Episode 8 Live 'n' Deadly

Fish tanks don't come much bigger than this, do they? This is the

biggest aquarium in Britain. On this week's lied and deadly, we are

going to be heading into his underwater world to meet all sorts

of incredible creatures that live in our sea is. And Steve is going

to be diving with some of the biggest and most deadly. Yes, I'm

Yes, it is all to do with sharks. No, let's not.

This is live and deadly. -- Live 'n' Deadly. Our convoy is searching

the UK in search of all things wild. And you are coming with us every

Start on the sofa on a Saturday Hello! Good morning, another sunny

Saturday morning. It is me and her with the show that is brought to

you live, to convince you to get outside, get into wildlife, get

into conservation and adventure. Behind us is the sea, and in front

of us is the biggest aquarium in Great Britain, in Plymouth! In

there, there are all sorts of marine monsters and watery wonder

is that we are going to be meeting, including sharks. And Princess is

going to be swimming with them! Don't call me Princess! As our show

is themed around the hideous horrors of the deep, I dredged up

some truly soggy looking drips, the crow! And, as always, the Live 'n'

Deadly Audience! And we also have... Come here, perhaps the most

eccentric adventure we have ever had on Live 'n' Deadly. He is on

the road to Douai 25 missions that span the planet, Dave Cornthwaite.

He has travelled thousands of miles already on that tiny little board.

And that is just a hint of the madness we've got in store. Steve

travels to the Scottish mountains to attempt some of the toughest

bike trails in the country. I set a team of wild young things a tough

task, to puffin Island and beyond! I'm going to be meeting one of my

favourite underwater animals, gentle giants and turtle cool

animals! A dream theme, but a nightmare! Sharks that the top of

my list of scary animals. The Live 'n' Deadly crew thought it would be

really good fun to get me as close as possible. They said it makes

good television. So, what have they got in store? I've got to feed them.

Oh, Joyce(!) But before that, we are going to turn that dial way up

high, as Steve meets a tentacle sea creature of the deep. Our show is

called Live 'n' Deadly for a reason. Live, because it is happening now,

and deadly because of the animals we introduce you to. We start with

one of my favourites. Come up here. I've got a giant Pacific octopus.

That see if we can entice it to just come over. But how easy that

was. One of the most remarkable things about the animals is how

inquisitive and tactile they are. A look at the way that the arms are

streaking out and beat tan cups come out to my fingers. It is

sensing if I would be good to eat. I'm not, but down there is the

thing that would be doing the eating. In the middle is the only

hard bit of the body. It is an beak, that looks like a parrot's beak. It

will draw its pre underneath these, and use the beak to inject a

venomous saliva to digest the prey. What set the animals apart is the

intelligence, for an invertebrate they are incredibly brainy. They

have a long and short-term memory and the ability to solve quite

complex tasks. I'm going to get this octopus, if I can get rid of

all of the suckers, to open up this jar. Inside, it has a bit of tasty

fish for its breakfast. Let's see all that up and see if the octopus

is feeling hungry. It is instantly taking a grip. You can see that,

actually, the tans are manipulating it into exactly the right place and

starting to turn it, just starting to turn it, gently. There was once

have got a hold of the late and they are turning it in the opposite

direction. -- the holder of the lid. I can't believe this is happening.

They are invertebrates. There is nothing hard in their body apart

from the beak. Most invertebrates have tiny brains, no bigger than a

fault stop. But they have an extraordinary amount of mental

capacity. They can find their way through mazes and solve complex

tasks. But at the moment he is not doing a very good job of opening it.

Come on, Mr octopus. You did this great yesterday! This is typical.

