0:00:02 > 0:00:04My name's Steve Backshall.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08You can call me Steve.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12I'm on a mission to find the Deadly 60,
0:00:12 > 0:00:1460 deadly creatures.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17I'm travelling all over the world.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20And you're coming with me every step of the way.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24- HISSES - Shark!
0:00:34 > 0:00:37We're in Australia's Northern Territories.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38About here.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40There's so many possible animals here
0:00:40 > 0:00:43for the Deadly 60, I don't know where to start!
0:00:46 > 0:00:50This freshwater pool is one of the few places around here
0:00:50 > 0:00:54where I won't run into our first contender for the Deadly 60.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57And it's a good job too, because have a look at this!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04The saltwater crocodile.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07The locals call them "salties".
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Now, I'm going to hold my hand up here
0:01:12 > 0:01:16and say that these things genuinely scare me.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17GROWLS
0:01:19 > 0:01:21They're the world's largest crocodilian,
0:01:21 > 0:01:26growing to more than six metres and weighing over a ton.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30They live in rivers, lakes, and even the sea.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34It's one of the few animals in the world that can, on occasion,
0:01:34 > 0:01:38hunt, kill and eat a human being.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43And if they attack people, they rarely leave survivors.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47This is the skull of an average-sized salty,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49not huge by any standards.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52It's such a hefty mass of bone
0:01:52 > 0:01:55that it takes two hands just to lift it,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58and if I raise the upper jaw,
0:01:58 > 0:02:02and just rest it on my arm using nothing but gravity alone,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05it's thoroughly uncomfortable
0:02:05 > 0:02:09and already putting some pretty nasty dents in my arm.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13The muscles, though, that drive this jaw are so strong
0:02:13 > 0:02:15that they can exert over a ton of pressure
0:02:15 > 0:02:17even for a croc of this size.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19So if my arm was in here,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22it would be as if you had the Deadly 60 truck parked on top of it.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34To get close to one, I've come to visit croc guru Dr Adam Britton.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38He loves them so much that he's got one in his back garden.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43He's been studying them for years and has a specially constructed pool
0:02:43 > 0:02:46so you can study and film their behaviour underwater
0:02:46 > 0:02:48safely, inside a cage.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And night-time is the time to do it.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59Saltwater crocodiles do the majority of their hunting at night
0:02:59 > 0:03:03so it should be the absolute worst time
0:03:03 > 0:03:06to be going anywhere near them.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Unless, of course, you want to see them feeding.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11In which case, it's the perfect time.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17'I have to say, I'd rather get in the water with a great white shark
0:03:17 > 0:03:19'than a saltwater crocodile,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21'so I'm very glad that this wire
0:03:21 > 0:03:23'is going to be between me and the croc.'
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I really want more than anything to see it having its dinner,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42so Adam is going to give it a dead chicken right in front of me.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Oh! That was... That was unbelievable!
0:04:08 > 0:04:11That was one of the most awe-inspiring,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14terrifying things I've ever seen.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Just out of nowhere,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19kind of green murky water,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21and then just BAM!
0:04:21 > 0:04:25It hit the chicken just like a dinosaur coming out of the dark.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28It was like something out of Jaws.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Oof.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Did you all hear me scream underwater? From up here?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I was just going "Aaaah!"
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Just the size and the power
0:04:40 > 0:04:43and the strength and the speed that that animal moved,
0:04:43 > 0:04:46for a creature that size...
0:04:46 > 0:04:48That is quite something.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53I think we'd better go and try and find one in the wild, boys. Ha!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01So, can wild salties really be deadly?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04This isn't a good sign.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Crocodiles today, is it?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15In the Northern Territories the rivers are full of big crocodiles.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19The people have learned how to deal with it so it's rarely a problem.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Every once in a while, though,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23a crocodile starts to associate people with food
0:05:23 > 0:05:26and then that is a problem and it needs to be moved.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I'm here with local rangers to help them out and also
0:05:29 > 0:05:33to get as close as you can in the wild to a saltwater crocodile.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35'Tonight, we're hunting a particular croc
0:05:35 > 0:05:39'that the rangers know has been taking a bit too much of an interest
0:05:39 > 0:05:41'in some fishermen on the riverbank.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45'But first, a quick lesson in how to catch a crocodile.'
