Dangerous Encounters
Season 2009
Dangerous Encounters departs from its traditional format of traversing the globe and focuses on powerful, elusive and deadly animals right here in the United States. As he travels across the country, Brady seeks out the help of locals and scientists to locate and study a series of remarkable animals that are often overlooked. But not to worry, Dr. Brady Barr still brings his unique scientific approach to each encounter. Always willing to go the distance, Brady faces his ultimate fear this season -- returning to rodeo clown school and mounting a bucking bull. Applying some of the same techniques he famously used in the past to disguise himself as a hippo and crocodile, Brady enlists the help of a stuffed animal and remote-controlled car to analyze a lethal predator. And even with more than 20 years of experience tracking and studying reptiles, Brady finds himself unprepared for an epic battle with a rogue alligator and calls on a Nat Geo WILD cameraman for help. Using the few materials they have on hand, the unlikely duo wrangles the phantom beast with a pair of jumper cables and Brady's underwear ... yes, his underwear!
Where to Watch Dangerous Encounters • Season 2009
8 Episodes
- Return to the Python Cave
E4Return to the Python CaveCave ins, flash floods, bats and noxious levels of carbon dioxide couldnt keep National Geographic Herpetologist Dr Brady Barr from his quest for a twenty-foot python. Not even the memory of the traumatic bite from a 12-foot python could keep him away. This time he prepares himself for the dangers that lie in the cave with a visit to Bracken Cave in Texas home to 20 million bats that raise the carbon dioxide levels treacherously high with every exhale, not to mention their guano. Then Bradys back in Indonesia, dodging deadly vipers, trudging through waist deep guano and heading into the cave where he was bitten a year ago in search of a monster python. Hes going deeper, braving the dangers of the cave and using new techniques to try to capture one of the biggest snakes he has ever captured in his career. - Deadly Australia
E6Deadly AustraliaAustralia is home to some of the most venomous creatures on the planet. In fact, there are more toxic animals per square foot here than anywhere else. What is it about this place? To find out, Dr. Brady Barr teams up with local experts to come face to face with seven deadly creatures and uncover the how and why behind their lethal punch. In countdown format, Brady will rank each animal in four categories: venom, attitude, chance of contact, and death toll. Which animal will he crown the number one venomous culprit in Australia? - Instant Death
E7Instant DeathClassic ambush predators like crocs and snakes use camouflage and speed to capture their prey - sometimes faster than the blink of an eye. How do they do it? To find out, Dr. Brady Barr goes head-to-head with some of the most dangerous ambush predators on the planet. Hell trigger their strikes and film them on high-speed video. Then hell slow down those strikes, calculate exactly how fast they come at him, and deconstruct their movements to learn the biomechanics of how these ambush predators strike to kill. Brady will compare the strikes of animals like the rattlesnake, crocs, cheetahs, the slingjaw wrasse, and the mantis shrimp, and then hell perform cutting-edge reaction-time tests to find out if he stands a chance of avoiding the strike of an ambush killer.
