The show also focuses on explaining the creatures' feeding habits, behaviour and conservation status. All of them are potentially deadly creatures poorly understood by humans. In the first season, Wade's weekly quest had him in search of piranha, goonch catfish (during his investigation of the Kali River goonch attacks), alligator gar, wels catfish, arapaima, piraíba, and the bull shark.

states of Alaska, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont. The show has taken viewers to Cambodia, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Scotland, Iceland, Norway, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, India, Japan, Russia, Suriname, Brazil, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, Ethiopia, Uganda, South Africa, the Republic of the Congo, Mongolia, and the U.S. He explores rivers and lakes to uncover the creatures behind local folklore and harrowing tales of monster fish. River Monsters follows the worldwide adventures of Suffolk-born British host, biologist, adventurer and extreme angler Jeremy Wade. River Monsters premiered on ITV in Great Britain, and became one of the most-watched, most successful programmes in Animal Planet's history, and one of the most-viewed series on Discovery Channel in the American market. His aim is to help people understand the truth behind the animals' attacks on humans to save these rare creatures from extinction. He tries to catch the biggest specimens and then release them back into the wild. It is hosted by extreme angler and biologist Jeremy Wade, who travels around the globe in search of the most fearsome freshwater and saltwater killers, looking for clues, eyewitnesses, and stories about people who were dragged underwater by these vicious predators.

River Monsters is a British and American wildlife documentary television programme produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. Icon Films, Discovery Channel, ITV StudiosĪnimal Planet, ITV, Discovery Channel, Discovery MAX

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