{ "id": "epedf7yq2j", "slug": "72-dangerous-animals-asia", "title": "72 Dangerous Animals: Asia", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual", "label": "Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.nature_science_documentary_series", "label": "Nature, wildlife, and science documentary series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.nature_science_documentary_series" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Other (Canada, Oceania, polar regions, oceans) · 2001 to 2020: Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "path": [ { "id": "geo.other", "label": "Other (Canada, Oceania, polar regions, oceans)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other" }, { "id": "geo.other.t2001", "label": "Other (Canada, Oceania, polar regions, oceans) · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.other.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.other.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted", "label": "Unscripted, reality, and web-native series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.other.t2001.culture.performance.screen.series.series_unscripted" } ] } ], "excerpt": "72 Dangerous Animals: Asia is an Australian Netflix nature documentary series (2018, 12 episodes) by Showrunner Productions that ranks 72 of Asia's deadliest animals, from Komodo dragons and Bengal tigers to box jellyfish, toward one grand-final winner.", "snippet": "72 Dangerous Animals: Asia is an Australian Netflix nature documentary series (2018, 12 episodes) by Showrunner Productions that ranks 72 of Asia's deadliest animals, from Komodo dragons and Bengal tigers to box jellyfish, toward one grand-final winner.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_documentary_factual.nature_science_documentary_series", "markdown": "# 72 Dangerous Animals: Asia\n\n**72 Dangerous Animals: Asia** is an Australian nature documentary series that ranks 72 of Asia's most dangerous animals and was released on Netflix on August 10, 2018.[1](https://netflix.fandom.com/wiki/72_Dangerous_Animals%3A_Asia?file=72_Dangerous_Animals_-_Asia_%282018%29_Trailer) Produced by Showrunner Productions Pty Ltd, it profiles creatures from the [Komodo dragon](https://www.edgepedia.org/komodo-dragon) and [Bengal tiger](https://www.edgepedia.org/bengal-tiger) to sharks, elephants, and crocodiles, counting down toward a single animal named Asia's most dangerous.[2](https://www.abc.net.au/contentsales/programsandgenres/72-dangerous-animals-asia/13949190)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Premiere | August 10, 2018, on Netflix[1](https://netflix.fandom.com/wiki/72_Dangerous_Animals%3A_Asia?file=72_Dangerous_Animals_-_Asia_%282018%29_Trailer) • [3](https://www.tvtango.com/series/seventy_two_dangerous_animals_asia) |\n| Format | 12 episodes; listed as 12 x 60 minutes by ABC Content Sales and 12 x 45 minutes by Showrunner and Screen Australia[2](https://www.abc.net.au/contentsales/programsandgenres/72-dangerous-animals-asia/13949190) • [4](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio/72-dangerous-animals-asia) • [5](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/72-dangerous-animals-asia-36418/) |\n| Production company | Showrunner Productions Pty Ltd[2](https://www.abc.net.au/contentsales/programsandgenres/72-dangerous-animals-asia/13949190) |\n| Structure | Animals profiled and ranked by deadly potential in each episode; eleven finalists face off in a grand final showdown[4](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio/72-dangerous-animals-asia) |\n| Narrator | Bob Brisbane, with appearances by Bryan Grieg Fry and Romulus Whitaker[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia) |\n| Ratings | IMDb 6.5/10 (678 votes); TV-14 in the United States, M in Australia[7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/72-dangerous-animals-asia) • [8](https://flixboss.com/series/72-dangerous-animals-asia-80165437) |\n| Availability | Streaming on Netflix, including Netflix Standard with Ads, in many countries[7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/72-dangerous-animals-asia) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Episodes\n\nSeason 1 consists of 12 episodes. The first was released on August 10, 2018, with subsequent episodes dated August 24, 2018, in episode listings.[10](https://thetvdb.com/series/72-dangerous-animals-asia/allseasons/official)\n\n1. \"Wrong Place, Wrong Time\" – rhinos, Indian leopards, Asian forest centipedes, orangutans, and flower urchins[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n2. \"Jaws and Claws\" – golden eagles, [coconut crabs](https://www.edgepedia.org/coconut-crab), sharks, camel spiders, sun bears, and saltwater crocodiles[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n3. \"Chemical Warfare\" – slow lorises, black rats, fat-tailed scorpions, Indian cobras, poisonous toads, and stingrays[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n4. \"Deadly: Fact or Folklore\" – langur monkeys, tigers, Joro spiders, tomistomas, Asian needle ants, otters, and king cobras[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n5. \"Accidental Assassins\" – water buffaloes, needlefish, toxic crabs, mugger crocodiles, box jellyfish, and reticulated pythons[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n6. \"Pretty and Painful\" – cone snails, Asian black bears, red pandas, coral snakes, Eurasian lynxes, Asian elephants, and red lionfish[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n7. \"The Road Less Travelled\" – Asiatic lions, Komodo dragons, electric rays, golden jackals, wolverines, striped eel catfish, and brown bears[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n8. \"Urban Jungle\" – wild boars, feral dogs, pufferfish, Indian red scorpions, Asian tiger mosquitoes, and common kraits[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n9. \"Corner Me, I'll Fight\" – wolves, stonefish, Malayan porcupines, sloth bears, gibbons, and snow leopards[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n10. \"The Bold and the Brutal\" – honey badgers, Russell's vipers, triggerfish, macaques, yaks, and blue-ringed octopuses[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n11. \"Big! Banded! and Billed!