72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America is a 2017 American-Australian nature documentary exploring Latin America's most deadly animals, starring Bob Brisbane, Rui Seabra Ferreira Jr. and Vidal Haddad Jr.^[1]

Premise

72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America explores Latin America's 72 most deadly animals competing for the ultimate title of Most Dangerous Animal in Latin America. It features interviews with wildlife experts and survivors of attacks.^[1][2]

Episodes

Below are the species shown in the program, in order of appearance and the position they obtained in the episode according to their potential threat to humans.

Jungle Jeopardy

• Jaguar (2nd place)
• Vampire fish (5th place)
• Capuchin monkey (4th place)
• Fer-de-lance snake (1st place)
• Giant Amazonian ant (6th place)
• Orinoco crocodile (3rd place)

Deathly Bite

• Orca (3rd place)
• Nine-banded armadillo (7th place)
• Rattlesnake (2nd place
• Black widow (5th place)
• Mosquito (1st place)
• Iguana (6th place)
• Black caiman (4th place)

The Freaks

• Humboldt squid (3rd place)
• Two toed sloth (6th place)
• Warrior wasp (4th place)
• Catfish (5th place)
• Brazilian wandering spider (1st place)
• Beaded lizard (7th place)
• Golden lancehead viper (2nd place)

Killer or Saviors

• Tarantula (6th place)
• Cayenne tick (2nd place)
• Waxy monkey tree frog (5th place)
• Jararaca pit viper (1st place)
• Arizona bark scorpion (3rd place)
• Gila monster (4th place)

Pack Hunters

• Whitetip shark (4th place)
• Fire ant (6th place)
• Feral dog (2nd place)
• Piranha (5th place)
• Sand fly (3rd place)
• Killer bee (1st place)

One Hit Wonders

• Boa constrictor (4th place)
• Scorpionfish (5th place)
• Bullet ant (3rd place)
• Poison dart frog (1st place)
• Freshwater stingrays (6th place)
• Assassin caterpillar (2nd place)
• Tegu (7th place)

Stop! Danger Ahead

• Leopard seal (5th place)
• Army ant (6th place)
• Puma (3rd place)
• Recluse spider (4th place)
• Howler monkey (7th place)
• Chigoe flea (2nd place)
• American crocodile (1st place)

Best Left Alone

• Electric eel (2nd place)
• Capybara (6th place)
• Assassin bug (1st place)
• Palm pit viper (4th place)
• Llama (5th place)
• Giant anteater (3rd place)

Are They for Real?

• Elephant seal (4th place)
• Tarantula hawk wasp (5th place)
• Coral snake (3rd place)
• Botfly (2nd place)
• Amazonian giant centipede (6th place)
• Vampire bat (1st place)
• Solenodon (7th place)

Stealth Hunters

• Bushmaster snake (3rd place)
• Six eyed sand spider (6th place)
• Brazilian yellow scorpion (4th place)
• Freshwater snail (2nd place)
• Toadfish (5th place)
• Bull shark (1st place)

Killers: Myth or Reality

• Harpy eagle (3rd place)
• Sea lion (4th place)
• Goliath bird eating spider (6th place)
• Anaconda (2nd place)
• Maned wolf (7th place)
• Candiru (5th place)
• Giant otter (1st place)

The Final Countdown

11.- Brazilian wandering spider
10.- Anaconda
9.- Bull shark
8.- Killer bee
7.- Jararaca pit viper
6.- American crocodile
5.- Vampire bat
4.- Assassin bug
3.- Poison dart frog
2.- Mosquito
1.- Fer-de-lance snake

Run order:

1 - Brazilian Wandering Spider (11th)

2 - Bull Shark (9th)

3 - Anaconda (10th)

4 - Vampire Bat (5th)

5 - Killer Bee (8th)

6 - Poison Dart Frog (3rd)

*Countdown of non-finalist contenders*

7 - Assassin Bug (4th)

8 - Jararaca Pit Viper (7th)

9 - Mosquito (2nd)

10 - American Crocodile (6th)

11 - Fer-de-lance (1st)

Release

It was released on December 22, 2017, on Netflix streaming.^[3]