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\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator: FOR OVER 500 MILLION YEARS,

\h\h\h\h\hCREATURES ON EARTH HAVE BEEN CHOMPED BY FANGS.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT NOT ALL OF OUR CRAZY MONSTERS

ARE THE OWNERS OF TRUE FANGS.

WHETHER IT’S IN THE OCEAN...

ON THE SAVANNAH...

OR IN THE HUMID SWAMP...

TEETH HAVE EVOLVED TO DO MUCH MORE THAN JUST CHEW.

\hTHERE ARE CHOMPERS THAT CAN CRUSH BONE,

\h\h\hDAGGER-LIKE TUSKS THAT FIGHT OFF THE COMPETITION...

HUNDREDS OF HOOKS THAT GRIP \hINTO FLESH, LIKE VELCRO.

AND EVEN CREATURES FIT FOR THE CIRCUS,

WHOSE OWN CANINES CAN KILL THEM.

FINALLY, WE’LL REVEAL \h\hTHE MONSTER FANGS

THAT RULE THEM ALL.

THESE ARE THE MOST FRIGHTENING \h\h\h\h\hTEETH ON THE PLANET.

WELCOME TO NATURE‘S CRAZY MONSTER FANGS!

[THUNDER]

COME OUT OF THE COLD

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND STEP INSIDE OUR LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS.

Man: CRAZY MONSTER FANGS!

Narrator: TONIGHT WE’LL REVEAL

\h\h\h\h\h\hSOME OF THE PLANET’S MOST TEETH-CHATTERING CRITTERS.

THERE’S A SNEAKY-LOOKING FISH \h\h\h\hWITH MULTIPLE MOUTHS,

\hA WILD HOG WHOSE TEETH GROW BACK INTO ITS SKULL,

A DAREDEVIL THAT CRUNCHES \h\h\h\h\h\hTHROUGH ARMOR,

AND THE PARALYZING VENOMATOR.

BUT OUR FIRST TOOTHY TYRANT

\hIS A SUPER-SIZED FISH WITH RAZOR-SHARP BLADES FOR TEETH.

♪ CRAZY MONSTER ♪

♪ CRAZY MONSTER FANGS! ♪

♪

IF THIS PREDATOR COMES FOR YOU, YOU DON’T SEE A SHARK,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU JUST SEE TWO-INCH TRIANGULAR TEETH.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR DECADES THIS ANCIENT HUNTING MACHINE

HAS TERRIFIED BEACHGOERS \h\h\h\hACROSS THE GLOBE.

\h\h\h\h\hAND THANKS TO ITS SILVER SCREEN DEBUT IN JAWS,

THESE PEARLY WHITES ARE VILIFIED AND ITS OWNER PERSECUTED.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT REALLY, THIS MOUTH OF RAZOR BLADES

\hIS JUST THE NECESSARY FEEDING APPARATUS OF A SUPER-SIZED FISH.

THE GREAT WHITE SHARK

\h\hIS ONE OF THE WORLD‘S MOST NOTORIOUS PREDATORS.

ITS HUNTING STRATEGY RELIES \h\h\h\h\h\h\hON ITS 16 FEET

OF TORPEDO-SHAPED MUSCLE AND SUPER-POWERED SENSES.

\hBUT STILL, IT WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT ITS 300 SERRATED TEETH.

THEY’RE DESIGNED TO GRIP \hAND RIP THROUGH FLESH,

\hMUCH LIKE WE USE A KNIFE AND FORK.

\hAND ITS JAW CRUNCHES DOWN WITH ALMOST 2 TONS OF FORCE.

WHAT’S EVEN MORE FRIGHTENING \h\h\hIS THIS FEARSOME FISH

HAS A NEVER-ENDING SUPPLY \hOF BATTLE-READY BLADES.

\h\h\hTHE GREAT WHITE’S TEETH ARE ROOTED IN SOFT CARTILAGE,

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNOT BONE, AND OFTEN FALL OUT OR BREAK.

\h\h\h\h\hITS SOLUTION IS ROWS OF REPLACEMENT TEETH

FOUND INSIDE THE JAWBONE.

THE NEW TEETH ROLL INTO ACTION \h\h\hLIKE A VENDING MACHINE,

MEANING RAZOR-SHARP WEAPONS \hARE ALWAYS AT THE READY.

A GREAT WHITE CAN GO THROUGH \h\h\h\h\hOVER 20,000 TEETH

IN ITS LIFETIME.

THE NOTORIOUS BLOCKBUSTER SHOWED JAWS TO BE A MINDLESS KILLER,

\hBUT IN THIS REAL-LIFE DRAMA SHE‘S CAREFUL AND CALCULATING.

\h\h\h\h\h\hWHEN HUNTING SEALS OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA,

\h\h\h\h\h\hHER BIZARRE BUT FASCINATING SENSES

LEAD HER TO HER NEXT VICTIM.

THE GREAT WHITE DOESN’T HAVE \hREGULAR EARS FOR HEARING.

\hINSTEAD SHE HEARS WITH MINISCULE HAIRS

FOUND IN TINY FLUID-FILLED TUBES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF HER BODY!

\h\h\h\hWHEN THE COLONY LEAVES THE SAFETY OF THE ROCKY ISLAND

FOR DEEP-SEA FISHING GROUNDS,

NOT A SINGLE SPLASH OR JUMP \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hGOES UNHEARD

\h\h\h\hBY THIS SHARK‘S WEIRD AUDITORY SYSTEM.

\h\h\hTHE GREAT WHITE’S NOSTRILS ARE 10,000 TIMES MORE SENSITIVE

THAN HUMANS’.

