River Monsters — S03E02 — Flesh Ripper

00:00:02 My name's Jeremy Wade.

00:02:11 as a totally safe place to get in the water,

00:04:09 Without warning, it rammed Ian in the chest

00:05:45 And there's even a story of a 130-pound eel

00:07:13 What makes this account so intriguing

00:08:58 and a giant eel was sent down to Earth

00:10:57 New Zealand's top freshwater predator,

00:12:51 that funnel water into enlarged nasal chambers.

00:14:21 It is. It's exactly the same.

00:15:27 Do a run up through here.

00:16:53 I'm talking with well-known angler Jeremy Wade,

00:18:50 Wade: Right. I get your drift.

00:20:46 This is a fish that can actually swim backwards

00:22:53 That's my first real contact

00:24:28 just seem to turn up out of the blue.

00:26:06 But first, there's a niggling question

00:27:55 that my cameras are spooking them.

00:30:13 living in New Zealand's remote backwaters,

00:31:37 So they hook onto the wool.

00:33:12 This eel has got hundreds of little hooks in its mouth

00:34:55 Just in my short time here,

00:37:06 To draw them in, I first soak my clothes with fish guts.

00:39:07 and I wouldn't be too happy doing it without those.

00:40:51 and it's the hungry pack that could seal your fate.