Steve Backshall's Deadly 60

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In 2005, he ran the Marathon des Sables 243km across the Sahara desert [34] to raise money for the Wolftrust. [35] For example, few are aware that the Pufferfish is armed with tetrodoxin, an exceptionally lethal poison, estimated to be 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide. Learn about the ingenious techniques and extraordinary weapons that some of our most dangerous animals are armed with.

He meets fifteen year old Sinter, a spoiled rich girl, who is running away from an arranged marriage and their uneasy friendship will eventually form an unshakeable bond, as together they face adventure and danger as two young eco-warriors in a truly threatening world. Steve continues his adventure for the Deadly 60 in the Philippines. Featured animals: water monitor, tarantula, whip spider, pangolin, mangrove catsnake Team GB rowing star Helen Glover pregnant with twins". BBC News. 13 March 2018 . Retrieved 13 March 2018.Steve goes to India to look for deadly animals. Featured animals: mugger crocodile, Russell's viper, king cobra, saw-scaled viper, sloth bear, langur monkey, praying mantis Deadly 60 is the book of series one, and is a diary style breakdown of each animal and how they were found and filmed. [26] On 24 July 2018, the couple announced the birth of their baby boy. [65] This was followed on 20 January 2020 by the birth of their twins. All their children's names have Cornish connections, as Glover was born in Cornwall. In this episode Steve focuses on dogs. Featured animals: Alaskan husky, rottweiler rescue dog, German shepherd police dog, grey wolf, brown bear, He also visits Norway

Looking for Adventure, 2011, describes his expeditions in New Guinea; his childhood and how he got into television. New Holland Publishers Wildlife Adventure's Guide". Archived from the original on 18 January 2010 . Retrieved 17 May 2023. In 2003, Steve moved to the BBC’s Natural History Unit, where he took his place on the long running children’s wildlife programme ‘The Really Wild Show’. The following three years were awash with wildlife highlights; sharing a beach with 75,000 nesting olive ridley turtles, having a baby mountain gorilla take him by the hand and having a red-eyed tree frog leap into his face. He’s poured some of his recent learning into Deep Blue, a beguiling mix of anecdotes from his animal encounters and an accessible scientific explanation of the importance of our seas. They are the source of 97% of the world’s water and yet we know vanishingly little about their depths: 90% of the world’s fish live in the twilight zone from 200m to 1,000m and yet, astonishingly, three-quarters of the world’s water is below this depth. There are still blooms of life beyond the midnight zone. When a dead whale sinks to the bottom, specialised feeders, such as flame-haired zombie worms, devour the skeleton. Some “whale falls” support 45,000 worms per square metre, the highest concentration of life in our oceans.

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Steve and the crew head into the beautiful Alaskan wilderness for another deadly adventure. It's the largest state in America, and is home to some of the most impressive predators on Earth. In Lost Land of the Jaguar, BBC One 2008, he led the first expedition to successfully climb Mount Upuigma. [11] On the summit, they discovered an endemic species of frog and mouse, and also footprints of an unidentified mammal. Lead climber John Arran named the route "Spiders in the Mist" and gave it a British grade of E7. Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012 . Retrieved 15 June 2018. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)