Deadly 60 – Hounded – The Ring – 27 Aug 2010

The first recording today starts with a trail for Hounded. Then it’s Deadly 60 – Malaysia. He meets a Scorpionfish. A Crocodilefish. Two Giant Frogfish. A Lionfish. A sleeping green turtle. Some Bumphead Parrotfish. Nananananananana Batfish! A lot of Bigeye Trevally. A Whitetip Reef Shark. A Dogtooth Tuna. And a huge shoal of Chevron Barracuda. Media Centre Description: Steve Backshall finds himself in deep water as he goes in search of underwater animals for his Deadly 60 list. The waters off the coast of Borneo hide a wealth of lethal predators, but just who is worthy of a place on the list? Steve comes face to face with a highly venomous scorpion fish and witnesses the formidable spear mantis impaling its supper with its retractable spear-like arms. Just when Steve thinks he has seen it all, he finds himself surrounded by a gigantic shoal of barracuda. Recorded from BBC TWO on Friday 27th August 2010 10:28 BBC Genome: BBC TWO Friday 27th August 2010 10:30 After this there’s a trail…