they use their bite.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30It's still there. Hasn't gone anywhere.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Come on, fella.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Look at that. Can you see that?
0:05:40 > 0:05:42'Ideally, I'd like to get it in the hand,
0:05:42 > 0:05:46'but it's essential that we read the spider's body language.'
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- Go steady, Steve.- Yeah.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Almost. Almost.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Ooh. He just struck at my snake stick.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59That's not a good sign.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02There's several things that you need to read
0:06:02 > 0:06:05when you're trying to handle a wild tarantula,
0:06:05 > 0:06:07as to whether you're going to get bitten or not
0:06:07 > 0:06:10and he's giving me every single one of those bad signs.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14He's flicking hairs, striking at the stick, lifting his front legs up.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16If I try and get this spider into my hand,
0:06:16 > 0:06:17I'm probably going to get bitten.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22BUT spiders around here all have different personalities
0:06:22 > 0:06:23and I'm guessing that we'll find one
0:06:23 > 0:06:26that's much more accommodating than this lassie.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30So we need a spider with a calmer temperament that's even bigger.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34And round here, they get MUCH bigger.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40There are amazing animals everywhere here,
0:06:40 > 0:06:44from baby caimans to glorious butterflies.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Now, THAT is a big bush cricket.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49The antennae go on forever!
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Look at them, just tapping away on my hand.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Feeling me as he's wandering around.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Look at those. That is crazy.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05'This really is a forest packed with monsters.'
0:07:11 > 0:07:15But after all that searching, we still didn't find our spider,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18so we're going to have another look in the morning.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20For now, it's back to our hammocks
0:07:20 > 0:07:22and dreams of spiders.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33First light and an early start to our mission.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I'm already up, raring to go,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44but the crew are going to need a little bit more encouragement.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Come on, you lot, we've got a monster spider to find!
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Tarantulas do most of their hunting in the security
0:07:56 > 0:07:58of specially dug burrows.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00The bigger the entrance, the bigger the spider.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04I've never seen a burrow this big before.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05HE GASPS
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Oh, my life!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15It's something really big.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Here it comes.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Absolutely dripping sweat here.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Look at the size of those fangs!
0:08:33 > 0:08:37I've never seen anything this big before
0:08:37 > 0:08:42and I've been catching tarantulas for well over a decade.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47This is the largest tarantula in the world -
0:08:47 > 0:08:50the Goliath bird-eating spider.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54They're remarkably canny and cautious.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Getting her our into the open takes infinite patience and care.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Every member of the crew holds their breath.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Once she's out,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11the machete provides a safe block
0:09:11 > 0:09:14to keep her from disappearing into her burrow.
0:09:14 > 0:09:15Well done, mate.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18The burrow can be many metres deep.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22If she ran now, we'd have to wait hours for another chance.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I'm going to be very gentle with her,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29because this is a very old and very special spider.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33This is definitely a female
0:09:33 > 0:09:38and the females of this particular spider
0:09:38 > 0:09:41can get to be 25, even 30 years old.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45So she's ancient.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Come on, old girl. There you are.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Now we can get a sense of the size of you.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01This spider's venom wouldn't kill me,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04but you really don't want to get bitten by those gigantic fangs.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08She does, however, have another form of defence
0:10:08 > 0:10:10that I've got to be really careful of.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14That kicking her leg against her abdomen,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17sending hairs up into the air...
0:10:19 > 0:10:22..if those get into your eyes or nose, the back of your throat,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26it can be very irritating and itchy
0:10:26 > 0:10:29and it's actually the spider's primary method
0:10:29 > 0:10:32of getting rid of an attacker,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35despite the fact that it has gigantic fangs.
0:10:40 > 0:10:46She's got fangs that are about as long as a cheetah's claws
0:10:46 > 0:10:48and a good deal sharper.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52She could give me a really, really nasty bite,
0:10:52 > 0:10:57so I just want to be ever so careful.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03This is the Goliath bird-eating spider.
