What's the weirdest animal poo you've ever seen, Steve?

Blue whale.

So...

This week on Walking the Dog, Ray and I met up with naturalist explorer and presenter of the children's wildlife series Deadly 60, Steve Baxhill.

Steve is obviously someone who really connects with animals, so it won't surprise

you to hear that Raymond took a shine to him. In fact, you're witnessing the birth of an epic

bromance, but I'm afraid they had to put up with me crashing their date because there was so

much I wanted to chat to Steve about. Steve grew up on a small farm surrounded by animals

and with parents who worked for British Airways,

which also really inspired his love of adventure.

He made his first travel documentary in his 20s,

but it was his children's wildlife show Deadly 60

that propelled him into a career as one of our most well-loved wildlife presenters.

Steve is fascinating company. He's so knowledgeable about animals. I learnt about hippos, snakes, bats.

He even traced some of Raymond's weird habits back to his wolf ancestors. Not sure wolves demand

venison treats on a pink blanket, but I'll take your word for it, Steve. We also chatted about

Steve's family life and meeting his wife, Olympic rower Helen Glover, as well as his first ever

UK arena tour, Deadly Live, which he's so excited about, and frankly,

so am I, because it's set to be an incredible action-packed wildlife experience filled with stunts,

experiments and mind-blowing animal anecdotes. Steve will be coming to venues all over the country

in October and November, so do get your tickets now at deadly live tour.com.

I also really recommend checking out his new book, Deadly, My Ultimate Lethal Beasts,

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