Man Vs Wild gets bloody

[TheGreatSatan]

I was just watching the episode "Arctic Circle". Usually someone leaves a kill behind a he shows you what to eat and how to cook it. Not this time. He trapped a reindeer against a tree by tying it's antlers up against it. Then he pulled out a knife and stuck it right between it's ears severing its brain stem and killing it. The reindeers' blood just start to pour out like a waterfall and he puts his face it in for a big drink!

Once he's done, he cuts open the stomach and pulls out the heart. It's as big as a volleyball!! What do you think comes next?

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[Zephik]

I remember seeing that episode. Its unfortunate he lost most of it in the ice afterward, nothing that could have been done about it I guess.

I'm glad they showed it and didn't censor it. This is where you get your meat product from people, from living things. Nothing wrong with that, but I think it makes you appreciate the life that was given up for your food a lot more when you see something like this. I think its kind of disturbing that a lot of people who see this kind of thing almost freak out about it, yet they eat meat on a regular basis.

Anyways, man I love Man vs Wild! The guys a bit crazy, but that's what makes the show entertaining. :p

[Mark_Hardware]

some of the stuff that dude eats.... *shivers*
My fav was the snakeskin full of urine. I would just dehydrate.

[Zephik]

Oh yea, what about that time when he drank elephant dung! lol so nasty!

[Mark_Hardware]

yeah, held over his head and squeezed. Again, I would just dehydrate, thank you very much.

[Kayin]

Then you're doing Darwin's work.

I've eaten dog. I can dig for water, I've drank deer blood, foraged for ants, all kinds of stuff.

The earth gives, then gets offended when we don't partake.

This post, BTW, is not a joke. I'm half Seminole, I've learned lots of neat things growing up with full blooded family. The dog was an accident, but it was on the list anyway. I've tried most types of meat, and I can still eat my fill out of the woods, or even a park.

I was raised to survive. My family's been doing it for God knows how long, surviving, though the means are normally much more civil. I just know how, in case things go pear-shaped. Kinda like knowing how to throw a punch and defend yourself-it's part of being a well-rounded person.

[Mark_Hardware]

I've heard that dehydration has a helluva hallucinogenic effect... course, that's right before you die, but hey.

Edit: Just a joke, btw....

[TheGreatSatan]

That one time he went through Bear crap and ate some of the berries!

[Mark_Hardware]

ah yes. last night he picked up deer crap and ate the crap!

[Zephik]

My most memorable moment is still the giant grub that he bit in half. It looked like he popped the worlds largest zit right into his mouth. lol so nasty!

I still get nervous when he goes into caves. I swear, sometimes I'm just like WTF are you doing?? Watch the Alabama episode for one of those moments. The dudes crazy.

[billygoat333]

lol. bear is nuts.

[Mark_Hardware]

I still get nervous when he goes into caves. I swear, sometimes I'm just like WTF are you doing?? Watch the Alabama episode for one of those moments. The dudes crazy.

Yeah that's not a safe thing to be showing people to do. That is craziness. And on that same episode where he jumped on the back of a logging truck. That's just not practical

[d_stilgar]

He does a lot of stupid stuff and most of it is staged. I like survivorman better. Less about the gross stuff to eat and more about how to actually survive, which would not include climbing a waterfall (while trying to hide that harness you wouldn't really have if you were lost) and sliding across an old wire to get to the other side of a ravine (while trying to hide that harness you wouldn't really have if you were lost).

I'm not sure all of this is true, but you start to think . . .
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I'm trying to find an article someone wrote. They happened to be hiking along a trail when they saw the crew from the show filming Baer crossing a ravine on the geologist wire thing. They took pictures showing that the ravine comes together about 30 yards from where the line is and that it would be easier to just walk around, which would also be the thing to do no matter how long you had to walk to find a safe way to cross. The show is supposed to show you what to do to survive, not get yourself killed.

[Zephik]

Meh, I don't really care about any of that stuff. Whether he does this for real or not, or if he spends his nights in hotels or not, I don't care. He isn't Survivor Man and his show isn't for educational purposes even though it can be at times. I think that's where people get confused. They say "its not real, its staged" but to be honest, those people just don't get the point of the show. Its about watching a guy do crazy things, eat crazy things and just be all around crazy. Its fun and that's all its intended for, just fun. If someone takes his show actually seriously survival wise and takes his show to heart, then that's Darwinism for you.

People like to think there is always more than meets the eye, and in truth, there is. But that's totally missing the point. Even if he has a safety net or sleeps in hotels, that doesn't really take away from the stuff that he actually does do. Like eat bugs, dung, jump across ravines, into tree's high up in the sky, crossing rivers and getting stuck in deep mud, etc etc. Its not a show about "how to survive" its a show about "how I survive in extreme situations".

[d_stilgar]

I like watching some of that stuff, but it gets ruined when it's not transparent. When he says "My only supplies are x or y" then when he puts a harness on to climb up a waterfall, he should say so instead of covering it up with his hand.

There was an episode of Survivorman where he really needed fire but hadn't been able to get one started all day. He was getting desperate, so he smashed one of the cameras and found something dry inside for tinder and used the lens to start the fire. He could have hid all this and pretended that he started it with two sticks, but he didn't. He just said that he needed fire and couldn't make one, so he busted the camera. That's real!

Baer Grylls insults my intellegence when he tries to lie the way he does. It's more insulting to those who are too dumb to figure it out. Just say that it is fake and for entertainment only and that it is in no way the smart or right thing to do if you were out in the wild. I'd be okay with it if he were just honest.

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. . .plus, I think he just spit the blood out without swallowing. haha.

[Mark_Hardware]

And I was waiting for the survivorman comparison. :rolleyes: