Dave Salmoni

Dave Salmoni is not entirely human. As star presenter of Discovery Channel's Rogue Nature series, Animal Planet's Predator versus Prey and many other Dave Salmoni programs, Dave gets to spend alot of time with predators: Grizzly Bears, 14-foot Crocodiles, Great White Sharks — and his specialty, the big cats.

So much time that several Lion and Tiger characteristics have snuck into Dave's bio-circuitry. Dave transmits a sense of being constantly aware, constantly alive within the moment. When he move across the room, his 6'3" corner back's frame conveys an authority learnt through working with alpha male cats two to three times his own weight.

"There's a sensitivity about Dave that you only appreciate fully when you see hi at work with the cats," comments a colleague. "He's got this amazing feeling for creatures that couple rip hi apart at any moment. It's not sentimental. It's the realest kind of love you've ever seen." + MORE