0:05:45 > 0:05:49OK, the snout rope goes through the top jaw.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Basically, use the end of the...
0:05:52 > 0:05:55The pole, just get it on there,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and then just nice and firm over the top of the jaw.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Then we can cut the harpoon line and pull it in with the snout rope.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Sounds simple in theory, doesn't it?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06We have to find this crocodile,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09because if he's hanging around people for whatever reason,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12there can be no second chances. If he goes for someone,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14it'll be too late.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Jonathan's going to be in charge of getting hold of the croc
0:06:17 > 0:06:20once we get close, using these prongs,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24which are going to go into the really hard scales
0:06:24 > 0:06:26at the back of the neck of the crocodile.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29That might seem a little bit cruel, but to be honest,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32these creatures are so strong, so hardy,
0:06:32 > 0:06:35that's going to be little more than a pinprick would be to us.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38But it should be enough to draw the croc in close to the boat.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42So we've got one now about 20m across to our left.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Just there, look.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Wow.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51And under.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Not our croc, for sure.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59'After several hours of searching,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01'one of the rangers thinks he's spotted our croc.'
0:07:03 > 0:07:05OK, up here, look. Just go to your right.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- He's mid-stream there.- Yeah.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Can just see him there.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13OK, we'll go back up, mid-stream.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30I think we've got him! I think the harpoon's in.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33He certainly was very close to the boat
0:07:33 > 0:07:35and the line's run out. Yeah.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37He's been snagged.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- There's line here.- Yeah, careful.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Someone grab me a hook down there - Steve?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Thank you.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Now the prongs are in the croc
0:07:54 > 0:07:57it's a case of reeling him in almost like he's a big fish.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Er...try and get him as close as possible.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Unfortunately there's lots of submerged logs and things here,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06and it looks like he's wrapped the line round one of them.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09So getting him out is going to be tricky.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11OK, Charlie, come up with the light?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19What I'm thinking is that maybe James, our director, should get in
0:08:19 > 0:08:24and unravel the rope from the branch underwater.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26HE LAUGHS
0:08:26 > 0:08:28OK, left a bit.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31'Now, at this point, I have to be honest,
0:08:31 > 0:08:35'I didn't really think this was a very big crocodile.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38'The eyes that I'd seen seemed to be quite close together.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40'But as we brought it in closer,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43'we found out we'd caught our monster.'
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Whoa, he's a good size!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Bigger than I thought.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55OK, you got a snout rope there?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Starting to roll...here he comes!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00The croc's rolling.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04This is, er... part of the way it feeds.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Using...clamping down those massive jaws
0:09:07 > 0:09:10and using its bulk to tear its prey apart,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14but it's also using that now to try and escape the noose.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17You can feel the power of it, it's lifting the boat up and down.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23He's underneath us. He's underneath the boat.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28As if to prove a point, he tries to eat the boat!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Watch what you're doing with the camera.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Do you want to get the snout rope on?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40OK, Charlie. Yep.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Good job.- That's it.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- He's got two on him. - OK, pull him up.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51GROWLS
0:09:55 > 0:09:58'Trust me, the croc will be absolutely fine tied up here,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00'although he is a bit cross.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03'The important thing is that with his mouth taped up,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05'he can't bite anyone.'
0:10:05 > 0:10:10So this is the problem croc we were hoping to find.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14They've actually been calling him Mr Stinky because you can smell him.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17He's not in amazingly good condition,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20and he has been hanging out in an area with a lot of people
0:10:20 > 0:10:22and picking up scraps,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25and a croc this size could do an awful lot of damage.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27This croc's probably too big to get on to the boat,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31so I think they'll drag him back to the ramp and get him on to dry land,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35and suss out his condition, then work out a plan
0:10:35 > 0:10:38about what we're going to do with this monster.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44'A crocodile that's playing dead takes quite some shifting.'
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Right. So now that he's out of the water,
0:10:51 > 0:10:54even though he has had his major weapon, his jaws,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57taken out of the equation with that hard sticky tape,
0:10:57 > 0:10:59you can really appreciate what it is
0:10:59 > 0:11:03that makes this such an incredibly powerful animal.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Look at the size of the tail down there!
