Deadly 60 – The God Delusion – 25 Aug 2010

The first recording today starts with trails for M.I. High and Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab. Then it’s Deadly 60 – India. Steve encounters a King Cobra. A less venomous Rat Snake. A Vine Snake. A very deadly Saw Scaled Viper. Some Sloth Bears, rescued from being dancing bears. Slightly smaller but still deadly, is the Preying Mantis. Media Centre Description: Naturalist Steve Backshall’s quest to meet 60 of the deadliest animals on the planet takes him to India. He is on the trail of the saw-scaled viper, said to be the deadliest snake on earth and responsible for 50,000 human deaths each year. The sloth bear, on the other hand, seems an unlikely candidate for the Deadly 60 until it becomes clear that it has razor sharp claws and an incredibly powerful jaw, attributes that do not go unnoticed by Steve as he gets a little too close to one of them. Recorded from BBC TWO on Wednesday 25th August 2010 10:28 BBC Genome: BBC TWO Wednesday 25th August 2010 10:30 After this there’s a trail for…