{"id":155,"date":"2013-09-05T04:09:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natgeokids.com?p=155"},"modified":"2022-07-19T12:08:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T12:08:55","slug":"watch-cbbcs-steve-backshall-deadly-60-clips-and-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/au\/discover\/animals\/general-animals\/watch-cbbcs-steve-backshall-deadly-60-clips-and-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Backshall interview!"},"content":{"rendered":"

NG Kids chats with\u00a0Deadly 60′<\/a>s<\/a><\/em>\u00a0Steve Backshall<\/a>\u00a0to learn all about his encounters with some of the world\u2019s most dangerous animals…<\/strong><\/p>\n

NG Kids:<\/strong> Hi Steve, what’s the most amazing animal you’ve encountered?
\nSteve:<\/strong> Hi NG Kids! There have been too many to pick just one, but one of the most remarkable creatures was a Humboldt squid, which we filmed for\u00a0Deadly 6<\/em>.\u00a0It was larger than me and nearly sucked a chunk out of my head!<\/p>\n

NG Kids:<\/strong>\u00a0Which is the most dangerous animal you have filmed?
\nSteve:<\/strong>\u00a0Wild animals are generally not dangerous to people unless they do something to threaten them. In\u00a0Deadly 60<\/em>\u00a0we look at their danger to other animals and the phenomenal abilities they show when they\u2019re hunting prey. For instance, I just got back from filming thresher sharks in the Philippines \u2013 they have a tail that\u2019s twice as long as their body which they use for thrashing and herding their prey. Yikes!<\/p>\n

NG Kids:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you ever get scared when you\u2019re filming extreme creatures?
\nSteve:<\/strong>\u00a0Yes, sometimes, but not of the animals you\u2019d probably expect. I do a lot of work with venomous snakes and spiders and so those critters don\u2019t scare me because I understand them very well. Whereas, large mammals like big bull elephants are about as frightening as animal encounters get!<\/p>\n

NG Kids:<\/strong>\u00a0Has anything ever gone wrong while you were filming your show?
\nSteve:<\/strong>\u00a0Things go wrong all the time as you can\u2019t predict how an animal is going to behave. But, luckily, I have a really good team around me and we all make sure we take care of each other.<\/p>\n