0:11:05 > 0:11:08Next to Mark the cameraman.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I mean, that is just packed with muscle,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14and all the way up here there's nothing spare,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17even though this animal really isn't in the best of condition.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21It really is a terrifying-looking creature.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24He's absolutely magnificent.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27As close to a living dragon as you'll ever get.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33When you've got the animal here you can see why it is
0:11:33 > 0:11:36that this croc could become a potential danger.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I mean, he's been in a fair few fights
0:11:39 > 0:11:41with some other, larger crocs.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Some of his feet are a bit mangled, he's got some nasty scarring,
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and he's looking a bit thin.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Obviously not a croc in absolute peak condition,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52and that's why he's turned from his usual prey,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55fish which swim quite fast,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58to picking up scraps and getting too close to people.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01And it's not that much of a leap from where he is now
0:12:01 > 0:12:03to actually taking a person.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08So he's going to be taken now
0:12:08 > 0:12:12and probably live out the rest of his days very happy in captivity.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16But...the size, the strength of this animal here
0:12:16 > 0:12:19is just the tip of the iceberg
0:12:19 > 0:12:23and that's why the saltwater croc has to go on the Deadly 60.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26It does pong as well.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28You might debate some of my choices for the list
0:12:28 > 0:12:32but NOT this one - the salty!
0:12:32 > 0:12:34It has power, speed
0:12:34 > 0:12:36and a bite like a dinosaur.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40An awesome predator and one that can hunt humans.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41Say no more.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52Australia is a HUGE place so to find the wildlife I'll hit the road.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07My next encounter took me completely by surprise.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I just... I cannot see where I'm going at all.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23You may not expect to find birds of prey attracted to a bushfire
0:13:23 > 0:13:27but that's exactly what was happening in front of our eyes.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41I was going to have to take a closer look at this.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47BUSHFIRE CRACKLES
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Magnificent.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56WOW!
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Check out all these birds!
0:13:58 > 0:13:59INDISTINCT RESPONSE
0:14:02 > 0:14:03That is full on!
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Now don't try this at home.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12One of the most lethal forces in nature is fire.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Here in the Northern Territories
0:14:14 > 0:14:18where the ground is so dry and all the trees are so dry,
0:14:18 > 0:14:20a wildfire can sweep through an area
0:14:20 > 0:14:23and kill just about everything in its path.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28The air though around here is thick with birds of prey.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Wow, look at this going up.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33FIRE CRACKLES
0:14:33 > 0:14:36There's... kites and other birds of prey
0:14:36 > 0:14:40swooping around here hoping to find small mammals,
0:14:40 > 0:14:44lizards and insects that have been flushed out by the flames.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Bushfires have two sides to them, they destroy
0:14:51 > 0:14:54but they also provide an opportunity to daredevil predators -
0:14:54 > 0:14:57in this case whistling kites.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Insects fleeing the inferno
0:15:00 > 0:15:02were flying straight into the sights
0:15:02 > 0:15:05of these magnificent birds right in front of us.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24There's an even stranger predator that can benefit from bushfires.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37These are frilled lizards -
0:15:37 > 0:15:41dragon-like reptiles that are actually attracted to the aftermath
0:15:41 > 0:15:42of a fire front.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45As the fire cuts through the plants,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48it also cuts through hiding places for the insects.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52And that's what the frilled lizards are here for.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Right, enough playing with fire - it's time to get back on the road.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Before my night-time appointment with my next deadly animal
0:16:10 > 0:16:13there's something I want to show you.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15This part of Northern Australia
0:16:15 > 0:16:19has some of the most extraordinary scenery of anywhere in the world.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21And in some places
0:16:21 > 0:16:25it's a bit like wandering through a natural cemetery.
0:16:25 > 0:16:30All these tombstones are not actually rock...
0:16:30 > 0:16:34they have been created by a very remarkable insect.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38This is the work of the magnetic termite.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41There's hundreds of thousands, possible even millions of them
0:16:41 > 0:16:44inside this structure
0:16:44 > 0:16:47and it's been created basically as a way of keeping their colony
0:16:47 > 0:16:49at constant temperatures.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54And if you look this way, along the lines of the termites,
0:16:54 > 0:16:56they're all aligned north to south.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I'll prove that to you because I've got a compass on my watch.