THEY CAN DETECT A SINGLE DROP OF SEAL OIL IN A BODY OF WATER

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE EQUIVALENT OF AN OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOL!

TINY JELLY-FILLED PORES \h\h\h\h\h\hON HER NOSE

CAN ABSORB MINUTE ELECTRICAL PULSES

\h\h\hCREATED BY THE MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS OF MOVING PREY...

MEANING THIS FISHY BEAST \h\h\h\h\h\h\hCAN HOME IN

ON A SINGLE SEAL’S HEARTBEAT.

THIS SUPER PREDATOR’S EYES

ARE ALSO FIVE TIMES \hTHE SIZE OF OURS.

AND BEHIND EACH RETINA \h\hLIE CRYSTAL PLATES

THAT REFLECT LIGHT IN THE MURKY WATER.

♪

THERE‘S NOWHERE TO HIDE.

♪

♪

♪

♪

\hTHERE’S NOTHING THE SEAL COULD DO

\hAGAINST THIS 3-TON FISH AND HER MOUTH OF BLADES.

HER TOOTHY ARSENAL MAY SEEM \h\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE OVERKILL,

BUT YOU DON’T BECOME THE MOST INFAMOUS SHARK ON THE PLANET

WITHOUT A FORMIDABLE SET \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF FANGS.

SHARKS’ TEETH ARE NOTORIOUS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR KILLING,

\h\h\h\hBUT MANY TEETH IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

CAN DO A LOT MORE \hTHAN JUST BITE.

[BELLOWING]

\h\h\hTHE MEGA MOUTH HAS SOME OF THE BIGGEST FANGS ON THE PLANET,

AND THEY‘RE NOT FOR EATING.

\h\hTHIS BUXOM BEAST MAY LOOK FAMILIAR...

\hBUT THE MEGA MOUTH IS A LOT WEIRDER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

[GRUNTING]

FIRSTLY, IT LOOKS LIKE \h\h\hA PECULIAR CROSS

BETWEEN A PIG AND A WALRUS,

AND ITS CHUBBY BODY, STOCKY LEGS AND TINY EARS

GIVE IT A COMICAL APPEARANCE.

♪

ITS SKIN OOZES SUNSCREEN,

\h\h\h\hAND IT SPRAYS FECES WITH A SPECIAL POOP CANNON!

BUT DON‘T BE FOOLED.

\h\h\h\hTHIS ANIMAL IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN AFRICA.

\h\hIT KILLS MORE PEOPLE THAN LIONS AND CROCODILES COMBINED!

THE HIPPOPOTAMUS’S \h\hJUMBLE OF TUSKS

CAN GROW TO NEARLY 2 FEET \h\h\h\h\h\hIN LENGTH...

AND THEY STAY SHARP AS DAGGERS

BY RUBBING AGAINST EACH OTHER \h\hEACH TIME THE JAWS CLOSE.

IF THAT WASN’T ALREADY A LITTLE OVER THE TOP,

\hTHE MEGA MOUTH ALSO HAS THE STRONGEST BITE OF ANY MAMMAL.

[GRUNTING]

TOGETHER THIS DEADLY DUO \h\h\h\hOF TOOTH AND JAW

\h\hCAN CRUSH AND GORE A HUMAN BODY WITH EASE.

\h\h\h\h\hBUT DESPITE ITS FORMIDABLE MOUTH,

THE HIPPO IS ACTUALLY \h\h\h\hA VEGETARIAN

AND FEASTS ON NEARLY 90 POUNDS \h\h\h\h\h\hOF GRASS A NIGHT.

♪

\h\hSO WHY THE MAW OF MENACING TEETH?

[BELLOWING]

THEIR SOLE PURPOSE IS BATTLE.

WHEN IT COMES TO CHOOSING TERRITORIES AND FEMALES,

MALE HIPPOS WILL USE THEIR TEETH TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH.

\h\h\h\hIT’S THE HEIGHT OF ZAMBIA’S DRY SEASON,

AND THIS MALE’S TERRITORY \h\h\h\h\hHAS BEEN REDUCED

\h\h\h\hTO LITTLE MORE THAN A SHALLOW STREAM.

HIS FEMALES HAVE ALSO ABANDONED HIM FOR GREENER PASTURES.

IF HE WANTS TO SURVIVE, HE MUST GO IN SEARCH OF DEEPER WATER...

IN ENEMY TERRITORY.

THIS PRIME SECTION OF THE RIVER IS OWNED BY A DOMINANT MALE.

THE INTRUDER CAN EITHER \h\hPUT HIS PRIDE ASIDE

\hAND SUBMIT TO THE MALE WHOSE TERRITORY THIS IS,

OR FIGHT HIM FOR IT.

HE CHOOSES TO FIGHT.

THE MASSIVE YAWN CONFIRMS THE INTRUDER’S CHALLENGE.

\h\h\hTHE POOP CANNON GOES INTO OVERDRIVE.

HE SPRAYS TESTOSTERONE \h\h\h\hTHROUGH THE AIR

TO MARK HIS TERRITORY.

THE INTRUDER STANDS HIS GROUND \h\h\hWITH THREATENING GRUNTS.

[GRUNTING]

♪

♪

[BELLOWING]

\h\h\hA 2-INCH-THICK HIDE PROVIDES SOME PROTECTION

AGAINST EACH OTHER’S \h\h\h\hIVORY FANGS,

BUT THE INSIDES OF THEIR MOUTHS ARE SOFT AND GUMMY.

THIS IS THEIR TARGET.

THEIR LOWER CANINES IMPALE.

