BHB On Discovery

Seems like an awful lot of assumptions going on based on extremely scant information. Here are some facts:

The show is called Venom Hunters and has nothing to do with Brian's BHB business or Snakebytes, except to reference those as his background.

Chewie IS with Brian as part of one of the teams searching for wild venomous snakes to capture for venom production. Chewie took this job VERY seriously and is not just there to be a goofball trying not to get bit.

Brian and Chewie spent a month in Australia filming for a total of six episodes of the first season of Venom Hunters. Whether or not they end up in all six episodes remains to be seen. There are other teams that are being followed as well.

The entire management team at Discover (and Animal Planet, etc) has been replaced due to the overwhelming negative reaction to the utterly ridiculous and fake programming they had been doing for the last few years. Their STATED purpose is to bring back a positive and educational message, while still entertaining their audience.

Brian is putting his trust in that stated purpose and trusting that the Venom Hunters series will NOT be sensationalized beyond reason and will not paint snakes as evil or keepers as idiots. WILL THE NETWORK LET HIM DOWN? That remains to be seen...but if they do, it won't be through any fault of Brian's.

The first episode is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 10 p.m. ET on Discovery.

I really, really think people should at least give the show a chance before they go blasting it to smithereens with righteous indignation.

I'll reserve my opinion until the show airs, I do enjoy Brian's youtube videos and have learned quite a bit about the world of BPs from watching. I hope Discovery doesn't distort the world of reptiles to shed a negative light on this passion.

I always wanted a snake, but thought it was too daunting of a task, plus my wife wasn't in favor. I stumbled on Snakebytes TV on YouTube one day. Watched a few videos with my kids, then showed a few to my wife. I'm now a proud Ball Python owner. I hope he does well and gets more people interested in herpetology.


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Jlc,

thank you you for the info! We will definitely be watching it in our house. It's good to hear that the channel plans on going away from all the.... Recent offerings. lets hope they stick to it.

So glad to see that both the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet are trying to get back to more quality programming rather than the garbage that they have been putting out recently. I am really looking forward to seeing this show.

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So glad to see that both the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet are trying to get back to more quality programming rather than the garbage that they have been putting out recently. I am really looking forward to seeing this show.

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If the show has nothing to do with his breeding operation, and Discovery is going back to their roots, it could be good.

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If that show was about to give document and scientific contents about australian venomous snakes they would not chose Brian because he is no expert on those species and i don t mention chewie. What they are willing to sell is sensational because it sells better. I really hope this show will present animals behaviors in wild but i guess it will be more about tracking and provocating animals strikes. Brian will for sure explain certain behaviors because he is trully passionate but honestly when they contact him and mention chewie he should step out has he should have known it will be grotesque. I don t think make fun on feared animals will make common people want to understand them.

I will give the show a try too, But i didn t appreciate Brian communication lately specially some weird advices to clients about Scaleless head and BHB lies on banana project to beginner : "buy a banana female for 600$ is the best choice to enter in the hobby" no, it s not : it s just the easiest snake to sell to a beginner as hatchling that just understand he should buy females earlier than males. Of course they didn t mention banana looking in adulthood, the weird sex ratio that led to the price crashing and the males who hardly find home for 100$. I sell myself bananas and always inform clients about this and ask about their future project. JKR made 4 articles about the way to deal with clients that i really like and that s not the way Brian and BHB work. So yes Brian deserves his reputation , it s doesnt mean he doesn t love reptiles but he loves money more and this show might prove it once more.

Oh, i was one of the guys that was actually buying is passion story telling on snake bites when i start breeding seriously and i was so admirative...

JLC I'm quite heartened to read that there's been such a huge shakeup at Discovery/AP with regards to the programming choices. Maybe there's hope that we'll get more good shows and less "Bigfoot" and "Rednecks doing stupid stuff" shows.

I kind of hoped it would be more about keeping snakes as pets, but anything that gives a good impression of reptiles is still a good thing.

There has been a new CEO appointed to discovery in the last year, whose goal is to leave the reality shows behind and get back to what the channels are supposed to be about. I am hopeful that Brian and this CEO will be able to accomplish this, because from his Facebook posts it seems like he does want this to be a positive educational show. I don't necessarily agree with every single thing he does or says, but I do believe that he has good intentions with this show. That being said, there is still I board of directors or programming or what have you to go through, so the show can really go in any direction. For the sake of the hobby and education, and something I am passionate about, I hope this will be a good change of pace for discovery.


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