Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where venomous creatures roam. In this episode we will get up close and personal with some of the most venomous animals on the planet. From the Sydney Funnel Web Spider - ranked among the most venomous arachnids in the world - to North America's most feared snake - the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. 

Episode 1, Venom

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Wild Assassins will take you on a journey through land, sea, and sky and introduce you to the cunning killers who live there. In the wild, it's survival of the fittest and these creatures all have a unique set of skills that allow them to sit at the top of the food chain.

Wild Assassins

Series 1

The animals of the wild and the deadly weapons that help them assassinate their prey.

Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where creatures with the fiercest of bites roam. You would not want to find yourself face to face with any of the animals in this episode of Wild Assassins. All ambush predators, with piercing teeth and the most powerful bite forces ever recorded. 

Episode 2, Bites

Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where the deadliest of predators often remain unseen. To master the art of disguise is for many an impossible feat but, for these universal soldiers, it's the weapon that makes them experts at hunting and hiding. These beautifully adapted predators are the shapeshifters of their habitats. 

Episode 3, Camouflage

Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where creatures with weapons carved from bone and ivory stalk the open plains. These gentle giants roam some of the world's most beautiful plains, armed with tusks that have the applied force of fourteen thousand pounds per square inch. But the mighty Elephants are not the only animals in the wild that use their evolutionary weapons to their advantage

Episode 4, Tusks And Horns

Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where the kings and queens of stealth lurk. Out of sight but never out of mind, these lethal stealthy predators are the masters of hide and seek, but once you are found there's a very high chance you're dead. 

Episode 5, Stealth Killers

Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where masters of the sky sweep from above with their fierce beaks and razor sharp talons. Masters of the sky, these airborne assassins come in all shapes and sizes. Armed with razor-sharp beaks and mighty talons, Falcons and Eagles are some of the world's most aggressive and highly adept aerial hunters. 

Episode 6, Beaks and Talons

Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where packs, troops and prides of predators roam, finding safety and strength in numbers. In this episode we will go behind enemy lines to see how these predators of the wild find not only safety in numbers but strength too. 

Episode 7, Pack Tactics

Welcome to the world of wild assassins, where disease may just be the deadliest weapon of all. In this episode we will take a closer look at the animals of the wild that have a weapon that is perhaps more deadly to us than any other in the animal kingdom.