King of the Jungle

Competitors arrive and go straight into competition.

Competitors must mimic an anteater sucking worms through a straw. Lang becomes king, leading a tumultuous reign. Roberto is eventually eliminated.

Competitors see how well they compare to chimpanzees using a little teamwork. Cherry is crowned and she and Lang clash. Henry volunteers for the pit and is eliminated.

Some colorful creatures have the competitors flying high. Bee becomes queen bee after a strong performance. In an ironic turn, it is Bee the mongoose who sends Lang the cobra to the pit and elimination.

In this special 2-hour episode, the pride gets a surprise when Henry, Shannon and Roberto return to vie for a place in the pride. Patrick reigns over a new pride, while Cherry and Cynthia are eliminated.

Shannon becomes reigning king after she and Lindsay wrangle a few snakes. A tense vote sends Tony and Roberto to the pit and Roberto is eliminated once again.

The competitors get a whiff of some strong animal scents and Bee becomes the first competitor to be crowned twice. She then randomly selects her best friends Patrick and Lindsay for the Pit and it is Lindsay who must go home.

Pride members are faced with a challenge of a different stripe when they must correctly identify and match zebra patterns to the correct zebra. Bee proves her strength as a competitor when she is crowned for a third time. She sends Shannon and Tony to the pit and Shannon is eliminated for a second time.

Patrick, Bee and Tony are left, but only one will leave as King of the Jungle. The three compete in a wildlife photography contest where Patrick is a natural with the camera, becoming reigning king. Bee and Tony go to the pit and three-time reigning king Bee is eliminated. Tony and Patrick must make like a reticulated python in the final challenge and go to the pit on equal footing. With no rings in the pit the long challenge ends with Tony as king.

The winner of the competition is awarded with the title of nature-show host during this hour, which features a deadly predator in Florida and Nile crocodiles in Kenya.