This is the way that animals always behave when you are dealing with

them live. It's done it! Look at that. No sooner had I spoken, it

has taken the lid off the jar and an alarm has gone inside. It is

fishing out that bit of tasty fish. That is extraordinary. The

muscularity of this animal, being able to take it off, it is

phenomenal. It doesn't have any hard parts at all, apart from that

beak. It does enable it to get into some tiny spaces. An octopus of

this size could... Look at it, snaking inside the jar! It is

filling yet, just brilliant. I absolutely adore them. An animal

this size can squeeze into a tiny place. The largest of have got to

be, and you're not going to believe this, almost nine metres from tip

to tip. They are a true leviathan, giant creature. They have eight

Arms, three hearts, blue-blood, a bed and delivering beak and they

are brainy. I think they've got to go on the lethal leaderboard.

goes. I could do with one of those at home, I am always having trouble

getting the lids of jars. The octopus is very new at the aquarium

and it doesn't even have a name yet. We thought it would be great if you

send in your suggestions. E-mail then in and I will give you the

address in a moment. All of the deadly animals we eat today are

going to go on this side of the board. With the help of our

audience, we are going to decide which one gets a spot on the

ultimate top 10. At the end of the series, one of them will be crowned

the live -- Live 'n' Deadly alter that deadly animal. Who is our

favourite? Armadillo! Yes, we like the armadillo. We asked you to send

in photographs of your pesky pets. You have some weird and wonderful

animals in your homes. This is from Abigail and Ethan, with your

bearded dragons, called Zeus and Hades. Nice photograph! Leo is six

years old and has a rhino brittle. This is Jack's cat, Chumba. We have

been a shoat -- assured by his mother, that the cat was fed

shortly after the photograph was taken! We would like your finest

fish photographs, please. Maybe you keep them at home, maybe you have

visited a bigger aquarium, like this one. Send them, along with

your name and phone number. There are loads of things you can do on

the website. Get chatting on the message board and don't forget to

send your questions for Beat Backshall. Perhaps you can flummox

our very own boffin of biology. Maybe your question will have him

lost for words? Every week, we invite on a special guest from the

world of adventure to admire and to inspire us all. This week's Guest

is certainly never board! Meet Dave bought -- Dave Cornthwaite. He

really is the master of the board, having travelled right across

Australia. It's all part of his mission to complete 251000 mile

journeys across the wildest places on earth using nothing but manpower.

His most recent trip was paddleboarding the length of the

Mississippi river. Bored? Never! is a paddleboarding, skateboarding,

space hopping, planet spanning, camel trotting lunatic! We love

him! It is Dave Cornthwaite. good to have you on the show. This

plan, to do 25,000... No, 1000 mile journeys, where did that come from?

I had a day job and I wasn't very good at it. I got a skateboard and

decided to cross Australia on my board. Most people would go out on

a skateboard for 30 minutes down the park. How long did it take you?

A some people said I should drive, I thought that was lazy. I decided

to skate for five months. What else have you done? I have kayaked the

length of the Murray river, I was on a tandem bicycle from Vancouver

today guests. I've recently come back from the Mississippi. I used a

paddle board for the entire length. You embody the Live 'n' Deadly

spirit. Everything is by either human or animal power. It is silent,

no carbon footprint. I am guessing you had some extraordinary animal

encounters? I am not particularly good at anything, so this is hope

for everybody! I have seen bears, snakes, alligators, I even raced

and even you, once. That must have been fun? It was brilliant. Maybe

try and ostrich. Are you an export in -- expert in all forms of

transport you were using? taking up using a unicycle, I'm

trying stilts. I had a rubbish swimmer, but I'm going to try to

swim 1000 metres, soon. What is the craziest challenge you have

considered? Kayaking the Indian Ocean? We have another challenge up

our sleeves, would you believe it? Live 'n' Deadly style, it is coming

up in just the better. Steve likes to use manpower for some of his

adventures. Last year, he went to some of the highest peaks in

Scotland for an off-road adventure of the to wield kind. When you are

somewhere as wild, rugged and beautiful as the Highlands of

Scotland, you don't want to be exploring in a car. It is too fast

and noisy. Let's be honest, walking can sometimes be a bit slow. So,

for me, the best way of getting For me, the mountain bike is one of

the great developments in adventure technology. Once upon a time, you

had a bike and the only place you were going were clean, tarmac roads.

Now, modern mountain bikes can take you right into the wilderness. The

more time you spend out in wild places, the more likely you are to

come into contact with wonderful wild animals. The Nevis Range, that

I am cycling in now, contains the highest mountains in the British

Isles. It includes Ben Nevis, about 1000 metres higher than I am now. I

could cycle up there to explore, or I could just take one of these!

Downhill from here is about half a kilometre of vertical descent. In

some places, it gets pretty vertical and pretty frightening.

I've got all my kit on, elbow pads, knee-pads, a spinal board to

protect my back and, very important, a full-face helmet. I can't pretend

that I'm not really, really scared. This is absolutely crazy. Just

trying to keep your nerve on these boardwalks. You have to go fast,

the second you slow down, you lose your composure and anything goes

out of the window. The rocks are quite slippy as well. But, if you

move fast, it all kind of works. And it is certainly a good a box

cycling with the north face of Ben Crash number one, of many!

That was a bit embarrassing. Mind you, now I can show you something

deadly growing alongside the track. For down here, hidden among the

grass, it is the peculiarly beautiful but also rather lethal

plant. They look a bit like alien spaceships. Sun dews. There are

tiny drops of what look like nectar, insects are viewed in. And they get

stuck. The plot sucks them in, digests them and eat them. This is

a carnivorous plant. In fact, it is Britain's answer to the Venus

flytrap. This marsh land is quite a

challenging habitat for a lot of animals, particularly for us. But,

certainly, it is not a problem for amphibians.

And that is a rather delight fully coloured little frock sitting among

the heather -- frog. This time of year is perfect. In winter this

would be covered in snow, so a cold-blooded creature will suffer.

At that time of year, these will go into had some have a kind of anti-

freeze in their blood. So, they are pretty hard core preaches. --

I might try that again. For a second crack at it.

Right, so might the tent at downhill mountain-biking can be

summed up by it all of the gear absolutely -- and absolutely no

idea. I had a couple of prose -- professionals here to show me how

How was that? Pretty fun. That was absolutely nuts. A great job. How

was that? Fantastic. It is clear whether you are a pair of total

nutters like them all like the, if you go exploring, you want to be on

one of these. While you were watching Steve's antics on his bike,

we've come down to the marina in front of the aquarium, for that

part of the show where Steve and our guest Dave go head to head.

It's time for our guest challenge. You've both spent a lot of time out

on the water: Paddle boarding, diving, surfing, sailing, using all

the latest maritime gadgets and gizmos. But today, I thought we'd

go back to basics. In the oldest watercraft on Earth. The coracle.

You've got one each, a simple paddle. And the aim of the game is

to race out to the buoy and back. Good luck. Three, two, one!

Not very easy to control especially in the winds today, and think I

would be spinning around and around. Her they are doing pretty well.

If you get any water in, there is only one direction you are going in,

straight down. They're pretty even at the moment.

Did you know: They have been used in Britain for over 2,000 years,

since the Roman invasion? They are both heading to the

halfway point, who is going to be first? Steve has won three of the

challenges but lost four. Can he pull it back today. A bit of a

battle. Come on, Steve, come on, Dave. No one here is its -- it is

cheering for Dave! I will each year for you.

Did you know these can be manoeuvred quite easily when it

steered by a skilled person. Hope is going to be sailing into the

lead? Come on. Steve is paddling as hard as he can. Bono, has got water

inside? Surely not. David is cruising on to win it. Yes, Dave

has won it! Well done. Our champion today.