THE INTRUDER USES HIS MONSTER MOUTH

TO LIFT THE DOMINANT MALE OUT OF THE WATER LIKE A BULLDOZER.

♪

BUT THIS BULL‘S NO PUSHOVER.

HE HAS 2 TONS OF BULK TIPPED WITH HIS OWN MONSTER FANGS.

♪

THE INTRUDER ADMITS DEFEAT.

[GROANING]

HE WAS LUCKY TO ESCAPE \h\h\h\hWITH HIS LIFE.

BACK ON THE DUSTY SIDELINES

THE MEGA MOUTH WILL HAVE TO \h\h\h\hSHARPEN HIS DAGGERS

\h\hAND TRY HIS LUCK AT ANOTHER SECTION OF THE DWINDLING RIVER.

\h\hWE‘VE SEEN 2-FOOT TUSKS AND A MOUTH FULL OF BLADES.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSTILL TO COME IS THE TERRIFYING HOOK-MOUTH

AND THE SNAPPER’S BEASTLY BEAK,

BUT OUR NEXT FANGED FREAK \hTAKES THE CANINE CAKE.

♪ CRAZY MONSTER FANGS! ♪

THERE’S A CREATURE IN THE OCEAN WITH THE WEAPONS OF AN ALIEN.

FROM THE OUTSIDE IT LOOKS \hLIKE A GIANT SEA SNAKE

WITH A TOOTHY MAW.

BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A FISH.

\h\h\hONE WITH FANGS LITTERING ITS MOUTH.

\h\h\h\hBUT THERE‘S ANOTHER SECRET WEAPON THAT‘S HIDDEN.

ITS COLORFUL FAMILY’S \h\h\hLIVED UNCHANGED

FOR AROUND 5 MILLION YEARS,

\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IT COULD REACH SIX AND A HALF FEET IN LENGTH.

IT HAS A SLIMY BODY PACKED WITH MUSCLE,

SO IT‘S A STRONG SWIMMER.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO HUNTING,

THE MORAY EEL DOESN‘T NEED \h\h\h\h\hTO SWIM VERY FAR.

\h\h\hIT‘S AN AMBUSH HUNTER, SQUEEZING INTO LITTLE CRACKS.

\h\hITS FIRST LINE OF ATTACK IS A SUPERIOR SENSE OF SMELL.

AS LONG AS ITS NOSTRILS \h\h\h\h\hARE EXPOSED,

ANY PASSING REEF CREATURE \h\h\hIS IN GRAVE DANGER.

MORAYS HAVE NO ARMS, \hHANDS OR PINCERS,

SO THEY CAN‘T GRAB PREY.

THEY’RE ALSO UNABLE TO CHEW AND SWALLOW

BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO TONGUE.

AND BECAUSE ITS BODY \h\h\hIS SO NARROW,

THE MORAY CAN’T GENERATE \h\h\h\h\h\hTHE PRESSURE

TO GULP LIKE OTHER FISH.

\h\h\h\hSO HOW ON EARTH DOES AN ARMLESS ANIMAL,

UNABLE TO SWALLOW, GET A SQUARE MEAL?

CUE THE SECRET WEAPON.

WHEN THE EEL GRABS PREY WITH ITS GNARLY TEETH,

MUSCLES AUTOMATICALLY PULL \h\h\hA SECOND SET OF JAWS,

FROM DEEP WITHIN ITS THROAT, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFORWARD.

\hTHEY CLUTCH ONTO THE PREY AND DRAG IT DOWN THE MORAY’S GULLET,

ALLOWING THE EEL TO SWALLOW.

IT’S WHERE RIDLEY SCOTT GOT THE IDEA FOR HIS FILM ALIEN,

\h\h\hAND IT‘S KNOWN AS A PHARYNGEAL JAW.

THIS CRAB HAS NO IDEA

\h\hIT’S ABOUT TO WALK STRAIGHT PAST THE NOSE

OF A HUNGRY SNOWFLAKE MORAY.

♪

♪

\h\h\hTHE CRAB IS GRABBED BY THE CREEPY ALIEN JAWS

\h\h\h\hAND THE PHARYNGEAL FANGS NOW PULL IT DEEPER, TO ITS DOOM.

\h\h\hTHE MORAY IS ARMED WITH AN IMPRESSIVE DENTAL BATTERY,

BUT WE‘RE JUST WARMING UP.

\h\hTHE FIRST TEETH APPEARED OVER HALF A BILLION YEARS AGO

IN THE FORM OF BONY PROJECTIONS

\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE BODY OF A PREHISTORIC FISH,

AND HOW THINGS HAVE PROGRESSED \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSINCE THEN.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

IN THIS REMOTE FOREST LURKS \h\h\hA CREATURE SO PECULIAR

IT RARELY REVEALS ITSELF.

[SNORT]

\hFROM A DISTANCE IT LOOKS LIKE AN ORDINARY WILD HOG.

♪

UP CLOSE, IT‘S A WALKING \h\h\h\hDENTAL DISASTER.

ITS REAL NAME IS BABIRUSA,

AND IT IS FOUND IN THE JUNGLES \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF INDONESIA.

\h\h\h\hYOU‘D ALSO BE SHY IF YOU LOOKED LIKE THIS.

♪

BUT AT A NATURAL SALT PATCH \h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE JUNGLE

\h\hIT EMERGES TO LICK THE NUTRIENT-RICH MUD.

\hTHE FEMALES ARE PLAINLY PIG-LIKE.

BUT AS MALE BABIRUSAS MATURE,

THEIR UPPER CANINES ROTATE IN THE JAW,

PUSHING THROUGH THE ROOF \h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE SNOUT

IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

\h\h\hSUCH A RADICAL ADAPTATION MUST HAVE AN IMPORTANT PURPOSE,

BUT SCIENTISTS AREN‘T SURE \hWHAT THE REAL POINT IS.

