''Ocean's Deadliest'' is a nature documentary hosted by

Philippe Cousteau Jr. Philippe-Pierre Jacques-Yves Arnault Cousteau Jr. (born January 20, 1980) is an American oceanographer and environmental activist, the son of Philippe Cousteau and the grandson of Jacques Cousteau. Cousteau has continued the work of his father a ...

and Steve Irwin. It is the final documentary made by Irwin by the time of his death, which occurred during filming.

Documentary

The documentary is largely filmed around Irwin's research boat, ''Croc One''. The pair filmed and sometimes even captured several deadly sea animals, including

stonefish ''Synanceia'' is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Synanceiinae, the stonefishes, which is classified within the family Scorpaenidae, the scorpionfishes and relatives. Stonefishes are venomous, dangerous, and fatal to huma ...

, sea snakes, great white sharks,

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, blue-ringed octopuses,

saltwater crocodiles The saltwater crocodile (''Crocodylus porosus'') is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats and brackish wetlands from India's east coast across Southeast Asia and the Sundaic region to northern Australia and Micronesia. It has been listed ...

and perhaps the world's deadliest venomous animal, the box jellyfish. According to Steve Irwin, one of the specimens, a Stokes' sea snake, was the largest he had seen. The team of researchers harvested venom from the stonefish and some of the sea snakes.

Broadcast

The documentary aired in the United States on 21 January 2007, on Animal Planet and

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as a simulcast event. It aired on 22 January in Canada, in

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on 29 January on the

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, and in the United Kingdom on 15 April on ITV1.

Impact of Irwin's death

Irwin's widow,

Terri Terri is an alternative spelling of Terry. It is a common feminine given name and is also a diminutive for Teresa. Notable people with the name include: *Terri Allard (born 1962), American country/folk singer/songwriter *Terri S. Armstrong, Amer ...

, stated in an interview with '' Access Hollywood'' aired on 11 January 2014 that the documentary contains no footage that was shot the day he died and that the footage of his injury and death had been destroyed. Justin Lyons, a cameraman for the documentary, has said that although footage of the incident does exist, he is against its release. Cousteau filmed the remainder of the documentary weeks after Irwin's death. Aside from a still image of Irwin with the text "In Memory of Steve," the documentary contains no mention of his death.

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Documentary

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Impact of Irwin's death

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