Bear Grylls just killed a Boa!!

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Agreed. I like watching both...but for very different reasons. I like Survivorman for...survival...I like MvW for watching a dumbass do things that I would never do in the wild/survivor mode....they are far too risky....one big thing he does all the time is jump in the water....no....stay dry. Survival 101.

I hear ya. I used to watch both. My friends and I turned MvW into a drinking game. Every time he did something that would likely get him killed if he did not have stunt coordinators, safety experts, etc, we would drink. Every time he gave good advice we would well drink. We kept a tally.

I am no survival expert, but I do fancy myself a woodsman, and have done some survival stuff in the Corps. I enjoy practicing the primitive skills and passing that along to my children. But anyway. The ratio of stupid stuff to good advice was about ten to one, and that is being generous.

Things got a little better after Eddy was outed for staying in hotels, and having live animals brought on location when they couldn't find any wild ones. They added a disclaimer, and he talks about his crew. But that does not help the twelve year olds that watch and think it is sound advise.

But I guess that is just natural selection taking out those who get their advise from a TV show and do not fact check it.

Anyway. End rant.

Any bets on if the Boa was actually a wild one, or one that they brought out on location?

I've seen survivor man kill rattle snakes and other predators on his show too. And he doesn't have a camera crew but he can call in his crew to come get him if he thinks he can't go any further - so he doesn't really need to kill to survive either.

My problem, and I know I am somewhat alone on this, is not him killing when he does not absolutely have to. Nor do I hold that against Les. But you can guess what my problem is.