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Which of the most feared predators on the planet packs the most powerful bite? Expert Brady Barr finds out.

Brady Barr returns to your screen with a brand new four-part series.

In Countdown Crocs, Brady takes on the impossible when he attempts to make history by capturing all 23 species of crocodile, as well as several giant snakes. In Dangerous Encounters he also finds time to venture into the lairs of some of the world’s most dangerous creatures and measure the bite of a great white shark. Only Brady would hatch such an outrageous plan.

This series certainly features its fair share of sitting-on-the-edge-of-the-sofa moments. But which episode did Brady find the most terrifying to film? “In Dens of Danger, I climbed down an aardvark’s burrow,” he recalls. “It was dark, it was dusty and it was claustrophobic. Then out of nowhere comes a cobra and by far and away it was the closest I have ever come to checking out.” We won’t tell you what happens, but needless to say, both Brady’s mum and wife cried when watching this particular episode.

EPISODE GUIDE

  • Dangerous Encounters: Croc Crisis
    Water backing up behind a dam is on the verge of wiping out a prime habitat for Nile crocodiles in South Africa. National Geographic herpetologist Dr. Brady Barr is on the case, doing what he can to help the crocs. It proves to be a harrowing adventure. Brady and his team must go by raft to get inside the gorge's high walls and over its rapids.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Shark From The Abyss
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  • Dangerous Encounters: Slimy Monsters
    They're cute, harmless and usually the size of your thumb…If you think you know what salamanders are…think again! Renowned Herpetologist Dr. Brady Barr is off on a journey to find the world's largest salamanders - giants that can grow up to five feet long and weigh as much as 80 pounds.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Countdown Crocs
    Dr Brady Barr has captured 20 of the 23 species of crocodilians in the wild, but the last three – the False Gharial of Borneo, the Chinese Alligator and Philippine Crocodile – will be the toughest to catch.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Bite Force
    Armed with a bite-force meter that measures pounds of force, Brady Barr is on the hunt for the greatest jaw-snapping power on the planet, learning about animal death grips and the hunting strategies of the most powerful predators.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Dens of Danger
    Dr. Brady Barr Brady sets out to map dens of some of the world's most deadly animals- crocs, snakes, bears and sharks. No animal is off limits, if it retreats to a cave, Brady wants to meet it eye to eye on its home turf.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Return To The Pyhon Cave
    Cave ins, flash floods, bats and noxious levels of carbon dioxide couldn't keep National Geographic Herpetologist Dr Brady Barr from his quest for a twenty-foot python.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Speed Kills
    In Dangerous Encounters Season 5, Brady works with cutting edge technologies to gain new insights into the coolest, and deadliest animals on the planet.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Barr V. Bear
    Dr. Brady Barr goes on an investigation to track brown bears, then venture to the frozen shores for an up close encounter with a polar bear.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Wild West
    Brady Barr saddles up and ventures into America's Wild West in search of the region's roughest and toughest creatures. He'll partner with conservationists to track and collar the elusive puma, narrowly escape the venomous bite of a western diamondback rattlesnake, come face-to-face with a bison and research the migration habits of the iconic golden eagle, and its giant talons!
  • Dangerous Encounters: Snakebot
    Dr. Brady Barr is ready to face his toughest challenges yet in the name of science and conservation.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Man-Eaters
    Dr. Brady Barr is ready to face his toughest challenges yet in the name of science and conservation.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Shocking
    Brady travels to the heart of the Central Suriname Nature Preserve with Dr Crampton in search of an incredibly dangerous fish, the electric eel.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Cannibal Squid
    Dr Brady Barr collaborates with researchers to capture a huge Humboldt squid, which can grow up to up to six feet long, unharmed.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Shark Bite
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  • Dangerous Encounters: Extreme Fish
    Dr. Brady Barr is ready to face his toughest challenges yet in the name of science and conservation.
  • Dangerous Encounters: To Catch A Hippo
    Brady makes himself a 'hippo suit' to get up close to the wild hippo in order to collect a sample of its sweat for scientific analysis.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Python Attack
