Who is you least fav TV herp person?

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

Look up "Python Bites Brady Barr" on youtube. That really just put the hammer down for me. So annoying.

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=gI2AeYLZZWU

LMAO!

Jeff Corwin is ok. A little goofy for my taste though. I don't really have a issue with O'Shea other than the fact that he just seems to handle the snakes so roughly.

I may watch Brady Barr now just for the comedic relief factor.

I haven't watched TV with any regularity for years. I've enjoyed all the herp shows I used to catch from time to time...but there are obviously lots of new ones I've never even heard of. This "Barr" guy, for instance.

After watching that vid and just shaking my head in wonderment...I have to say this: I'm sure that bite hurt like nobody's business....plus the fear of seriously nasty infections from being in that water and mud that is probably filled with bat guano and who knows what other nasties. I really don't think we should mock him for his reaction because we can't know how badly it hurt. It looked to me like he was ready to pass out a couple of times and I thought he did a good job hanging on.

That being said....I also have to wonder....WHAT THE HECK did he expect when he pulls (forces!!!) a wild python out of its den....drags it into murky water with no visibility and absolutely no way to control the animal's movements. Of COURSE it's going to bite!! He's very lucky it seemed to be a defensive bite/release sort of thing, rather than the snake latching on and trying to kill the predator that dared to threaten in its own home! Completely irresponsible and brainless on the part of all parties involved with that shoot.

I have to say, though....that if it weren't for guys like Jeff Corwin and Steve Irwin....I wouldn't be here at all. It was them that got my daughter hooked on snakes...and her that revived my own childhood interests. I'd say overall, the world of herp-lovers is a MUCH better place for guys like these.....whether you agree with their methods or like their personalities....or not.

:salute:

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Originally Posted by spix14

I don't really have a issue with O'Shea other than the fact that he just seems to handle the snakes so roughly.

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O'Shae is a pretty cool guy, if you ever get a chance to talk to him. Occasionally he shows up at Midwest Tongs booths, helping to promote the product...."occasionally" :P I've seen him handle most of the snakes on tv...it's actually not as rough as it may seem. :)

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Originally Posted by JLC

That being said....I also have to wonder....WHAT THE HECK did he expect when he pulls (forces!!!) a wild python out of its den...

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This is why I feel OK laughing at him. You don't accidentally get waist-deep in guano and bitten by a giant snake.

I think that Nigel Marven deserves a mention in this thread.

I can't tell you my least favorite... But Steve Irwin is a god to me. Someone that fearless and educated... Saddest day ever when he died... right up there with when Yzerman retired...

hahahaha I just watched that Brady Barr guy and it's official... I dislike him... alot!

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Originally Posted by Brimstone111888

After the Letterman show and the Today show. Bob Clark and his idiot sidekick Jack Hanna.

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why? what happened there?

That Brady Barr video is hilarious I have never been bite by a big snake so I dont know how it feels but of all the things he deals with I would think that is the one I would want to bite me. He has to have prepared himself for the day when he gets bit by a dangerous animal I would think he would not react like such a pansy.lol.