While the boys get their breath back, thought I'd just remind you

of all the fun and games you can have on our website. Do you know

your loris from your lorikeet? Your caracal from your cassowary? Put

your wildlife knowledge to the ultimate test and play the amazing

Deadly Scramble. There's all sorts of taxing

questions to pit your wits against. Every question you get right helps

CGI Steve climb up the trees and avoid the rising tide. Are you

quick enough to get Steve to safety? There's our mega game, the

one and only Deadly Planet. Guide CGI Steve through the giant

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Tanzania. Help him track down amazing animals to photograph. But

be careful. There's all sorts of deadly creatures hot on your heels.

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Go to the website, input the code The fun doesn't end when the show

finishes today. As well as all the games on the website, every Sunday,

there's a Deadly Day Out where you can try your hand at all sorts of

activities, meet some deadly animals. You might even see me and

Steve. Last week's event at Castlewellan Forest Park in

Northern Ireland had to be cancelled due to high winds. But

the roadshow is still going on. First, a look back at all the fun

you had at all the events this year. Live 'n' Deadly fever is spreading

across the nation and we never ceased to be amazed by the turnout.

A Hello! We have had the pleasure of taking

to the stage to show all you some pretty cool critters that don't

always behave. Sundays have no -- and have never been so packed with

action-packed adventure. But the Deadly Days Out wouldn't be

the same without our extra special Soap I am going to be introduced to

a tiger? He a green tiger beetle. They live in England, they are

really common. And they are deadly. They have a huge drawers, big eyes

and long legs. -- huge jaws. They hunt like cheetahs, one of the

fastest insects. We are saying if anyone can run as fast as a tiger

beetle. Can I have a go? It will be great to see if you can do it.

me off, then. Ready, steady, Go! 1.21, is that good? That is

probably the speed of a polar bear, but still good. 0.07 seconds for a

tiger beetle, if they were the size of a beetle.

The for your chance to go to one of our Deadly Days Out, go to our

Find the one closest to you and get a grown up to apply for a ticket.

Tickets are free, and we'll get in touch if you've got one. If you

don't have access to a computer, Thanks to the Tamar Concert Choir

Rousing stuff. Calls cost no more than a local rate, even from a

mobile. Hope to see you there! You'll discover all sorts of new

and wonderful things, just like I did the other week in Saltwell Park

in Gateshead. I got a lesson on the wonderful howls of owls, and what

they're all about. Does anyone know how they

communicate with each other, what noise they make? That noise was

quite good, can anybody else make a noise? Whoo! Twitta-whoo! That

would be two communicating with each other, answering back. If you

going to a wood at night and sit quietly, and make that noise, they

will come and investigate. If you are in an area where they are, you

can make the noise, and they will come. One night, I did this, and

three turned up. So, you don't have to be very good at animal

impersonations to hear a real tawny owl. Is very special time to go out

to hear them? This morning, I heard one in the morning. Just before it

gets light is a good time to be out there listening. Maybe get out

there to a wooded area with a grown up. And they gaze out and see if

you can hear a tawny owl. I've come up to the top of the

largest tank at the aquarium. The grand finale will be me getting

in here and diving. Why is that such a climax? Because I am diving

with this lot. There is perhaps no more universal fear than that of

sharks, the Finn slicing through the ways it is as chilling as you

will see in nature. The image of them fighting together in a pack is

one that terrifies people. Those rows of teeth can slice through

fish flesh. Many species will eat birds. Even this was as tough as

turtles. But I can say they do not eat people and certainly not

television presenters. I think the danger of sharks to

human beings is massively overstated but that does not mean

our fear of them is irrational, they are very big with a very sharp

teeth. Someone we know very well has a real phobia. Naomi. We are

going to try to introduce her to them properly for the first time.

It is the time you had been leased waiting for. There are a couple of

sharks in here, a few large ones. I need you to relax and calm your

breathing. If you can sit on the edge... I can't see any yet. There

is one just cruising past. But they are going nice and slowly and

gently. Take a hold of this pole. You will stay here? Of course. Sit

on the edge. You will be more stable. Place it into the water.

