Legendary explorer Frank Buck hunts the jungles of the Far East for rare and deadly animals.

From his camp headquarters in India, explorer Frank Buck and his native crew venture into the jungles of the Far East to capture wild animals for zoos across America. With his knife at his side, Buck first traps a 300-pound python, while his aides tie it to a long pole for carrying. Next, Buck and a helper spot a rare Bird of Paradise and catch it with a twine snare and a cage made out of rattan vines. In another part of the jungle, Buck stumbles on a baby armor-plated rhinocerous as it is being attacked by a large tiger. Buck shoots the tiger to save the rhinocerous, and then amputates the rhinocerous' mangled ear. On their way back to camp, they encounter a twenty-four-foot python, which they shoot out of a tree and bag with a net. In camp, Lucy, the rhinocerous, joins Hard Luck Harry, a honey bear, and other camp inhabitants. To trap a large number of monkeys, Buck sets up a huge net and lures them with tapioca and other roots. Soon after, Buck snares a sixteen-foot crocodile and another python, which had bitten and encoiled itself around his helper Ali. Buck then takes off for the deepest jungles of central Malay to capture an enormous tiger. After climbing a steep cliff, Buck locates reclusive tribesmen, who show him the tracks of the giant tiger. Buck and his men build a sturdy, camouflaged wooden cage, bait it, and wait for the tiger. That night, the tiger prowls over the cage and is caught. Buck ties the tiger to one side of the cage and dismantles the other side, enabling the men to carry the animal on a "stretcher" back down the cliff. Finally, Buck traps a group of rare Asian antelopes and saves a native from the attack of another menancing tiger. With his game packed in crates, Buck leaves Singapore for the United States.