THE FANG-FACE IS AN OMNIVORE,

BUT HIS TEETH AREN’T USED \h\h\h\h\hFOR KILLING PREY

OR EVEN DIGGING UP ROOTS.

\hTHEY MUST BE USED FOR FIGHTING OVER FEMALES OR TERRITORY THEN.

NOPE. THE FANGS ARE BRITTLE \h\h\h\h\hAND BREAK EASILY.

[GROWLING]

\h\h\h\h\h\hSO BRITTLE THAT WHEN MALES FIGHT,

THEY BOX WITH THEIR FORELEGS AND KEEP THEIR TEETH OUT OF THE WAY.

♪

[SQUEALING]

[GROWLING]

\h\h\h\hBUT THESE TEETH HAVE AN EVEN MORE SINISTER TWIST.

THEY WILL NEVER STOP GROWING.

IN OLD MALES THEY CAN CURL \h\h\hTOWARDS THE FOREHEAD,

EVEN PIERCING THE SKULL.

THE ONE THING SCIENTISTS DO KNOW

\h\h\h\hIS THAT BIGGER MALES WITH LONGER FANGS ATTRACT MORE MATES.

[GRUNTING]

\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE LADIES HAVE INTERESTING TASTE IN PARTNERS

\h\hBECAUSE THE MANGLED TUSKS NOT ONLY LOOK PRETTY AWKWARD,

IMAGINE HAVING TO DEAL \h\hWITH A GRUMPY MALE

WITH A TOOTH GROWING \h\h\hINTO HIS SKULL.

IT’S THIS CRAZY ADAPTIVE TWIST

\h\h\h\hTHAT PUTS THE BABIRUSA FIRMLY IN THE MONSTER CATEGORY.

BUT EVEN TEETH GROWING \hINTO SOMEONE’S SKULL

IS NOT THE CREEPIEST THING \h\h\h\h\hYOU‘LL SEE HERE.

OUR NEXT MENACING MOUTH

\h\h\h\h\hIS SOMETHING OUT OF A SLASHER MOVIE.

\hTHE MURKY WATERS OF THE DEEP SOUTH

HIDE A CREATURE LIKE NO OTHER.

ITS NARROW WATERWAYS \h\hAND DARK CORNERS

PROVIDE THE PERFECT \h\hHUNTING GROUND

FOR THE PERFECT SWAMP MONSTER.

\h\hTHE SNAPPER DOESN‘T TECHNICALLY HAVE FANGS.

\h\h\h\hINSTEAD, IT HAS A GUILLOTINE-LIKE BEAK

WITH THE MOST POWERFUL JAWS OF ANY ANIMAL WITHOUT TEETH.

IN A SINGLE SNAP

IT WILL SEVER YOUR FINGERS \h\h\hCLEAN OFF YOUR HAND.

YOU’D BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING

\h\h\h\hTHIS CRITTER IS A FOSSILIZED DINOSAUR.

IT’S ACTUALLY A LIVING, \h\hBREATHING ANIMAL...

IT JUST DOESN‘T DO THAT MUCH.

THE SNAPPER’S ODDBALL LOOKS

\h\h\h\hHAVEN‘T WON IT MUCH COMPANY, EITHER.

IT‘S A BIT OF A LONER.

A SPIKY SHELL, POINTED SNOUT, \h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND SCALY TAIL

WIN THE SNAPPER THE TITLE

"UGLIEST TURTLE ON THE PLANET."

BUT IT WEARS THIS BADGE \h\h\h\h\h\hWITH PRIDE.

\h\hTHE SNAPPER‘S LONESOME LIFE IS KEY TO ITS HUNTING STRATEGY.

LIKE THE MORAY EEL,

THIS ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLE \h\h\h\hIS AN AMBUSH PREDATOR.

\h\h\h\hFIRST HE MUST FIND A SUITABLE HUNTING GROUND.

\h\h\hA ROCKY STREAMBED WITH SLOW-MOVING CURRENT IS IDEAL.

LONG CLAWS HELP IT \h\hMANEUVER ITSELF

INTO THE PERFECT POSITION...

♪

WHILE AN ALGAE-COVERED SHELL TURNS IT INTO A LIVING ROCK.

A CLEVER PLOY TO ATTRACT FISH.

♪

BUT THE SNAPPER NEEDS TO LURE \h\h\hITS PREY EVEN CLOSER...

WITH A WORM.

THIS CREEPY-LOOKING \h\hPIECE OF FLESH

IS PART OF THE SNAPPER’S TONGUE,

AND IT LOOKS AND ACTS \h\h\h\hLIKE A WORM.

IT WRIGGLES TO LIFE \hAND POSES AS PREY

FOR A NOT-SO-SMART FISH.

ALL THE SNAPPER HAS TO DO \h\h\h\hIS LIE MOTIONLESS

\h\hUNTIL A HUNGRY VISITOR COMES TO INVESTIGATE THE TASTY MORSEL.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE SNAPPER’S GOT EVERYTHING LINED UP

\hFOR THE PERFECT SURPRISE ATTACK.

♪

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME

\h\h\h\h\hTHESE FISH HAVE COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE SNAPPER.

HE MUST TAKE ANOTHER BREATH

BEFORE GETTING BACK \h\hINTO POSITION.

HE CAN STAY SUBMERGED \h\h\h\hFOR 50 MINUTES

ON THIS ONE LUNGFUL.

IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME

BEFORE ONE UNLUCKY FISH \h\hFORGETS HE‘S THERE.