Where? I can see one coming. Where are the sharks? There is the first

one. This is a sand tiger shark. It's going away! They are called

ragged troops sharks in Africa. At the moment, they are keeping their

distance. When they go past, I think he will see how it is that

our Thea for sharks is something that we shouldn't have. -- our Thea

Just struck at deeper. No, it's done a bit of a fly by. They are

actually quite cautious. It is an animal that releases out the food

it is going for, before it takes that final bite. Those are fish,

feeding over there. I'm a little bit nervous. Come back, please. I'm

so desperate to get a chance for you to face your fear. My mum, dad

and sister will not believe I am sitting here. It's incredible how

much you have come on over a year. You were so frightened of them.

There is one coming, apparently. There is one cruising behind us now.

There are three sharks in here that are getting on for three metres in

size. I just want to do it! I've got all psyched up. These fish are

big game fish. There is a great I don't think it's going to come in.

They are keeping their distance. But the fact you have come here,

you are sat at the side of the tank, willing to give it a go... Surely

that means I have faced my fear? Definitely. These aren't the only

animals she got close to him this So, who are we feeding today?

Snorkel, the loggerhead turtle. is beautiful. What is her story?

She was washed up in 1991 in Cornwall. She was not very well,

which is why she lives in an aquarium. She has epilepsy, so we

Highmead her medicine in her food. She is also short-sighted in her

left side. Does that mean she cannot be released? Yes. That is

sad. She does enjoy this tanker. She is beautiful. She's feeding,

what fish-eating? Squid, that is her favourite. -- What is she

eating? In his big blue area behind us, when I am stood here, it is a

visual cue. She will make a pass at the window and then she will circle

in front of us, then come in to feed. Is she friendly? She might

give you quite a forceful of bite! So she can be quite dangerous?

Heard beak was quite so rated. She doesn't have teeth like we do, it's

much more like a bird. -- quite so rated. Have we got a system? I've

got to hold her by the front flipper up with my right hand.

my OK to bend down? I can see her beak. In that his her vitamins, as

well as the medication. And the water is coming out of her nose?

Yes, she squirted out. While she is being held, that tells her she is

being fed. Then I break contact, I give her a rub on the head, and

then she gets a flash of white. That should tell her that her

feeding is over. What a great routine! Because you are here, she

might show off and stay. She just uses her front fins? She uses those

for power. The back ones, she uses those to Steer herself. It's lovely

to meet you, Snorkel. I think she is beautiful. That has been

absolutely wonderful. I think we can safely say that breakfast is

Great to see her doing so well. That was a real privilege. Now, we

fed her some squid. One of the surprising things that they liked

to eat in the wild parties. Jellyfish! You wouldn't think there

would be much goodness in them. But it is like cows eating grass, if

you eat enough of them, it's good for you. We have been seeing

jellyfish blooms of all kinds of species. One of the most common

species we have are these. They are called moon jellyfish. They are

easily identified by those rings in the centre of them. We also have

giant species, like the barrel jellyfish. It can be over one metre

across. This jellyfish attracts Snorkel's giant cousin to our

shores! This footage was captured off North Wales in 1991. It's a

leatherback turtle, the biggest in the world. And it is in British

waters. That has got to be 6 foot long! This is absolutely

unbelievable. Just to give you an idea of how big they can grow, this

is a life-sized model of a leatherback turtle. They are

ginormous, buy for the biggest we have in the seas. The biggest one

ever found was in Wales. It was over three metres long and weighed

nearly 1000 telegrams. It's incredible to think we have them in

our seas. This was a bumper year for sightings, because of those

thick jellyfish blooms. Even so, only 42 were sighted. So it is

still a rare and mysterious animal. Talking of mysteries, Steve is

going to uncover one of his own. Yes, it is our most colourful crime

scene yet. Something has come to grief on the coral reef. Something

is dead on the seabed. Let's imagine we are in tropical waters,

at the edge of a coral reef, where it meets the sandy seabed. We've

got a big chunk of coral. These are the dead trunks of coral skeleton.