0:17:00 > 0:17:01And...
0:17:01 > 0:17:03if you look at that -
0:17:03 > 0:17:06that's the line of the termite mound...
0:17:06 > 0:17:09and that is perfectly north to south.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12And what that means is that
0:17:12 > 0:17:16this face of the termite mound is east facing.
0:17:16 > 0:17:17When the sun comes up in the morning
0:17:17 > 0:17:20and when it comes down in the afternoon
0:17:20 > 0:17:22there's not much heat here - it's warming up the mound.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25But when it's directly overhead,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28it's looking straight down on the top of the blade of the mound
0:17:28 > 0:17:32which means that none of the searing heat of midday
0:17:32 > 0:17:34gets into the colony
0:17:34 > 0:17:38and all the insects inside are kept at a nice warm, constant temperature
0:17:38 > 0:17:39throughout the day.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43And all of that is done by an insect
0:17:43 > 0:17:46with a brain the size of a pinprick.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Mind-blowing!
0:17:56 > 0:17:58The sun's just gone down
0:17:58 > 0:18:01and the creatures of the night are out to hunt.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05And I'm sat outside an old abandoned gold mine
0:18:05 > 0:18:08cos tonight we're on a ghost hunt.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09SCREAMING
0:18:09 > 0:18:12THUNDERCLAP
0:18:14 > 0:18:16The ghost I've come here to find
0:18:16 > 0:18:22makes calls and sounds that are way too high for the human ear to hear.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23CLICKING
0:18:23 > 0:18:27This piece of ghost-busting technology
0:18:27 > 0:18:30can actually hear the ultrasonic frequencies they make.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35So, hopefully, I should be able to hear them before I can see them.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38CLICKING CONTINUES
0:18:38 > 0:18:41GRATING CLICKS
0:18:41 > 0:18:44That's their noise. The first ones are just about to come out now.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49GRATING SQUEAKING CLICKS
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Woah!
0:18:52 > 0:18:54That was our first ghost.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57They're ghost bats...
0:18:58 > 0:19:02one of the most astounding bat predators in the whole world.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Woah!
0:19:05 > 0:19:07They're starting to come out in larger numbers now.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Oh, here they go. Oh... Woah!
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I'm not just here because...
0:19:24 > 0:19:27ghost bats look like little spirits in the torchlight -
0:19:27 > 0:19:31these are truly terrifying hunters.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35These are some of the largest carnivorous bats in the world
0:19:35 > 0:19:36but they don't just eat insects.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Using their fearsome incisor teeth
0:19:39 > 0:19:41they'll bite down through the head and the neck
0:19:41 > 0:19:45of birds, other bats, reptiles, frogs.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49This really is one of the most awesome predators of all bats
0:19:49 > 0:19:51but to see them at their best
0:19:51 > 0:19:54I'm going to have to come back here tomorrow when they're fast asleep.
0:19:59 > 0:20:04Ghost bats hunt at night. It's hard to get close when they're flying.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Your best chance is during the day when they are resting.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11And Damian here...
0:20:13 > 0:20:18..has assured me there's a colony of ghost bats inside this disused mine.
0:20:18 > 0:20:24I have got a camera which is going to be following me all the way.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Where the big camera can't go, you will be able to see what I'm doing.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Shall we head in, Damian?- Yep.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39I am a little bit scared of the dark. Sssh!
0:20:45 > 0:20:48This is an abandoned goldmine
0:20:48 > 0:20:52and as if the bats themselves weren't spooky enough.
0:20:52 > 0:20:58This place is just...well, freaky.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03Oh, yuk!
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Oh, this is hideous and it smells horrendous.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11Oh, I hate cockroaches.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15They are here because of the bats.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18They will be feeding on bat droppings
0:21:18 > 0:21:24which already is starting to make up a good proportion of the floor.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31Steve, you can hear the bats down the mine shaft they are flying around.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36So from this point on, we'll have absolute quiet.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40If we must speak, we'll just have an absolute whisper.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42OK, fine but Mark is a bit loud!
