World's Deadliest

Golden sands, warm crystal-clear water, palm trees … we may dream of traveling to our little piece of heaven on Earth, but there’s a dark side to paradise. Living in the world’s most idyllic places is no holiday for many animals - this is fiercely contested real estate, and the hunting grounds of some truly terrifying and deadly creatures. The world’s most exotic destinations just happen to be a Predator Paradise.

In the animal kingdom a covert assassin emerges. Lurking in the shadows, ready to pounce at lightning speeds, he searches for his next meal, fighting for survival. He is an animal ninja and possesses the skills to kill: speed, stealth, agility, patience and weapons. From stealthy cats to patient seals, giant centipedes to kick-boxing kangaroos, these animals use their jaw-dropping talents to fight to live another day.

Welcome to the deadly world of the most feudal families, almighty monarchs, territorial clans, and awesome armies of the animal kingdom. The largest land carnivores in the world, polar bears, feast like kings on seals. Giraffes go head to head in epic neck jousting battles over lady giraffes. Sand-tiger sharks wage wars in utero and wildebeest warriors get the upper hand in the greatest wildlife migration on earth.

In science fiction, lethal morphing transformers may be a figment of the imagination, but here on Earth, beware, these beings are real! Whether it’s to hunt or protect itself against predators, they’re spine-chilling killing machines ready to mutate in surprising and amazing ways. From color changing to shape shifting, getting emotional or using weapons, fooling their prey or simply letting it fly, these animals shock and amaze.

We might think baby animals are cute and cuddly, but in the wild they often need to be deadly to survive. Pint-sized predators are born ready to fight, bite and kill. Some must learn the dark arts of hunting from their parents – others are deadly from the first day they are born. Others deceive their prey or manipulate their brains to get what they want. In a world where only the strong survive, these babies come out swinging.

Welcome to the deadly world of the most armed and dangerous assassins, con artists, and public enemies of the animal kingdom. These ruthless animals have broken just about every law there is. A gang of flesh-eating fish take down a river rat; the red-back spider lures then eats one of its own; emperor penguins who have failed to breed, resort to kidnapping; and the killer whale proves just why he’s the ocean’s true public enemy number #1.

The disputed borders between land and water come in many different forms — beaches, riverbanks, swamps and frozen ice. Each is home to its own dramas and conflicts, as aquatic and terrestrial creatures meet and engage in combat. Predators learn to hunt in different situations, and prey must watch for attacks from every direction.

Our planet’s mightiest predators don’t always get their own way – the tables are often turned on these mighty hunters as the underdog fights back. An enormous Nile crocodile learns a harsh lesson that hippos aren’t to be messed with, and a lion – the so-called “King of the Jungle”- pays dearly after messing with a buffalo. A terrifying shark is dispatched by a canny octopus, while a gazelle teaches a cheetah a painful lesson. Other animals find ways of turning their predators’ natural weapons against them – a feisty crab arms itself with stinging sea anemones and in Madagascar, lemurs use toxic millipedes to repel insects and even get high!