Here, this looks like the remnants of our victim. What could that be?

There are some trunks of muscles here. Those have clearly been

smashed apart. This hall looks like it could be a burrow. So, what do

we reckon has been killed? And what did the killing? Let's find out

from our audience. Anybody got any ideas? Stingray? Actually, that is

pretty good thinking. But they tend to crunch up everything. They have

crunching, matching plates inside their mouths. They will take

everything in and all that gets spewed out his fine dust. Is it

some kind of eel? They do eat crustaceans. But if you look at the

borrow, it is too small for a Moray eel. A crab? Well, they are mostly

animals that scavenge and pick up carrion. But they do it for sure.

Actually, there is a far more colourful corporate. Let's meet it.

This is the colourful corporate. Perhaps the most sophisticated

eyesight and the animal kingdom, this is the Peacock mantis shrimp.

They have the ability to get into the toughest shells to get to the

tasty insides. They are just unbelievable. Bake scuttle around

like clockwork toys, but they are also unmistakably gleeful. --

lethal. We have a chance to meet one. There is loads of great stuff

here. Look at this! Wonderful stuff. But that is not an absolute star.

For me, perhaps the most exciting creature in the entire aquarium is

lurking behind these chunks of coral. I'm going to have to uncover

it. It is actually covered in its burrow. It pops to the surface to

have a look. I've got a dead crab, which is one of the favoured prey

items of mantis shrimp. Let's dangle this in and see if it can

show has its punching power at work. It has come straight up. The

eyesight is absolutely unbelievably sophisticated. Those tactile...

Wow! Bang! An absolutely explosive punch, writing to the crowd. But

that's not enough to break through. It will probably have to take

another crack. I'll keep it moving, so it looks like it is alive. That

should stimulate it to come forward and have another crack. Look at

that! That is the most powerful punch found in the whole natural

world. A couple more cracks like that should be enough for it to

break writing to the shelf. Let's see if we can get a look. It is so

pretty, such glorious colours. They are probably used as a signal

between males and females. Their eyesight is phenomenal at

discerning colour. We have seen it up close and I can feel the

vibrations of that punch going right the way down the length of

that. It's out in the open! That is very unusual, seeing one completely

out like that. But seeing it punch is too much for the human eye.

Let's see it in real detail. To stand any chance of appreciating

what is going on, it has to be slowed down a lot. There is no way

we would be able to see this. It is over and done with in one

thousandth of a second. Look at that hammer been released. Under

the Expo skeleton, what we can see is the power being ratcheted up. At

the key moment, it is going to release and fire for what, smashing

into the shell with the power of a small calibre bullet. As it hits,

it creates a shock waves of light, heat and sound. That is one

shocking shellfish! The marvellous mantis shrimps. I absolutely love

them. Here are a bunch of kids that got to meet some spectacular

British wildlife. For this week's mission, we are just off the coast

of Anglesey in North Wales. It is full of life, from seals to

squirrels, porpoises to puffins. But the mission today is about one

particular group of animals. It is about seabirds. Lots and lots of

seabirds. So, I need a team with birds on the brain. Hi, I am and a.

I am recant by M13. The I'm 10. name is Lewis. Mine in his Indy and

I am 13. -- my Niemi is India and I To give them my mission today is

Just off the coast is a special place called puffin Island. It is

heaving with birds. Normally it is kept free of people to protect the

birds and their young. The only reason you are allowed to go on to

beat Ireland is to do something called ringing, which is a great

way of studying the birds. You have been given special permission to do

just that. You are going to meet a whole host of different birds,

including the puffin that the island has been named for. The bird

you're going to be ringing is called a kittiwakes. It is time to

cut up and wake up for your It is a 20 minute trip to the

island. Just enough time to meet their experts and find out what

they might see. My name is Steve Dodd. I'd been going to put an

island for 30 years. Today, we are going to go out to see some of the

kittiwakes, catch some animals and ring the chicks. Are you excited?