0:21:42 > 0:21:45(He's got very big feet!)
0:21:45 > 0:21:48THEY WHISPER
0:21:50 > 0:21:53We have just turned our lights out for a second.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Let the bats settle down so they're not freaked out.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02I'm a bit less worried about them being freaked out than me.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08This place is "Spook Central"!
0:22:09 > 0:22:15When you are ready, shine your light up there.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21We have just come into a small chamber and
0:22:21 > 0:22:24the smell of bat is very strong in here.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Now, we really don't want to disturb this colony too much.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32So we are just going to turn the lights on for a short time
0:22:32 > 0:22:38- and get our first proper glimpse of the ghost bat. Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Whoa!
0:22:45 > 0:22:50Whoa! Through there.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Here they come.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57'It's impossible to keep your nerve
0:22:57 > 0:23:01'when you're being dive-bombed by bats.'
0:23:01 > 0:23:04(They are absolutely huge!)
0:23:10 > 0:23:14When they hit the torchlight, you can see where they get their name.
0:23:14 > 0:23:19The membrane of the wings is really thin. It's almost transparent.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24The body is very light - almost white on the underside.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29They really do look like your idea of a vampire bat.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Oh, wow!
0:23:33 > 0:23:36'I really want to get a close look at one.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40'Damian, takes us to a spot in the cave where the tunnel narrows
0:23:40 > 0:23:42'and I may have a chance to net one.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45'The crew aren't so keen though.'
0:23:46 > 0:23:54(Out of all the places Steve has brought us to, this is the scariest
0:23:54 > 0:24:00(I have ever been. I don't like bats!)
0:24:02 > 0:24:08SHOUTING AND GROANING
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Ah!
0:24:10 > 0:24:15- What happened there? - A bat flew straight into us.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19Down this way here is a huge hole in the floor beneath us,
0:24:19 > 0:24:23so we have to be careful walking over this bit here.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25It's really dangerous.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Here they come!
0:24:36 > 0:24:41- Got it! Got one.- Got one? - Yeah, I got one.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Oh, no.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52That is THE most remarkable-looking bat I have ever seen.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00We are going to get bombarded by his cousins while we are doing this.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04I just need to unpick him from the net very carefully.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08The membranes of the wings can be quite fragile.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I mean, quite a lot of bats
0:25:11 > 0:25:15of this size, I'd expect to be trying to eat through my arm.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22The first thing I have to say is that I have a unique opportunity to
0:25:22 > 0:25:24get this close to a ghost bat.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28This isn't something anyone should go around doing.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32When you are up close to it, you can see where it gets its name from.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35He does look like a little phantom.
0:25:35 > 0:25:42That abnormally pale grey, almost white fur there on the body is
0:25:42 > 0:25:44what makes him appear so ghost-like.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Look at that, it's incredibly thin, isn't it?
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Almost like some kind of weird skin kite.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59That is another thing which lends to his ghostly image is
0:25:59 > 0:26:04the fact that that membrane just looks like a ghostly cloak.
0:26:07 > 0:26:12And these - the struts in between the membrane,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16those are fingers and hand bones.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20I want to show you these teeth because they are really mean.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Look at those incisors there!
0:26:23 > 0:26:29If I can show you the bottom jaw as well, look at those.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33- I can't believe you're not getting bitten when you do that.- I know.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36That is a set of gnashers!
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Teeth like that are what allow this remarkable creature to feed
0:26:40 > 0:26:45not only on insects but on lizards, frogs, other bats,
0:26:45 > 0:26:48birds, small mammals.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51He really is a flying nightmare.
0:26:51 > 0:26:57And that is why the ghost bat is going on my Deadly 60.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Ghost bats - they hunt with the stealth of ghosts
0:27:02 > 0:27:05and kill like storybook vampires.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08If you are a mouse, a frog or a lizard or another bat,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11they are a living nightmare.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- There he goes.- Great stuff.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26- Can we get out of here now, please? - Yes, definitely.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Whoa-hoo-ho!
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- GROWLING - I'm glad I'm not in there.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38'Join me next time, as I continue my search for the Deadly 60.'
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