Dangerous Encounters

- Season 1

(2005)

The False Gharial of Borneo, the Chinese Alligator and the Philippine Crocodile are incredibly shy creatures. Merely seeing one in the wild is rare, but catching one? Brady Barr faces his toughest assignment yet.

Compare the bite force of crocs to other predators and get within snapping distance of the mouths of hyenas, lions, great white sharks, alligators, snapping turtles, and wild dogs.

Brady Barr heads into the dens and lairs of some of the world's most deadly animals: Chinese alligators, American black bears, snakes in South Africa and sharks off Maui's coast.

National Geographic debunks the myths and reveals the startling truths of nature's most elegant predator.

Reptile expert Brady Barr approaches seven of the world's most dangerous snakes to determine which snake is the deadliest.

Reptile expert Brady Barr heads to Tanzania to test a specially designed suit that will allow him to approach Nile crocodiles. Will it pass the test?

Reptile expert Dr. Brady Barr sets out on a mission to measure the biggest wild crocodile he can find.

Reptile expert Brady Barr sets out to measure the bone-crushing capacity of a wild Nile crocodile whose jaws may be the most powerful on earth.

Witness Brady Barr's headline-making dangerous encounter with a python in Indonesia.

Brady Barr tracks the Komodo dragon, a fierce predator with razor-sharp teeth than can consume 80 percent of its body weight in a single meal.

National Geographic herpetologist Brady Barr dons a specially designed 200-pound Kevlar suit covered in hippo dung and mud on a mission to extract sweat from a wild hippo.