♪

♪

♪

FINALLY, A MEAL.

HE MAY NOT BE SO EASY \h\h\h\h\hON THE EYE,

BUT THE SNAPPER GETS \h\h\hSERIOUS PROPS

FOR HAVING THE MOST INGENIOUS FANG-LIKE BEAK ON THE PLANET.

IN THIS CREEPY COLLECTION

\h\h\h\hWE HAVE GOBLINS WITH DENTAL DRILL BITS,

TEETH THAT CAN DESTROY \h\h\hALMOST ANYTHING,

AND FANGS WITH PARALYZING POWER.

\h\h\h\hBUT OUR NEXT MEAT-MUNCHING MAMMAL

CRUSHES BONES FOR A LIVING.

♪ CRAZY MONSTER FANGS! ♪

[HOWLING]

ACCORDING TO LEGEND,

\h\hA FULL MOON RISING USHERS IN THE GHOULS.

\h\h\h\hON THE SAVANNAH IT MEANS THE BEGINNING

OF THE BONECRUSHER’S NIGHTSHIFT.

\h\h\h\h\hTHIS IS AFRICA’S MOST NOTORIOUS SCAVENGER,

AND SHE PREFERS TO HIDE \h\h\h\hIN THE SHADOWS.

\h\hBUT EVERY SO OFTEN THE SMELL OF FRESH MEAT

LURES HER INTO DAYLIGHT.

[BIRDS SINGING]

[SNIFFING]

\hTHE BONECRUSHER, OR SPOTTED HYENA,

LOOKS LIKE A MIX BETWEEN \hA HUNCHBACK AND A WOLF,

\hBUT HER CLOSEST RELATIVES ARE ACTUALLY MONGOOSES AND MEERKATS.

THIS SUPER-SENSITIVE SNOUT \h\h\hCAN DETECT THE SMELL

OF A NEWLY KILLED OR ROTTEN CARCASS

FROM OVER 2 MILES AWAY.

THE REST OF HER CLAN HAVE SMELT IT, TOO,

BUT HER NOSE ISN‘T HER BIGGEST ASSET.

THIS AWKWARD BEAST DIDN’T BECOME A PROFESSIONAL SCAVENGER

BY LOOKING WEIRD, EITHER.

HER HIGH SHOULDERS \h\hAND LOPING GAIT

\h\hALL COMPLEMENT HER BIGGEST ASSET--

THE JAWS.

\h\h\hTHESE CHOPS ARE ONE OF THE STRONGEST OF ANY MAMMAL.

\hTHE PUTRID STENCH IS GETTING STRONGER.

♪

JACKPOT.

AN ABANDONED KILL.

THE LEOPARD THAT KILLED \h\h\h\h\hTHIS ANTELOPE

\h\h\h\h\h\hHAS DECIDED NOT TO DEFEND HIS PRIZE

AGAINST THE BONECRUSHERS.

AND IT‘S A GOOD IDEA.

THEY HAVE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.

AND THEIR JAWS CAN EXERT \h1,200 POUNDS OF FORCE--

\h\h\h\h\h\hTWICE THE LEOPARD’S AND FIVE TIMES THAT OF OUR OWN.

[YIPPING]

IT NEEDS THIS CRUNCHING POWER \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR A REASON.

\h\h\h\h\hTHE HYENA IS A WALKING GARBAGE CAN.

[CRUNCHING]

BONES, HOOVES, HORNS AND EVEN TEETH CAN GO DOWN THE HATCH.

ITS JAWS SIMPLY BREAK THEM \h\hINTO BITE-SIZE CHUNKS.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY MAY HAVE QUESTIONABLE TABLE MANNERS,

BUT IF HYENAS DON’T HOOVER UP

WHAT FUSSIER PREDATORS \h\h\h\h\hLEAVE BEHIND,

THE SAVANNAH WOULD BE NO MORE

THAN A SEA OF STENCH \h\h\h\hAND DISEASE.

[FLIES BUZZING]

WHILE THE BONECRUSHERS DISMANTLE WHAT’S LEFT OF THE CARCASS,

\h\hTHERE’S A COLD, SLITHERING MONSTER

WAITING TO SWALLOW YOU WHOLE.

\h\h\hTHIS SCALY REPTILE IS THE LARGEST SNAKE IN AFRICA.

\hIT REACHES 20 FEET IN LENGTH AND CAN WEIGH OVER 250 POUNDS.

\h\h\h\hTHE HOOK-MOUTH OR AFRICAN ROCK PYTHON

IS JUST ONE OF THE PLANET‘S \h\h\h26 SPECIES OF PYTHON.

\h\h\h\hBUT THIS ONE HAS THE NASTIEST REPUTATION.

\h\h\h\hIT’S A FORMIDABLE AND RESOURCEFUL PREDATOR

AND WILL HUNT ANYTHING \hFROM RATS AND OTTERS

TO BIRDS AND ANTELOPE,

BUT UNLIKE MOST DEADLY SNAKES,

THE HOOK-MOUTH HASN’T BECOME \h\h\h\h\h\h\hA POTENT KILLER

WITH THE HELP OF VENOM.

\h\hIT HAS SOMETHING FAR MORE TERRIFYING.

HUNDREDS OF TEETH THAT SNAG \hFLESH LIKE FISHING HOOKS.

THIS COLD-BLOODED HUNTER

DOESN‘T PURSUE ITS PREY \hLIKE THE GREAT WHITE.

\h\h\hINSTEAD IT LIES IN AMBUSH AND LAUNCHES A SURPRISE ATTACK.