0:11:03 > 0:11:08Goliath was a giant in the Bible
0:11:08 > 0:11:12and this is a giant among spiders.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Now, although they certainly are capable of it,
0:11:16 > 0:11:20birds don't actually form a large part of their diet.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Most of what they'll eat
0:11:22 > 0:11:24are rats and mice,
0:11:24 > 0:11:29lizards and crickets, invertebrates.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32But really they will take almost anything
0:11:32 > 0:11:35that's unlucky enough to wander past their burrow.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Look at the size of her!
0:11:38 > 0:11:41And I can feel those hairs that she kicked up into the air
0:11:41 > 0:11:44in the back of my throat and I want to cough,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47but it's not really a good time to cough
0:11:47 > 0:11:50with THAT on your hands.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57As she relaxes, she decides to go for a wander,
0:11:57 > 0:11:59and though it's still a little nervy,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01I think I've earned this spider's trust.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09They really are very, very impressive.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Look at that, as she comes over the top of my finger.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17It's something that never ceases to amaze me.
0:12:17 > 0:12:23This is an invertebrate - this animal doesn't have a backbone.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's brain is absolutely tiny,
0:12:25 > 0:12:30but every single one of these spiders has their own personality.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Some of them are incredibly easy to handle.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Others will bite almost instantly.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Some of them will wander over your hand quite happily.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Others of them, you really think that, you know, it's quite edgy,
0:12:43 > 0:12:46and any second, they could sink their fangs into you.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47This one here
0:12:47 > 0:12:49is kind of in the middle.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51She's been kicking hairs quite frantically
0:12:51 > 0:12:53and I don't know...
0:12:55 > 0:12:59I think I'm probably quite close to getting a bite,
0:12:59 > 0:13:04which is why I'm sweating so much.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11The Goliath bird-eating spider, one of the true giants of the Amazon
0:13:11 > 0:13:15and an absolute cert for the Deadly 60.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25The biggest spider in the world.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27A monster that doesn't only eat
0:13:27 > 0:13:29crickets and cockroaches
0:13:29 > 0:13:31but mice, frogs, lizards,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34and, yes, even birds.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36The Goliath bird-eating spider.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46This is a particularly spectacular piece of forest
0:13:46 > 0:13:50with loads of cliff faces, waterfalls...
0:13:50 > 0:13:54and caves. And the caves are the whole reason that we've come here.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57We're heading into these deep, dark caves
0:13:57 > 0:14:00because we're hoping to find a creature whose very name
0:14:00 > 0:14:03is enough to send a shiver down your spine.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08The vampire bat.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16During the day, these true vampires hide from the light
0:14:16 > 0:14:18in dark places like this, huddled together,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21waiting for the night, when they're unleashed to hunt.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Caves like this one are full of harmful airborne diseases,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29which explains why we're wearing these masks.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39There's an awful lot of life in here.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Whip spider here.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Our first bat hangs alone on the cave wall.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57This is a long-nosed bat.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Caves like this are a perfect place
0:15:01 > 0:15:02for bats to spend the day.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05The temperature in here is completely constant,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07they're quite safe from predators,
0:15:07 > 0:15:11but this one is just a bit cute.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Not a vampire.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18But where there's one bat, there's sure to be many more.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24Our next animal encounter is one you might not expect in a cave.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Oh! Crab.