Steve's work allows us to monitor the bird populations and protect

them for the future. If a bird with a ring is spotted later, we can use

that information to tell how old they are and how far they have

travelled in search of food. Some of the birds that he has rain that

has even been seen as far away as The Kisii Wake colony is on the

other side of the island. Luckily, there is plenty to see on the

walkover. We have seen a lot of sea birds. We've seen puffins,

razorbills and seagulls. It's really exciting. We are really

lucky to come appear. We've seen puffins, down on the leg sh. --

ledge. Catching one of these birds will give the explorers a chance to

see how the process works before they get to the colony of

This is the rain we will be using with a unique number. If we catch

it again or if it is found somewhere else, we will know where

it is ringed and where it is found. Does it hurt at all when you put

the ring on it? The Ring does not hurt the bird at all. It is loose,

it will go up and down the leg but not so loose that it will hamper

the bird. It makes a funny noise. It is a strange noise, can we get

it on to the microphone? It is a grumbling noises. We put the ring

on. It is time that in let the bird get back out to sea. Bubble gently

throw it up in the air and it will fly down to the sea. 1, 2, 3.

Goodbye, Puffin! Time to get to the kittiwakes. The first thing to do

is to catch the adults around the nests. It might look harsh but it

is soft string and it doesn't hurt the birds. Steve does have a

licence and you shouldn't do this without one. Catching them means we

can bring the adults as well. By reading the numbers, we know

exactly when and where the bird was first recorded. Steve recently

found one on this colony which was almost 20 years old. A would one

have you like to hold the bird? You need to hold it gently with one

hand on either side of the body. There you go. Just very gently lift

it up in the air and take your hands away. Are you ready to go?

Gently throw him up in the air gently. Off he goes. Right out to

sea. With all of the adults out of the way, it is time to read some of

the chicks. Steve collects them carefully in coloured bags which

means they are calm and happy. And which means he knows which once

belonged to which nests. I do not want to mix the breeds. Does would

you want to come and rain the chip. Hold this in your hand.. Are you

happy with that? Does that look good? You can squeeze hard. Thank

you, Steve, and really enjoyed this. Now, you can squeeze hard. Very

good. OK. That is good. What I really enjoyed today was holding

the birds and bringing them, I had never done that before. -- and

ringing them. I cannot believe I did that. It was very fluffy. I

really liked it. It has been great to be the only ones allowed on this

island full of wild life. Mission accomplished! Mission accomplished,

indeed. Great work guys. Now the aquarium staff regularly dive in

these tanks. The sand tiger is a shark

predominantly active in a shallow coastal waters and which comes out

at night to feed. It sums up the human relationship with sharks. It

looks like a serene nightmare with his teeth spilling out of its mouth.

But actually this is an animal which means human beings no harm,

this is a fish feed her. If you are a little fish you wouldn't stand a

chance but I fill had been getting into the water with them. Honest.

OK, so... I am into the tank. And down there below me, I can see in

I'm a, give us a wave! Hello, Steve. -- I can see Naomi! This replicates

the habitat, there is instantly so much life around, I am being

circled. So many marine wonders spiralling about my head, it is a

magical experience. Now, below me, you can probably make out the

twisted shape of this replica which has been put in here and it

functions exactly the same as any Rec would do at sea. It becomes an

artificial habitat for all kinds of wonderful beasts. Cracks and

crevices, places for animals to hide. Superlative places for

animals to live. This is a habitat, apart from the Amazon rainforest,

it is a place where you will find more different kinds of animals

than just about anywhere else on earth. This species is interesting,

inquisitive. Used to following around animals like turtles. For

the reason they like to feed on their poo. Their are predatory

species here. You can see one of them. The sand tiger shark. And

this one's a ring in my direction, and hoping to get a fly-by from

this glorious creature. If I dropped down the little bit I am

hoping it will pop out around the side of the wing of the playing.

