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  • 01-12-2009, 11:29 PM
    ThyTempest
    Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    .....on Man vs Wild not 2 minutes ago....a very big BCI.

    Now that I have it out there....react.

    I personally think it was a horrible choice. I realize it is a survival show, as I watch it pretty often....but to kill a top predator in a community, I disagree with. That was probably a 5+ year old snake, if not 10....to kill something that is semi-rare that far North (Belize), and has survived that long without much/any threat of future predation...I feel it is wrong.

    In his other shows he often takes lower animals, rodents, birds, etc....prey animals, not top predators.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:31 PM
    Michelle.C
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    He's killed a half dozen or so snakes, monitors, etc.

    I've seen him kill Carpet Pythons, King Snakes, Rat Snakes, Garter Snakes, etc.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:31 PM
    mainbutter
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    boo-urns

    Oh well, it's hunting.

    I want to see him take down something a little faster and more elusive.. like making a bow and some arrows, or maybe a spear, to take out wild pigs or deer.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:34 PM
    TheMolenater2
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    I suppose that when you are starving and stranded, you got to eat something.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:35 PM
    JAMills
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    Yep seen him eat several snakes on several continents. Though watching him eat the basically live snake had to be the worst! He just took off it's head and put it's squirming body in his mouth. WOW!
  • 01-12-2009, 11:36 PM
    SecurityStacey
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    It's a show about survival. He kills/eats what he can.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:39 PM
    ThyTempest
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    He is not surviving....he is making a tv show. Obviously, I place human life above that a snake, but seriously guys....this is for entertainment....sorry but I dont find humans killing top predators for entertainment entertaining. I have seen him kill what I would call "lower" snakes....snakes that have predators such as hawks, eagles, bigger snakes, etc....I don't know of any predator that preys on adult boa constrictors.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:43 PM
    ev477
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by ThyTempest View Post
    I don't know of any predator that preys on adult boa constrictors.

    Maybe not eagles or anything but Bear does!

    All kidding aside, I stopped watching those shows after I saw them kill animals for no reason. Eating plants and fresh zebra kills and eyes from dead sheep I can understand... but I think the show has become more about doing crazy things in order to survive than actually surviving.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:46 PM
    Typical_08
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    Don't worry, karma caught up to him.

    http://www.reuters.com/article/peopl...4B70LU20081208

    I guess that when you make a living lying to people and giving bad advise it tends to do that.

    I do not wish Eddy any ill will. I do not want to see anyone hurt. But I do believe that what goes around comes around.
  • 01-12-2009, 11:46 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!
    To bad his show is fake half the time and instead of killing these animals he could just tell you that you could eat that. Take a look at these

    YouTube - Bear Grylls is a Fake

    YouTube - Man vs. Hotel: Bear Grylled

    That other guy is what you should be watching.
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