Who is you least fav TV herp person?

I don't know about Nigel Marven, I like him because my daughter absolutely adores his show on Animal Planet, "Prehistoric Park". I have actually lately found myself watching it with her. It's informative in a way that my kids really like, so it works for me!!

I absolutely adore Jeff Corwin, I think he has a great passion for animals and he also makes me laugh as well. He may be a little goofy but my kids and I love watching him. I really enjoyed the one show where he was blindfolded and dropped off in the middle of nowhere USA and had to figure out where he was by identifying native snakes that he came across. I haven't been able to watch him much lately, don't know if he has had any more shows like that. My very favorite is Steve Irwin, although like someone else mentioned earlier, it is a little hard to watch his shows now.:tears: I had been watching his shows for a long time.

I do watch the other ones that were mentioned on occasion, but don't really make it a point to try and watch when I get the chance.

Aww, why people knocking Corwin? I like his show a lot better than Steve Irwin's. He's a little silly and makes awkward jokes a lot, but he's more of a naturalist than a dramatist, which I like. And I can relate to the animal-obsessed nerdiness.

I know we're not talking favorites, but I love that guy from the Blue Planet/Life in Cold Blood series!! He's amazing!

I can't stand the sensationalist "snake wranglers"... I don't know any by name but the ones that will climb into a snake burrow and poke its head with a snake hook, and then act all terrified when it tries to bite them... umm, it's venomous, and you're poking its head, but to people that don't know anything about herps, the evil snake is attacking. Grr :taz:

That's why I always liked Steve. He was always quick to point out that if he ever got bitten it was his fault and not the snakes. Plus he was the one that got me interested in herps to begin with, if it wasn't for him there probably wouldn't be 5 snakes living with me right now. I also felt a more personal connection with him because he always had his family and friends with him on the show; I don't know, I guess it just made me feel like I knew him.

Not like Austin "I'm gonna bat this cobra in the face til it bites me" Stevens. IMO a lot of these guys that are out now are just trying to walk in Steve's footsteps, and some are better at it than others. Flailing around with snake in hand and yowling at the top of your lungs does not an Irwin make.

What I wanna know is, when is a female herper going to get a show? The guys have had their chance, I say let a chic give it a shot!

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What I wanna know is, when is a female herper going to get a show? The guys have had their chance, I say let a chic give it a shot!

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:gj: Agreed!! :gj:

Jeff Corwin is pretty funny and so I'll sit down and be entertained.

Nigel Marven, saw him at NARBC and I think any guy who does a show on dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures, etc. is alright in my book. I'll let him slide.

Brady "Cry-baby" Barr. I watch the show to learn what not to do in any situation. First of all, he acts like the little kids at the zoo when a lion or bear yawns.

"OOOH MAN, I've NEVER seen one THAT BIG!"

"These ARE JUST. . .I'M TANGLED IN THE ROPES, GUYS!!! I'M TANGLED . . .*gurgling noises*"

"I made a massive error in my calculations, it seems that my hippo costume is only a hippo costume and is not immune to getting stuck in the mud."

"I need to scrape hippo sweat. I just have to."

"I am going in to catch a reh-teek. Deep inside that cave to test out my theory. . .that snakes like warm, dark places with a food source."

"I've made him vomit his meal. Excellent, now lets see if I can get bit"

<--took a little liberty with the quotes but it really make no difference.

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"I am going in to catch a reh-teek. Deep inside that cave to test out my theory. . .that snakes like warm, dark places with a food source."

<--took a little liberty with the quotes but it really make no difference.

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LOL. Good quotes... I have to say I was rolling my eyes with his "theories" on the retic episode. A regular Darwin he is. :rolleyes:

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What I wanna know is, when is a female herper going to get a show? The guys have had their chance, I say let a chic give it a shot!

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Dont forget about Bindi the Jungle Girl!

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<--took a little liberty with the quotes but it really make no difference.

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LOL....those cracked me up!

LOVE your avatar, btw! Total Firefly finatic here!! :clap:

Brady Barr Definately. I watched him last night catch a big python in India. Not sure exactly on the species, but he kept screaming and he just seems like he doesn't know what he is doing. Some little indian dude clearly found the snake but Brady took all the credit. "I FOUND IT! I FOUND IT! THATS A BIG SNAKE!". What a retard.

Steve was awesome. He was just so passionate and he new EXACTLY what he was doing. He was raised in Australia and mentored by his father on all the flaura and fauna of the land.

Corwin is pretty cool too. You can tell he is passionate which is great and he's pretty funny to boot.

All the rest can pretty much disapear.

-Austin

well, if you're really that big of a Brady Barr fan, you'll all like to know that he's coming to Minneapolis on March 20 as a speaker in the National Geographic Live series. He'll be at the State Theater and the tickets are only $27.50 What a deal...

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ng...olis/barr.html



Mark