0:15:27 > 0:15:28Look at that.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Ah! Come back.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Really trying to get a piece of me.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40This is just a freshwater crab
0:15:40 > 0:15:43that's been swept or moved into the cave.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46It's not actually a specialist cave crab.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50He'd give me quite a nasty pinch, actually.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I don't want to seem a complete wuss,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55but quite possibly draw blood
0:15:55 > 0:16:01and the animal we're looking for in here does more than enough of that.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11This is undoubtedly the most famous bat in the world.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17This is the only one that will actually suck the blood of mammals.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23However, how it does it is so grotesque that I can understand
0:16:23 > 0:16:26all the amazing vampire myths.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33This creature, at night time, will fly out, through the forests
0:16:33 > 0:16:36and try and find a warm-blooded animal that's sleeping.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40Vampire bats are found through much of Latin America
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and are universally feared and hated
0:16:42 > 0:16:46and this unfortunate seal is about to find out why.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50It'll land nearby, crawl over on its elbows,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53which in itself is one of the most macabre things you've ever seen,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57and then actually shave away a patch of fur or hair
0:16:57 > 0:17:00of the animal it's going to feed on.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04It then uses those incredible long teeth,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07which are absolutely, disproportionately huge.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08It then takes a bite...
0:17:09 > 0:17:11SEAL SQUEALS
0:17:11 > 0:17:15..and starts to lap up the blood from their host animal.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30'As we continue deeper into the cave on our vampire search,
0:17:30 > 0:17:34'it's worth noting that Rich, our sound man,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- 'is scared of the dark...' - I don't want to go up there.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44'..hates small spaces and, like so many people, is terrified of bats.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46'This place is his living nightmare.'
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- Is there enough room for all of us up there?- No.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Watch out, Rich!
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Whoa! Woo-hoo!
0:17:58 > 0:18:00It's happened to you again, mate.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02They know you're scared of them, that's why.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04They can smell your fear.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10'So while Rich shakes in terror,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14'we might have accidentally found our first vampire bat.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20'And a few hundred metres down the cave,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23'we find signs that they're here in huge numbers.'
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Look at this.
0:18:29 > 0:18:34Can you see loads of hopping, jumping insects?
0:18:34 > 0:18:40That's because all this brown ground is droppings
0:18:40 > 0:18:45from the bats, which are living up there.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48'But are they the infamous vampire bat
0:18:48 > 0:18:50'that we've come here to look for?'
0:18:51 > 0:18:56Going to see if I can get one down and get you a closer look at one.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Got that net for me, Dudu?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01On the wing, they're impossible to tell apart.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I need to catch one.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Well, he's spooky, but he's not our vampire.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20This is actually a leaf-nosed bat. Just check out those teeth!
0:19:20 > 0:19:23You wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a bite
0:19:23 > 0:19:26from one of these bad boys.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36We keep on looking, but have no luck.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41So it's unfinished business as far as the vampire bat is concerned.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Feels nice to be outside after that horror.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59We're coming to the end of our time in the Amazon rainforest.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Give me a hand to get up, please.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04And so far, we've found 59 of our 60 animals.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10I'm leaving the last spot on the list open to chance.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21As dusk falls, we hear quacking tree frogs calling.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25There's one quacking right in here.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29One other group of Amazonian frog could easily make our list.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33They have the world's strongest natural poisons.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35These beautiful, jewelled frogs
0:20:35 > 0:20:38secrete the toxins on their skins to protect themselves.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47As you get close, they stop singing.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51The poison dart frogs never made an appearance.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56The Deadly 60 luck, though, is not done yet.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02Oh, my goodness! That's amazing!
0:21:02 > 0:21:07We so nearly walked straight past, but a closer look revealed
0:21:07 > 0:21:12one of the world's most feared, most famous, most notorious insects.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Army ants.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Look at that.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Oh, my goodness! And they're carrying their larvae, look!
