River Monsters

2009 • Animal Planet
4.7
1.81K reviews
TV-14
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Eligible
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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Alligator Gar
4/19/09
In the deep South is a fish reputed to have committed a series of violent attacks on humans. This creature is said to be as vicious as a shark, big as a ‘gator. Extreme angler Jeremy Wade heads to Texas to reveal the truth about the notorious Aligator Gar
2 European Maneater
4/26/09
Wade travels to Germany where he meets victims of a beast that has been raising its snout above the surface of freshwaters in Europe for the past 700 years. We discover that the Wels catfish is an aggressive predator of man eating proportions.
3 Piranha
4/5/09
In 1976 a packed coach crashed into the Amazon killing 39 people. By the time the bodies were pulled out by rescuers some had been so viciously mutilated by Piranhas they could only be identified by their clothes.
4 Amazon Flesh Eaters
5/10/09
A man swallowed whole by a fish, a body eaten alive from within. Another penetrated in a most unnatural fashion, yet more with multiple stab wounds. Jeremy Wade is in pursuit of some of the Amazon's most notorious flesh eaters.
5 Amazon Assassins
5/3/09
In the darkest depths of the Amazon lurks a dinosaur. Legends tell of an evil spirit inhabiting an enormous fish. Taller than a man, it is covered in scales and crushes its prey with a tongue made of bone. Jeremy Wade encounters the legendary Arapaima.
6 Freshwater Shark
5/17/09
No fish inspires the same terror as the shark. A creature with an insatiable hunger for brutal violence. But at least these killers are confined to the oceans. Or are they? Expert angler Jeremy Wade investigates the deadly Bullshark.

About this show

In River Monsters, join host, biologist and extreme angler Jeremy Wade, as he catches the extraordinary and supersized fish that lurk in our planet's rivers and lakes. Traveling the globe and risking his life, he searches for mysterious freshwater predators, on a mission to test the myths surrounding these almost supernatural creatures.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
1.81K reviews
Drum Blanket
May 29, 2013
So I get this episode on the legend of loch ness and Douchbag Mctavish decides hes gonna go to Iceland and then to Norway looking for a shark. Such a misleading title as he only spends a total of 20 minutes air time in Scotland looking for the creature. All the rest of the show is his galavanting around in search of some other creature and when he finds it there are no solid answers given. Just a ''ok thanks for watching '' type of ending with no resolve. If I could use this show for toilet paper, I would!
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Gabriel Lucatero
November 25, 2013
Awesome show. Even if you're not an angler yourself, or even remotely interested in fishing, this show is great. It's more about the animal he focuses on, and it's story than anything else.
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Casey Casselberry
May 25, 2013
Why do I friken need wifi to watch a show. I'm about to go on a friken 8 hour plane ride and I want something to watch. Please help me with this....I even purchased in HD.
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