    Dr Brady Barr is headed to remote caves in Indonesia to study one of the longest of all snake species: the python of Asia.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Deadliest Snakes
    What makes the most lethal snake on the entire planet? Is it a bone-crushing grip or venom so potent it can solidify human blood? In Deadliest Snakes, Dr. Brady Barr travels across four continents to crown the world's most fearsome snake. In his quest, Brady comes face-to-face with the Russell's viper, a king cobra in India, an African rock python, the inland taipan and even a black mamba.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Dragon Hunt
    Studying a two-hundred pound super-predator that utilizes the killing techniques of some of the world's best hunters is a dangerous business. The Komodo dragon is a meat eater, able to devour up to 80% of its body weight in a single meal. It's armed with razor-sharp, serrated teeth, a snake-like forked tongue, body armor and a mouth full of noxious bacteria. National Geographic Herpetologist Dr. Brady Barr and Indonesian scientist Jeri Imansyah are determined to answer some of the many questions researchers still have about the predatory behaviour of the world's largest lizard.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Monster Crocs
    In Monster Crocs, Dr. Brady Barr's goal is to find a massive, 5.5-metre crocodile - the biggest crocodile he has ever captured. His first stop is Costa Rica in search of the American crocodile, one of the largest crocodile species in the world. To help him, Brady brings along a revolutionary technology that uses lasers to measure animals from a distance. The croc does not quite measure up so Brady must travel to Africa in search of the massive Nile crocodile.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Hippo Stakeout
    Part combat submarine, part terrestrial tank, armed with tusks that can grow up to a foot long and deliver a bone-crushing bite, meet the Nile Hippopotamus. How do you work with what is reputed to be the most deadly animal in Africa? It's a dangerous encounter Brady style. He is out to see how close he can get to the hippos of South Luangwa and do something that's never been done before, collect a sample of wild hippo sweat for scientific analysis. Come along for the ride as Brady introduces Africa to an "American hippo."
  • Dangerous Encounters: Closest Encounters
    To study big carnivores, researchers have to get close, very close. But how do you get within arm's length to some of the most dangerous predators on the planet who can easily take down prey that's five times your size? To find out, Dr. Brady Barr creates a protective suit that enables him to crawl alongside a Nile crocodile.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Blind Croc Mystery
    Something is blinding American Crocodiles living in Costa Rica's Tarcoles River and National Geographic herpetologist Brady Barr is on the case.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Monster Bite
    Great white sharks, Nile crocodiles and even the Tyrannosaurus Rex - all colossal beasts feared for their terrifying bites. But which animal has the most monstrous bite? To find out, Dr. Brady Barr uses a special bite meter to measure each animal's bite force and break his all-time record. He wrestles a 2.4-metre nurse shark and carefully crawls down a red wolf's burrow, tempting it to take a bite.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Venomland
    Brady Barr, National Geographic's resident herpetologist, has been working with deadly animals for almost 20 years. In this program, Brady travels to Australia, a country that boasts some of the deadliest creatures on Earth and where venom reigns supreme. Australia's deadliest creatures are everywhere, lurking in the bush, skulking in underwater hide-outs and invading our homes. From the great white sharks to saltwater crocodiles, the land Down Under is well-know for its high concentration of dangerous creatures. It has been noted that there are more toxic species per square kilometre in Australia than on any other continent. And with so many venomous creatures, Brady Barr believes it's time to give Australia a new nickname - Venomland.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Hog Wild
    Herpetologist Dr Brady Barr takes on the feral hog. Unlike their docile barnyard cousins, these 'hogs gone wild' pack a dangerous punch.
  • Dangerous Encounters: Bayou Beasts
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  • Dangerous Encounters: Home Invasion
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  • Dangerous Encounters: Raging Bulls
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  • Dangerous Encounters: Pets vs Predators
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  • Dangerous Encounters: Phantom Killer
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  • Dangerous Encounters: Vacation Nightmares
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