IT CAN LUNGE OVER 6 FEET \h\h\h\hIN ANY DIRECTION,

SO IT‘S GOT EVERY ANGLE COVERED.

♪

\hTHIS JUVENILE FEMALE IS LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT AMBUSH POSITION.

\h\h\h\hSHE IDENTIFIES A WELL-USED ANIMAL PATH

AND COILS UP BESIDE IT.

LARGE EYES AND A FORKED TONGUE \h\h\h\hREAD HER ENVIRONMENT.

\hSHE PICKS UP THE MOVEMENT AND SCENT OF EVERYTHING AROUND HER.

\h\h\h\hSHE‘S POISED FOR THE PERFECT HUNT.

IN THIS PYTHON’S GRASSLAND HOME, RATS ARE HER MOST COMMON PREY.

\h\h\hSHE‘S A SMALL PYTHON, SO SHE‘S AFTER SMALL PREY.

BUT THIS MEANS STRIKING SPEED \h\h\h\hAND AGILITY ARE KEY.

\h\h\hTHIS LITTLE GUY HAS A GREAT SENSE OF SMELL...

BUT HE‘S ALREADY TOO CLOSE \h\h\h\h\h\hTO THE KILLER.

\h\hTHERE‘S NO ESCAPING THE HOOK-MOUTH’S FANGS.

THE CONSTRICTOR’S SIGNATURE \hCOILS QUICKLY GET TO WORK,

SUFFOCATING THE RAT.

AND NOW ITS FRIGHTENING TEETH \h\hHAVE ONE MORE JOB TO DO.

\hTHE HUNDREDS OF HOOKS ALLOW THE PYTHON’S JAW

\h\h\hTO WALK OVER THE RAT, PULLING IT DOWN ITS GULLET.

\h\h\h\hTHEY WORK LIKE BARBS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PREY

\h\hTO EXTRACT ITSELF FROM THIS SNAKY-STYLE BEARTRAP.

BUT THIS WAS AN EASY MEAL \h\h\hFOR THE HOOK-MOUTH.

THIS MASSIVE REPTILE IS CAPABLE

\h\h\hOF GETTING ITS MOUTH AROUND FAR BIGGER VICTIMS.

\h\h\hBECAUSE NONE OF THE BONES IN THE PYTHON’S HEAD ARE FUSED,

LIKE IN MAMMALS,

ITS SKULL IS ENTIRELY FLEXIBLE,

\h\h\h\h\h\hMAKING SWALLOWING MUCH BIGGER PREY EASY AS PIE.

\hTHE PYTHON’S JAW IS DOUBLE-JOINTED,

MEANING THE UPPER AND LOWER JAWS CAN MOVE INDEPENDENTLY.

NO CHIN MEANS THE LOWER JAW CAN SEPARATE INTO LEFT AND RIGHT.

SUPER-FLEXIBLE LIGAMENTS

ALLOW THE FOUR SEPARATE PARTS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE JAW

\h\h\hTO STRETCH WIDE ENOUGH TO SWALLOW A FULLY GROWN ANTELOPE.

[STRETCHING]

A MEAL LIKE THIS COULD LAST \h\h\h\hTHIS PYTHON A YEAR.

♪

WE’VE SEEN BEAKS THAT WILL \h\h\hSNAP OFF YOUR FINGER

AND DOUBLE TROUBLE JAWS.

THERE ARE CURLY TUSKS \hAND DEADLY DAGGERS.

\h\h\h\hBUT STILL THERE’S ONLY ONE FANGED FUR BALL

\h\h\hTHAT HOLDS THE TITLE "BADDEST BADASS IN TOWN."

♪ CRAZY MONSTER FANGS! ♪

IT HAS A REPUTATION FOR BEING \hTHE MOST FEARLESS CREATURE

ON THE AFRICAN SAVANNAH.

THIS HAIRY CARNIVORE \h\h\hMIGHT BE SMALL,

BUT IT‘S A DEADLY PREDATOR WITH AN ATTITUDE TO MATCH.

♪

AND FORMIDABLE FANGS \hARE THE DETONATOR

IN THIS LITTLE PACK OF DYNAMITE.

ON TOP OF A BRUTAL BITE,

THE REST OF THE DAREDEVIL, \h\h\h\h\hOR HONEY BADGER,

IS PRACTICALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE.

A QUARTER-INCH-THICK \h\h\h\hRUBBERY SKIN

\h\h\h\h\hPROTECTS IT FROM TEETH AND CLAWS.

AND A LOOSE, SHAGGY COAT

\h\h\h\hHELPS IT WRIGGLE OUT OF OTHER PREDATORS’ CLUTCHES.

THE DAREDEVIL’S EVEN GOT \h\h\h\h\h\hA REPUTATION

FOR WRANGLING VENOMOUS SNAKES \h\hAND CHASING OFF LIONS...

[HISSING]

AND EMERGING WITHOUT A SCRATCH.

THE TENACIOUS HONEY BADGER \h\h\h\hIS NEVER OFF DUTY.

HE‘S ON A CONSTANT MISSION \h\h\h\hTO FEAST HIS FACE.

A SHARP SENSE OF SMELL LEADS HIM ALONG JUICY SCENTS.

♪

♪

BINGO!

\hITS POINTY TEETH GRIP ONTO THE STRUGGLING RAT

\h\h\h\h\hAND CRUSH ITS SKULL LIKE A SHRIMP HORS D‘OEUVRES.

NEXT COURSE?

2-INCH CRAMPON-LIKE CLAWS \h\h\h\h\h\hGET IT CLOSER.

ALL THE BADGER’S FEATURES \h\h\h\h\h\hWORK TOGETHER

TO GET ITS TEETH ON THE JOB.

