Name: Swimming With Monsters
Released: 2013-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Steve Backshall

TV Show · Documentary · Adventure

Wildlife expert and adventurer Steve Backshall attempts the unthinkable and dives underwater to swim alongside the most monstrous animals on our planet. He'll get closer than ever before to some seriously dangerous creatures, capturing dramatic and stunning wildlife footage.

2013 · 40m

Starring Steve Backshall

Director Sophie Todd

EPISODE 1

Anaconda

Naturalist Steve Backshall heads to a remote area of Brazil to search for the anaconda, then takes a swim with the large snake.
EPISODE 2

Hippo

Naturalist Steve Backshall visits Africa to take an underwater dip with the fiercely territorial and wildly unpredictable hippopotamus.
EPISODE 3

Shark

Steve will attempt to get a huge shark to swallow a state-of-the-art thermometer to see if they are really cold-blooded.
EPISODE 4

Squid

Steve travels to the Sea of Cortez to study the hunting behavior of the voracious Humboldt squid; he tries to avoid being dragged into the abyss as he uses himself as bait.