Apex Predator (2015)
Apex Predator
2015Remi Warren is on a mission to embrace and claim the wildness that lies deep within each of us. He shows us that there is a beast in all of us and that it has a natural and necessary place in today’s world. Each episode begins by learning about adaptations, techniques, and traits used by a specific hunter in the wild. Remi learns everything he can by studying the predator itself, and gets extra info from experts in biology, physiology, and ecology. He then tests himself and designs both trials and training regimens to embody this trait. When prepared, Remi heads to the wild with a clear challenge to meld with nature and hunt like an animal.
Seasons & Episode
Remi Warren discovers the power of patience as he learns how to lie in wait like an alligator for his prey in the swamps of Central Florida. His mantra will be “calm body, alert mind” as he hopes to literally get his hands on a pig in the wild in one explosive, lethal movement.
Inspired by an iconic painting by George Catlin, Remi Warren stalks buffalo in Sonora, Mexico disguised as a coyote. Taking advantage of the buffalo’s inherent indifference toward coyotes, he attempts to sneak as close to the herd as possible on hands and knees without spooking them. If he manages to close in on a buffalo, he’ll take it down with a bow and arrow – Apex Predator-style.
Remi Warren prowls the edges of Michigan’s waterways in hopes of hunting like the Great Blue Heron. After an afternoon observing Great Blue Herons in the wild and a lesson in frog gigging from 12 year-old Owen Lynch, Remi takes to the open water to see if he can use perspective to his advantage to spear fish like the Great Blue.
Eagles are estimated to have eyesight up to eight times stronger than that of the average human. Using the power of modern optics, Remi Warren attempts to spot and hunt Coues deer from long range like one of the world’s greatest winged predators: the golden eagle.
Remi Warren attempts to adapt to the river otter’s aquatic lifestyle as he learns to hold his breath and swim underwater in search of fish prey. Using modern dive gear and his natural mammalian diving reflex to his advantage, Remi will learn proper freedive techniques to dive down and spear for fish off Southwest Florida’s Gulf coast.
Remi Warren is on a mission to embrace and claim the wildness that lies deep within each of us. He shows us that there is a beast in all of us and that it has a natural and necessary place in today’s world. Each episode begins by learning about adaptations, techniques, and traits used by a specific hunter in the wild. Remi learns everything he can by studying the predator itself, and gets extra info from experts in biology, physiology, and ecology. He then tests himself and designs both trials and training regimens to embody this trait. When prepared, Remi heads to the wild with a clear challenge to meld with nature and hunt like an animal.