NOT THIS TIME.

THE SAVANNAH IS FULL \hOF NON-DEADLY PREY

THE BADGER COULD GO FOR,

\hBUT THIS GUTSY PREDATOR LIKES TO LIVE ON THE EDGE.

HE‘S SPOTTED SOMETHING.

\h\h\hTHIS SCORPION HAS HARD, PROTECTIVE ARMOR,

POWERFUL PINCERS

AND A VENOM-PACKED STINGER \h\h\h\hFULL OF NEUROTOXINS

TO PARALYZE ITS PREY \hAND ITS PREDATORS.

ALL THE HONEY BADGER SEES \h\hIS ITS SECOND COURSE.

♪

♪

♪

\hTHE SCORPION’S STING LAYS THE FIRST PUNCH,

BUT THAT DOESN‘T SCARE \hTHIS FEISTY FUR BALL.

HE HAS A NATURAL TOLERANCE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO VENOM.

THIS SCORPION IS DOOMED.

ITS EXOSKELETON IS COMPRISED OF THICK, OVERLAPPING PLATES,

\h\h\hBUT THE BADGER’S TEETH CRUNCH STRAIGHT THROUGH IT.

HE EVEN EATS THE STING.

[CRUNCHING]

THERE’S HARDLY A THING \h\h\h\hON THE SAVANNAH

\h\h\hTHE HONEY BADGER CAN‘T TURN INTO A MEAL.

ALL THAT‘S LEFT ARE THE PINCERS.

FANGS ARE MOST COMMONLY USED \h\hFOR KILLING AND EATING,

\hBUT ONE OFFBEAT OWNER HAS FAR MORE CREATIVE CANINES.

THIS GOBLIN-LOOKING CREATURE USES ITS TEETH AS DRILL BITS

AND EVEN HAS A FANG-LIKE FINGER.

♪

THE MIDNIGHT MUNCHER \h\hONLY COMES ALIVE

DURING THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT.

\h\h\h\hNOT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE AN ANIMAL FRANKENSTEIN,

BUT BECAUSE THIS CREATURE ONLY OPERATES IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT.

♪

\h\h\hOVERSIZED FEATURES AND LONG, CREEPY FINGERS

GIVE IT A GREMLIN-LIKE \h\h\h\h\h\hAPPEARANCE.

BUT ITS PRIZED TOOL?

ITS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED FORWARD-SLANTING FANGS

WHICH ALLOW IT TO FULFILL \h\h\h\h\hA CRUCIAL NICHE.

THE MIDNIGHT MUNCHER, \h\h\h\h\hOR AYE-AYE,

IS AN ENDANGERED LEMUR FOUND \h\hONLY HERE IN MADAGASCAR.

IT’S ALSO THE WORLD’S LARGEST \h\h\h\h\hNOCTURNAL PRIMATE,

\h\h\h\h\hPURPOSE-BUILT FOR NIGHTTIME HUNTING.

\h\h\h\hITS MASSIVE EYES HAVE 20/20 VISION UNDER STARLIGHT,

AND HUGE BAT-LIKE EARS \h\h\h\h\h\hHAVE RIDGES

WITH THE ABILITY TO FIND PREY \h\h\h\hTHROUGH ECHOLOCATION.

♪

THIS FEMALE AND HER PUP \hHAVE LEFT THEIR NEST

\hFOR THEIR NIGHTLY HUNTING EXPEDITION.

BUT HER HUNTING TECHNIQUE \h\h\hIS UNLIKE ANY OTHER.

SHE’S GOING TO BORE FOR HER FOOD WITH HER VERY OWN DRILL BIT--

HER TWO FRONT TEETH.

\h\h\h\h\h\hFIRST SHE MUST FIND THE RIGHT BRANCH TO DRILL INTO.

[TAPPING]

SHE USES HER ELONGATED FINGER \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TAP...

[TAPPING]

UNTIL SHE HEARS A HOLLOW SOUND.

THIS MEANS THERE COULD BE FOOD \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHIDING INSIDE.

\h\hTHIS INCREDIBLE TECHNIQUE IS CALLED PERCUSSIVE FORAGING.

[TAPPING]

\h\h\h\h\hSHE CAN HEAR THAT THIS ROTTEN BRANCH

IS HOUSING SOMETHING TASTY.

NOW HER DRILL BIT INCISORS \h\h\h\h\h\h\hGET TO WORK.

♪

CHIPPING AWAY, HER POINTED FANGS DRILL A SMALL HOLE

TO ACCESS THE HOLLOW SPOT.

WHEN THE DRILLING’S COMPLETE,

HER AWKWARDLY DESIGNED MIDDLE FINGER STEPS IN.

THIS CREEPY, OVERSIZED APPENDAGE IS TIPPED WITH A SHARP NAIL

AND IS HER DIGGING FINGER

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUSED TO FISH OUT THE TASTY MORSEL SHE‘S TARGETED.

A JUICY GRUB!

♪

THIS WON’T FEED THEM BOTH,

SO IT‘S BACK TO DRILLING FOR THE MIDNIGHT MUNCHER.

BUT IT‘S NOT ALL BAD.

THE AYE-AYE’S TEETH NEVER STOP GROWING,

\hSO SHE HAS TO GNAW THROUGH BRANCHES ON A NIGHTLY BASIS

TO WEAR DOWN HER CRAFTY CANINES.

♪

\h\h\h\h\h\hWE’VE SEEN FANGS THAT CAN DRILL THROUGH TREES

\h\h\h\hAND A GHASTLY GUILLOTINE-LIKE BEAK.

