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Ten Deadliest Snakes with Nigel Marven

Season 2 · 4 episodes · Sep 29, 2015

  1. Episode 1

    Malaysia

    Sep 29, 2015

    On the trail of his top ten, Nigel meets worshipers and vipers at Penang's famous Snake Temple and meets a new squeeze, a snappy reticulated python over 4 meters long. But which of Malaysia's 40 venomous snakes will make the top spot?

  2. Episode 2

    Australia

    Oct 6, 2015

    Australia's renowned deadly serpents include the inland taipan, the most toxic serpent in the world, and the enormous king brown, which can deliver more venom in a single bite than any other snake.

  3. Episode 3

    India

    Oct 13, 2015

    Every year over a million people are bitten by snakes, with some 46,000 deaths - Nigel tracks down the ten deadliest. He meets an enormous king cobra and the infamous Russell's viper, a snake responsible for more deaths than any other.

  4. Episode 4

    Europe

    Oct 20, 2015

    Europe is home to some 50 species of snakes; around 19 of them are venomous. Nigel crosses the continent from Greece to Turkey, France to Spain, in search of the most dangerous asps and vipers.