Ocean's Deadliest

'''''Ocean's Deadliest''''' is a 2007 nature documentary hosted by Philippe Cousteau Jr. and Steve Irwin. It was the final documentary made by Irwin before his death, which occurred during filming.<ref>{{cite news |title=Steve Irwin: Google Doodle celebrates 57th birth anniversary of Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/google-doodle-celebrates-57th-birth-anniversary-of-steve-irwin-the-crocodile-hunter/articleshow/68105486.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222065517/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/google-doodle-celebrates-57th-birth-anniversary-of-steve-irwin-the-crocodile-hunter/articleshow/68105486.cms |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2019 |access-date=22 February 2019 |date=22 February 2019 |ref=Steve Irwin death }}</ref>

==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, sea snakes, great white sharks, cone snails, blue-ringed octopuses, saltwater crocodiles 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.{{citation needed|date=November 2007}}

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 Discovery Channel as a simulcast event, followed immediately by the premiere of the tribute special ''Crikey! What an Adventure: An Intimate Look at the Life of Steve Irwin''. It aired on 22 January in Canada, in Australia on 29 January on the Nine Network, and in the United Kingdom on 15 April on ITV1.

==Impact of Irwin's death== Irwin's widow, Terri, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lynch|first=Rene|date=2014-03-10|title='Crocodile Hunter' cameraman: Footage of Steve Irwin death is private|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwins-last-words-im-dying-20140310-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316024101/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwins-last-words-im-dying-20140310-story.html|archive-date=2015-03-16|access-date=2020-07-06|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Blumenstock|first=Kathy|date=21 January 2007|title=Steve Irwin's Last Adventure Ocean Documentary With the 'Crocodile Hunter' Is Paired With a Tribute|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2007/01/21/steve-irwins-last-adventure-span-classbankheadocean-documentary-with-the-crocodile-hunter-is-paired-with-a-tributespan/0348fa77-b69c-4362-9e6f-9e2e5656e7c7/|url-status=live|access-date=2 March 2021|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303073555/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/2007/01/21/steve-irwins-last-adventure-span-classbankheadocean-documentary-with-the-crocodile-hunter-is-paired-with-a-tributespan/0348fa77-b69c-4362-9e6f-9e2e5656e7c7/}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal|Animals|Television|Australia|United States}} *List of programs broadcast by Animal Planet

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0937370}}

Category:Nine Network original programming Category:Television shows set in Queensland Category:Documentary films about nature Category:2007 television films Category:2007 films Category:2007 documentary films Category:Animal Planet original programming Category:Steve Irwin