Arapaimas don’t like to be cornered, as Jeremy Wade discovers at an Arapaima farm in the Amazon Basin. After some perseverance, Jeremy finally gets his hands on one.
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We’ve all heard the urban legend about a fish that swam up a man's urine stream in the Amazon. As it turns out, it's no legend. Jeremy Wade meets a man with quite an interesting story to tell... and the footage to prove it!
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Jeremy Wade lands a catfish so large he has to lead it to land by boat so that he can see it up close. You wouldn’t want this guy swimming around your feet!
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Jeremy Wade spots what he thinks is a dead piranha. Much to his surprise, the fish is very much alive and is actually choking on another piranha that it tried to swallow whole. Watch this video from Animal Planet’s "River Monsters."
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Stories of man-eating killer caimans lead Jeremy Wade down to the river at night. He catches a baby, which when grown up will be one of the most feared predators in the Amazon.
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