Deadly 60

- Season 2

(2011)

Steve heads to the Mexican state of Baja California where he has the time of his life looking for snakes in the desert before donning chain mail to dive with the deadly Humboldt squid in the Sea of Cortez.

Steve starts in a natural museum comparing skeletons, notably dental, of predators from British Columbia. In coastal waters, he meets the huge Steller sea-lion with a scarier mouth then bears. On the sea bottom lurks the basilisk-like fish wolf-eel, who crushes even sea-urchins, devoured with spine. Next the giant Pacific octopus, a crab cracking specialist. As finale orcas, the only killer whale species, actually the largest dolphins, who even demonstrate they hunt the giant sea-lion, but it escapes.

In Vancouver Steve takes to icy waters in search of the world's biggest sea lion, and there's a surprise in store when Steve meets the infamous black bear.

Steve is excited about the variety of landscape types and exceptional bio-diversity in small Costa Rica. On the Pacific coast, predators vary from monkeys and frogs to snakes and crocodiles. The star killer however is the jaguar, an elusive jungle cat, a stealth master whose mighty bite smashes large skulls.

Steve and his crew take a flight into the heart of Panama's remote rainforest on a mission to track down the elusive harpy eagle. While there, they also meet the friendly local villagers and the less friendly local wildlife.

In the Indian Ocean, Steve marvels at giant species living (mainly) on tiny plankton, such as manta, whale shark and whales. Self-invited aboard their yacht is a scarily fast spider-relative, contrary to legend not poisonous. On the ocean-shore, he marvels at the ultimate starfish.

In the scorching deserts of Namibia, Steve searches for reptiles and invertebrates hidden in the sand dunes with the help of his trusty crew, before heading inland to get up close with a scavenging vulture.

Continuing his Namibian adventure, Steve goes on the hunt for a leopard with the help of local researcher Natasha and after an unsettling night's sleep, observes the hunting technique of the lioness.

Steve is on the island of Madagascar where he searches for the island's unusual predator, the fossa before heading into the jungle to look for the ultimate masters of disguise.

Steve heads to Uganda, the "Pearl of Africa" where he goes searching for three different species of primate: the mountain gorilla, the olive baboon and the chimpanzee.

Steve and the crew set their sights for Romania where he plans to get close to wild wolves, but first they take a detour to Norway and his native England to show off the senses of their domesticated descendants.

In Norway's wilderness Steve and his crew trek through thick snow in search of two elusive predators, the Arctic fox and Eurasian lynx. Along the way they also encounter the powerful musk ox.

Steve Backshall looks at animals that are both deadly and endangered, including the chimpanzee, mountain gorilla and harpy eagle, as well as the bizarre aye-aye.