Ocean's Deadliest

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Ocean's Deadliest is a nature documentary hosted by Philippe Cousteau Jr. and Steve Irwin. It was the final documentary made by Steve Irwin before his death, which occurred during filming.

[edit] Documentary

The documentary was largely filmed around Steve Irwin's research boat, Croc One. The pair filmed and sometimes even captured several deadly sea animals, including stonefish, sea snakes and the world's deadliest venomous animal, the box jellyfish. According to Steve Irwin, one of the specimens, a Stoke's sea snake was the largest he'd seen.^{[citation needed]}

The team of researchers harvested venom from the stonefish and some of the sea snakes.

[edit] Broadcast

It aired in the United States on January 21, 2007, on Animal Planet and Discovery Channel as a simulcast event. It aired in Australia on January 29, 2007 on the Nine Network, and in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2007 on ITV1

[edit] Impact of Steve Irwin's death

Terri Irwin, Steve's widow, stated in an interview with Access Hollywood aired on January 11, 2007 that no footage shot the day he died was used, and that the footage of his injury and death had been destroyed. The show's co-host, Philippe 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 Irwin", the documentary contains no mention of his death.