\hTHERE ARE TERRIFYING HOOKS AND BLADES THAT TEAR THROUGH FLESH.

BUT OUR FINAL FANGS BELONG

TO NATURE‘S MOST TERRIFYING \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hASSASSIN.

THE VENOMATOR HAS THE DEADLIEST TRUE FANGS ON THE PLANET.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

♪

THE VENOMATOR SPENDS \h\hMOST OF ITS LIFE

MOTIONLESS ON THE FOREST FLOOR.

IT’S A MASTER OF CAMOUFLAGE

\h\hAND ALSO THE OWNER OF THE ULTIMATE FANGS.

\h\h\hTWO-INCH-LONG HYPODERMIC NEEDLES--

HOLLOW TEETH THROUGH WHICH \h\h\h\hVENOM IS INJECTED.

THESE ARE THE LONGEST FANGS \h\h\hIN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM,

AND THEY CARRY A DEADLY LOAD.

BUT THIS SLUGGISH SNAKE \h\h\h\h\hIS NOT LAZY.

\h\hDOING NOTHING IS PART OF ITS HUNTING STRATEGY.

IT NEEDS PREY TO COME CLOSE,

\h\h\hSO ITS CAMOUFLAGE IS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE ACT.

ITS GEOMETRIC PATTERN MEANS

IT‘S ALMOST UNDETECTABLE \h\h\hIN THE LEAF LITTER.

\hTHIS FEMALE IS PICKING UP ON THE SCENT OF HER FAVORITE PREY.

IN THE DAMP TROPICAL FORESTS \h\h\h\hOF SOUTHERN AFRICA,

RATS ARE THE VENOMATOR‘S \h\h\hMOST LIKELY VICTIM.

THEY’RE NOT EASY TO APPROACH

\h\h\hBECAUSE THEY HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF SMELL,

BUT THIS SNAKE HAS A PLAN.

UNLIKE A BLACK MAMBA \h\h\h\hOR A PYTHON,

\h\h\hTHIS GABOON VIPER IS COMPLETELY ODORLESS.

[SNIFFING]

SHE CAN BE JUST INCHES AWAY,

AND EVEN THE MOST SENSITIVE \hSCHNOZ WON‘T HAVE A CLUE.

SHE’S GOT THE AMBUSH STRATEGY \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSUSSED,

BUT WEEKS COULD PASS BEFORE PREY SCAMPERS PAST HER NOSE.

SO WHEN IT DOES, SHE‘S GOT TO BE CERTAIN OF SUCCESS.

ENTER HER FAMOUS FANGS.

THE GABOON’S TWO-INCH FANGS

STAY LOCKED AND LOADED \h\h\hWHEN NOT IN USE.

WHEN THE SNAKE STRIKES,

\h\h\h\hTHE FANGS EXTEND FORWARD AND LOCK INTO STABBING POSITION.

THE SLIT WHERE VENOM \h\h\hEXITS THE FANG

\h\h\hIS POSITIONED JUST ABOVE THE TIP,

ENSURING THE FANG’S STRENGTH \h\h\h\h\hAND STABBING POWER

AREN‘T COMPROMISED.

THE MASSIVE FANGS DELIVER \h\h\h\h\h\hSO MUCH VENOM

THAT PREY HAS ZERO CHANCE \h\h\h\hOF ESCAPING ALIVE.

\h\h\hWHEN SHE SENSES PREY, FANCY FANGS BURIES HERSELF,

BECOMING ONE WITH THE DAPPLED \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOREST FLOOR.

LIKE THE SNAPPER AND HOOK-MOUTH,

THIS LADY IS GOING TO TAKE \h\h\hHER PREY BY SURPRISE.

CUE DINNER GUEST.

♪

♪

♪

SHE DROPS THE RAT TO AVOID \h\h\h\hA CLAW TO THE EYE.

BUT NOT BEFORE A DEADLY DOSE \h\h\hOF VENOM WAS INJECTED.

\hSEVERE INTERNAL DAMAGE FROM THE FANGS IMMOBILIZES THE RAT,

WHILE THE NEUROTOXIC VENOM \h\h\h\h\h\h\hGETS TO WORK.

WHEN THE RAT’S HEART AND LUNGS \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE PARALYZED,

THE VENOMATOR’S TERRIFYING TEETH

HAVE ONE MORE IMPORTANT ROLE \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO FULFILL.

LIKE TWO ALTERNATING CLAWS, \h\h\h\h\hTHEY WALK THE RAT

DOWN THE SNAKE‘S THROAT UNTIL IT IS SWALLOWED.

\h\h\hTHIS ASSASSIN IS TRULY TERRIFYING.

\h\h\hIT HIDES IN PLAIN SIGHT AND KILLS WITH UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.

WE’VE CROWNED THE VENOMATOR \h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH THE TITLE

"CRAZIEST MONSTER FANGS \h\h\h\hON THE PLANET."

OUR COLLECTION OF FANGED FREAKS COMES ARMED

\hWITH A VARIETY OF WEIRD AND WONDERFUL CANINE CONTRAPTIONS,

FROM UNDERWATER ALIENS \h\hAND PECULIAR HOGS,

\h\h\hTO DEADLY DAGGERS AND THE DEATH DEFYING.

YOU’VE SEEN THE BONECRUSHER \h\h\h\h\hAND THE VENOMATOR

\hAND AN ARRAY OF TEETH STRANGER THAN FICTION.

FROM CRUNCHING AND BITING TO DRILLING AND FIGHTING,

THESE ARE THE PLANET‘S CRAZIEST MONSTER FANGS.

♪ CRAZY MONSTER, \hCRAZY MONSTER ♪