NatGeo Wild

Snake catcher Simon Keys and sassy herpetologist girlfriend Siouxsie Gillett race across Snake City to save a child from a nine-foot black mamba.

Snake catcher Simon and herpetologist Siouxsie's business poses life-and-death situations, and every capture has its dangers.

The staffers become the clients as they bring their pets to the vets. An injured calf gets a special cast, and a reindeer's symptoms suddenly change.

From the savannah to the desert, the heart of South Africa is home to the most successful hunters, odd animals, and the setting for one of the most colourful natural spectacles on the planet!

Whether transforming its body shape and colour to disappear or mimicking a deadly enemy, the octopus uses shapeshifting superpowers to survive.

In Zimbabwe's Hwange Game Reserve, one magnificent lion was destined to become one of Africa's most famous animals - he was known as Cecil.

Journey with lion cub Malika as she battles the life-and-death hardships of surviving South Africa's wilderness, including the loss of her siblings to a pack of hyenas.

Malika the lioness may become queen of her pride if she can survive the dangers of South Africa's wilderness, but first she must travel alone and prove her dominance.

In Zimbabwe's Hwange Game Reserve, one magnificent lion was destined to become one of Africa's most famous animals - he was known as Cecil.

Snake-catchers Simon and Siouxsie rush across Snake City to capture Africa's largest cobra in a pool, a python gatecrashes a wedding, and an enormous black mamba terrorises a neighborhood.

Simon and Siouxsie get called to remove an angry black mamba from a huge wood pile. After five hours of searching they eventually find it - and it is seriously angry.

Simon and Siouxsie hunt down a frighteningly fast black mamba in a cluttered kitchen and a Mozambique spitting cobra under a bath that's showering Simon with venom.

In Zimbabwe's Hwange Game Reserve, one magnificent lion was destined to become one of Africa's most famous animals - he was known as Cecil.