Mark O'Shea

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Mark O'Shea
Born May 1956 (age 51–52)
Wolverhampton,
England
Occupation Herpetologist
Website
O'Shea's website

Mark O'Shea (born May 1956, Wolverhampton, England) is a herpetologist, photographer, author, lecturer, and television personality.

Mark O'Shea is best known from his television show on the Animal Planet network called O'Shea's Big Adventure (in the UK, O'Shea's Dangerous Reptiles) which chronicles his many field excursions to find reptiles around the world. It was divided in to four series, The Americas, Australasia & Pacific, South & Southeast Asia and Africa & South America. They were aired between 1999 and 2003.

In 1993, O'Shea was bitten by a Canebrake Rattlesnake and almost died.[1]

He was the Curator of Reptiles at the West Midland Safari Park from 1987 until 2002 when he became Consultant Curator of Reptiles.

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