There it is coming up alongside me now, isn't that spectacular. This

shark is one which is found quite close to coastal waters around the

world, in a sub-tropical regions. It is specialised for feeding on

fish. It has a mouthful of very pointed teeth which seemed to spill

out of its mouth. Those are perfect for beating up slippery fish prey.

Fish are a difficult item to catch. They have a mucus cover to them,

they are slippery, fast moving. This shark it is expert at feeding

at dusk and at night as well. That is a female, it does not have

claspers which the males have. This place is so cool! I had lots of

shark expenses over the years. -- experiences. This is one I had in

South Africa a couple of years ago. Look at that. That dorsal fin. One

of the things which frightens people more than anything.

This is shark central. We feel painfully clumsy and slow in

comparison. Sharks are said to snap at anything

in feeding frenzies but they are actually much smarter and precise

than the myths make out. That was too close!

I know they know what they are doing. But when they snatched like

that in front of your face, it is really scary.

OK, so I am on the bottom now. With some cousins of the sharks. These

are stingrays, southern stingrays to be so precise. They are very

hungry, but very friendly. Like big flapping flying carpets. I am being

totally mobbed by stingray is at the moment. You can see, they are

actually almost overwhelmingly in their desperation to get at the

food. Look at this, these are animals that live on the bottom.

Their mouth is located underneath the animal if I can lift this one

up here, you might be able to get a look at the mouth. Sucking chunks

of squid out of my hand. Isn't that wonderful? These are close cousins

of the sharks. They have quite be similar body shape, flat. So they

are wonderfully adapted for living on the bottom, they can cover

themselves up in it sad which camouflages them. And this dinner -

- the stinger. That is at the end of the tale. They have this

wonderful flapping motion. Wonderful animals. Just being

absolutely mobbed by stingrays. It is just superb.

Wasn't that wicked? We have to interrupt that because it is time

for Beat Backshall. You need to head this way because I have some

questions. What is the most venomous and not

in the world? The well, that is very difficult to

say. Quite often it is said to be the box jellyfish.

And the next one, how many legs does have -- have a long legged

Centipede have? There are 16 pairs of legs. We will give you that. It

says 15! And, what does hippopotamus mean in

Greek? River horse.

It is just too easy for you. Give it up for Steve, even in the

shark tank. Whilst Steve is busy with those

sharks, it's about time we decided this week's ultimate Top Ten

Deadliest winner. Let's recap who's on the board.

The problem solving Giant Pacific Octopus. The power-punching mantis

shrimp. The sensational stingray. The awe inspiring leatherback

turtle. And the frankly terrifying sand tiger shark. Think we can get

rid of the turtle and ray, too nice by far. So who's it going to be?

What about the octopus? The mantis shrimp? And the shark? So, that

takes top spot. Only two more spaces to go before we finally

decide who the series champion is. Who do you think should win? Go to

the website and send us your thoughts on the message board.

Luis thinks the Ottomans name should be brainy Brian. Olly. We

will let you know which name the aquarium choosers. What do you have

been sending in messages. You have been inspired to join a Rock

climbing Club. Great to hear, keep your comments come again. Don't

forget to ask your parents to get on the website and apply for

tickets for a Deadly Day Out near you. Best day's fun you'll have in

ages. Don't forget to have a go at our deadly games, like Deadly

Planet. And remember this week's secret code will give you

camouflage of rattlesnake. It's a big thank you to Plymouth

Aquarium. This is my favourite aquarium in the whole world, I have

had the best morning ever! And our very special guest, Dave

Cornthwaite. We will be back with you next

Saturday morning, 9am, it will be The deadly convoy it is on a

journey again but where will it be, nobody knows. This lot can swim,

but when will they win? Steve spend a night in Britain's tallest tree

but we manage to meet any of the local wild life?