Former US Navy Seal Joel Lambert, who became famous by evading expert tracking teams on the Discovery Channel TV series Manhunt, is in South Africa filming a series about the world's scariest animals. Lambert's new show, Predators Up Close, takes him to countries such as Norway and Zambia to study animals.He travels with a mobile lab, a transparent pod equipped to record and measure predators' behaviour, senses and skills - while also measuring Lambert's reaction to each encounter. The lab is equipped with technology that can be configured to deal with different predators."It's small; it's designed not to be intrusive," he said.Lambert, in Cape Town to observe sharks, spoke about his love for South Africa, even though he was nearly killed here.He was filming the first season of Manhunt last year when he encountered a group of feeding lions in the Kruger National Park."It ended up [being] just the cameraman and me. We had lost communication. We were running through Kruger and they couldn't find me, and I ended up running into an area where lionesses were feeding."When the crew started calling for him, he thought they were trying to trick him. He crossed a river of crocodiles and still finished the race."I'd do it again in a heartbeat," he said.The action man says his father is his inspiration."He started me on the journey to understanding what a powerful, secure, real man is. And it's not someone who has my skills set and knows how to fight."It's someone who's found his power in gentleness and compassion."..