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- Army ants.- You got to get out of there. They will eat you alive.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Legend has it that army ants can strip a human to the bone
0:21:26 > 0:21:28in less than an hour.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35This busy trail in front of me
0:21:35 > 0:21:38is one of the genuine wonders of the rainforest.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43These are army ants, and absolutely nothing gets in their way.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46At the moment, it looks like every single one of them
0:21:46 > 0:21:49is carrying a little grain of rice,
0:21:49 > 0:21:53but the extraordinary, mind-blowing thing about this is that, actually,
0:21:53 > 0:21:57what they're carrying are basically their babies.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04Every single one of those little white lumps is an ant larva.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07That is just remarkable.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Army ants are always on the move.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21They actually construct bivouacs
0:22:21 > 0:22:25made of their own bodies, clinging together using their legs.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30When they transport themselves, they need to transport their young too,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33and that's what's going on in front of me on now.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I just love the way that everyone here has a job.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59You have this continuously running river of workers
0:22:59 > 0:23:03and then standing there, like doormen outside a nightclub,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06you've got the huge, great, big, burly soldiers
0:23:06 > 0:23:09just standing there with their jaws agape,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12just waiting for someone to cause trouble.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18These are one of the deadliest animals in these forests.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23They will take anything they can overpower, absolutely anything,
0:23:23 > 0:23:29from the smallest insect up to lizards, small mammals, even birds.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31And they can just wipe an area of forest clean,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34so they have to continually keep on the move
0:23:34 > 0:23:37to find a part of forest that has anything to feed them.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41And, in fact, if a column of army ants goes into a village round here,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43the villagers just leave.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45They leave for a couple of days, let the ants go through
0:23:45 > 0:23:48the walls, the roofs, the ceilings,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51taking out all of the scorpions, the centipedes, the snakes
0:23:51 > 0:23:53and eating them and leaving their village clean.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58THESE guys are absolute machines.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04This place, all the ants have been walking up to here
0:24:04 > 0:24:07in a file no more than three of four ants wide
0:24:07 > 0:24:10and they're starting to cluster together
0:24:10 > 0:24:14and they're actually starting to build their bivouac in front of me.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19This is one of the spectacles of the natural world.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25The bivouac is made entirely of ants.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Millions of legs with special hooks link together
0:24:27 > 0:24:31to make paths, bridges and even the lifts within the nest.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38The bivouac functions like one enormous, living city
0:24:38 > 0:24:40with one common goal -
0:24:40 > 0:24:44providing shelter for hundreds of thousands of little ant cocoons.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Their future.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54The last time I tried to film army ants,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58I was sat about a metre away from the colony and I was eaten alive.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01The fact that none of us have been bitten now...
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I've just got bitten!
0:25:08 > 0:25:09You couldn't make it up.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15And cue biting ant.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Now, what I was going to say is that
0:25:20 > 0:25:25the ants haven't bitten me this time because they're busy moving house.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30If they were feeding, I wouldn't be able to get anywhere near them.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34In terms of being able to take on prey
0:25:34 > 0:25:37that's many, many times their own size
0:25:37 > 0:25:41and being able to eat just about anything, there's probably nothing
0:25:41 > 0:25:44on our list that compares to the army ant.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46They're absolutely unstoppable,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48and I think they're a fitting end to the Deadly 60.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57Alone, an ant has super strength, a painful bite and a venomous sting.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59But an army of them,
0:25:59 > 0:26:02a column of soldiers that can really clean up,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05army ants are unstoppable
0:26:05 > 0:26:08and undoubtedly on the Deadly 60.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12That's it, we've done it.
0:26:12 > 0:26:1560 deadly animals from six continents.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18The adventure of a lifetime
0:26:18 > 0:26:21and some of the most extraordinary creatures in the world.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Magnificent.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28From tiny ticks to huge hippos,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31from turbo-charged critters to lethal beauties.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Every one of these animals...
0:26:38 > 0:26:41..deserves its place on my Deadly 60 list.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Ah!
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Shark! Great white shark!
0:26:48 > 0:26:52But that doesn't mean there aren't more animals out there left to find.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Aarrr!
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Oh, my life! I don't believe it!
0:27:17 > 0:27:20The redback spider. The alligator snapping turtle.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21The reticulated python.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Definitely going on my Deadly 60.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27But do you know what?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29We've not even scratched the surface.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32There are so many more wild wonders left to find.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Join me next time for more deadly animal encounters.
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