Dangerous Encounters
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!
- 2005-2012
- 7 seasons
- National Geographic Channel
- Documentary
- TV-PG
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!
Season 7 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
Raging Bulls
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 46 mins
According to Brady, his scariest encounter to date wasn't wrestling a crocodile, wrangling a venomous snake or being pushed around by a giant grizzly bear ... it was dodging one-ton bulls at rodeo clown school.
Episode 2
Pets vs. Predators
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 46 mins
There's perhaps no place in the U.S. where pets face more dangers than in Phoenix, Ariz. Here, a plethora of toothy, scaly and spiny creatures wander out of the desert and into residential neighborhoods, where they square off with cats and dogs.
Episode 3
Home Invasion
Wed, Aug 1, 2012 46 mins
Brady Barr travels to southeastern Missouri to get up close and personal with one of the most dangerous of the backyard bandits, the black bear.
Episode 4
Vacation Nightmares
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 46 mins
It's Americans' dream vacation -- a week in a subtropical paradise like the Caribbean or Mexico. But these ocean playgrounds harbor some seriously nasty critters.
Episode 5
Bayou Beasts
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 46 mins
Dr. Brady Barr is on a mission to find the alligator snapping turtle.
Episode 6
Phantom Killer
Sat, Sep 1, 2012 46 mins
There's a killer on the loose in central Florida. Brady has been called in to help find out what it is. Calves are disappearing into the night and Brady's old friend Lee Lightsey can't determine what's taking them.
