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Austin Stevens (born 19 May 1950) is a South African herpetologist, wildlife photographer, film maker and author best known for hosting a series of snake documentaries, best known of which is Austin Stevens: Most Dangerous.
Austin Stevens was born in Pretoria, South Africa and became interested in snakes at the age of 12. By the time he finished school, his reptile collection included some of the most exotic and venomous species in the world.
His mother lost a lung in a car accident as a girl, was often ill, and died when Stevens was in his 30s; his father owned a small typewriter repair business. He traces his adventurous streak back to his grandfather from Bristol, England—also named Austin James Stevens—part founder of the AJS Motorbike Corporation, but later took the boat to Africa.
Stevens got heavily into motorcycles and gangs and spent years as a self-described "loose cannon". He gave up motorcycles in 1974 after a near- fatal accident during a race. What saved him, he says, was being offered a job at the Transvaal Snake Park, near Johannesburg, which rekindled his passion for wildlife. He became the curator of reptiles at the Transvaal Snake Park, where he spent six years undergoing hands-on training to become a fully qualified herpetologist.
Austin (i/ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔː-/) is the capital of the US state of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas, Austin is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the fourth-most populous city in Texas. It is the fastest growing of the largest 50 US cities. Austin is also the second largest state capital in the United States, after Phoenix, Arizona. As of July 1, 2014, Austin had a population of 912,791 (U.S. Census Bureau estimate). The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin–Round Rock metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 1,943,299 as of July 1, 2014.
In the 1830s, pioneers began to settle the area in central Austin along the Colorado River. After Republic of Texas Vice President Mirabeau B. Lamar visited the area during a buffalo-hunting expedition between 1837 and 1838, he proposed that the republic's capital, then located in Houston, be relocated to the area situated on the north bank of the Colorado River near the present-day Congress Avenue Bridge. In 1839, the site was officially chosen as the republic's new capital (the republic's seventh and final location) and was incorporated under the name Waterloo. Shortly thereafter, the name was changed to Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas" and the republic's first secretary of state.
Austin Stevens - Seven Deadly Strikes
Austin Stevens - The Snake That Killed Cleopatra
Austin Stevens In Search of Monster Rattlers
Austin Stevens Valley of the Snakes
Austin Stevens In Search of The Ultimate Pit Viper
Austin Stevens In Search of the Komodo Dragon
Austin Stevens In Search of the Man Eating Python
Austin Stevens In Search of the Silent Fate
Austin Stevens - Rattlers of the Wild West
austin stevens almost lost his life 3 times
Actors: Michael Davies (producer), Sherri Rufh (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Peat (producer), Austin Stevens (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Austin Stevens heads for Southern Africa to photograph the seven deadly snakes.
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Austin Stevens is in the Florida Panhandle in search of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. He eventually finds one in the middle of the ocean.
Stevens is in Australia once again to look for the Amethystine python, the largest snake in Australia.
Austin Stevens is in the forests of Costa Rica to look for a large Terciopelo,commonly known as Lancehead viper. During the making of this episode, Stevens planned upon finding a Black-Headed Bushmaster, but after weeks of not being able to find one, he found a Lancehead instead.
Stevens searches for fighting male Komodo Dragons on the Island of Komodo.
Austin Stevens goes to Borneo to find the Reticulated Python. He soon finds the snake on the edge of a river bed. Thinking it was a small snake hidden beneath the log, it turns out to be a 20 feet snake which bites Stevens on his arm (edited off in the final episode, but shown in Most Striking Moments) and coils around his waist.
This is an episode when Stevens finds a Bushmaster in the Amazon.
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Discovery Austin Stevens Adventures Night of the Hyena
Austin travels to Mexico to catch a glimpse of the Tzabcan rattlesnake, which was once hailed as a god by the ancient Mayans. With the help of local guides and a shaman, he braves underground rivers and dense rainforest in search of the snake.
Seven Deadly Strikes Series: Austin handles a black mamba in the Namibian desert. Black Mambas are the second largest venomous snakes in the world.
Stevens scours the swamplands of Florida for non-native Burmese Pythons. Because the python is not a native species, Stevens bags the snake so he can give it to a friend to take care of it. Stevens notes that while the python is an invasive species, it is declining in its native distribution and that one day the Florida Everglades may be the last place to find the pythons.
Austin Stevens heads for Southern Africa to photograph the seven deadly snakes.