\" – giant moray eels, gaurs, banded sea kraits, Asian forest scorpions, gharials, billfish, and Asian giant hornets[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n12. \"Fearsome Finalists\" – the grand final in which one animal is named most dangerous[11](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n\n## Format and content\n\nThe series belongs to the '72' format developed by Showrunner Productions, which began with *72 Dangerous Animals Australia* (2014) and continued with *72 Dangerous Places to Live* and *72 Cutest Animals* before *72 Dangerous Animals Latin America* and *Asia* were made as Netflix Original series.[9](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio-1) TV Tango describes the Asia series as a spinoff of the Latin America edition.[3](https://www.tvtango.com/series/seventy_two_dangerous_animals_asia)\n\nEach episode profiles a group of competitors and ranks them according to deadly potential, building toward a finale in which eleven finalists face off.[4](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio/72-dangerous-animals-asia) The program combines survivor accounts of attacks with commentary from wildlife experts, conservationists, and local characters, and draws on medical and scientific research as well as Asian animal folklore.[4](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio/72-dangerous-animals-asia) Featured animals include Indonesia's Komodo dragon, Japan's giant hornets, India's Bengal tiger, cobras, bears, honey badgers, and the wolverine.[4](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio/72-dangerous-animals-asia)\n\n## Production\n\nThe series was completed in 2018. Screen Australia credits Jane Rose and David Morrison as executive producers and Paul Christian, Blayke Hoffman, Denise Blazek, and Carolyn Bertram as producers, with editing by Andrei Petrut and Ngan Truong.[5](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/72-dangerous-animals-asia-36418/) Melenie Ambrose is credited as series producer and screenwriter.[12](https://www.mattdaviesdop.com/72-dangerous-animals-asia) • [6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia)\n\nAccording to the ScreenWest Annual Report 2016-17, while most filming took place on location overseas, all pre-production and production were coordinated from Perth, and re-enactment shoots were filmed on location in [Western Australia](https://www.edgepedia.org/western-australia).[13](https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/4010625a3729ceed264fc8234825819a0019a8f8/%24file/625.pdf)\n\n## Reception and distribution\n\nThe series holds an IMDb rating of 6.5 based on 678 votes.[7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/72-dangerous-animals-asia) Age classifications vary by territory: TV-14 in the United States, M in Australia, PG13 in Singapore, and 16+ in Turkey, among others.[8](https://flixboss.com/series/72-dangerous-animals-asia-80165437) It remains available on Netflix, including the ad-supported tier, and has been seen on other networks globally.[7](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/72-dangerous-animals-asia) • [4](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio/72-dangerous-animals-asia)\n\n## References\n\n1. [72 Dangerous Animals: Asia, Netflix Wiki](https://netflix.fandom.com/wiki/72_Dangerous_Animals%3A_Asia?file=72_Dangerous_Animals_-_Asia_%282018%29_Trailer)\n2. [72 Dangerous Animals Asia, ABC Content Sales](https://www.abc.net.au/contentsales/programsandgenres/72-dangerous-animals-asia/13949190)\n3. [72 Dangerous Animals: Asia, TV Tango](https://www.tvtango.com/series/seventy_two_dangerous_animals_asia)\n4. [72 Dangerous Animals Asia, Showrunner Productions](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio/72-dangerous-animals-asia)\n5. [72 Dangerous Animals Asia, Screen Australia](https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/screen-guide/72-dangerous-animals-asia-36418/)\n6. [72 Dangerous Animals: Asia, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia)\n7. [72 Dangerous Animals: Asia streaming online, JustWatch (US)](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/72-dangerous-animals-asia)\n8. [Where to watch '72 Dangerous Animals: Asia (2018)' on Netflix, Flixboss](https://flixboss.com/series/72-dangerous-animals-asia-80165437)\n9. [Program Portfolio, Showrunner Productions](https://www.showrunner.com.au/program-portfolio-1)\n10. [72 Dangerous Animals: Asia – Aired Order, TheTVDB.com](https://thetvdb.com/series/72-dangerous-animals-asia/allseasons/official)\n11. [72 Dangerous Animals: Asia: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/72_dangerous_animals_asia/s01)\n12. [72 Dangerous Animals: Asia, Matt Davies DOP](https://www.mattdaviesdop.com/72-dangerous-animals-asia)\n13. [Screenwest Annual Report 2016-17, Parliament of Western Australia](https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/publications/tabledpapers.nsf/displaypaper/4010625a3729ceed264fc8234825819a0019a8f8/%24file/625.pdf)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Unscripted, reality, and web-native series › Documentary, docudrama, and lifestyle series › Nature, wildlife, and science documentary series*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/72-dangerous-animals-asia", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/72-dangerous-animals-asia.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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