Extreme Snakes

Extreme Snakes

2023•44m•8.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.0/10(1)

Explore the innovative and highly flexible ways that snakes survive in the extreme environments of Australia and Africa. Examine the longest, strongest, heaviest, deadliest and most venomous snakes, across the two continents that shaped them.

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Production

WildBear Entertainment, K22 Film, ZDF/Arte

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

March 5, 2023

Last Aired

March 12, 2023

Networks

Sky Nature, Sky Nature

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Australia

E1

Australia

Air date: 2023-03-05

Discover how Australia’s snakes slithered their way to the top of every ecosystem in one of the harshest and most extreme continents on earth.

Africa

E2

Africa

Air date: 2023-03-12

Meet Africa's diverse but dangerous snake species, which have evolved to thrive in the myriad habitats within this vast and biodiverse continent.

Cast

Kevin Spink

Kevin Spink

Narrator (voice)

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