Bear Grylls producer snake bite....../Gore warning !!

[ocean1975]

Just googling Naked and Afraid, and found this...

http://now.msn.com/kellie-nightlinger-naked-and-afraid-star-used-private-parts-to-catch-fish

I wonder what type of fish she was catching,red snapper maybe

 

[Goatboy]

I wonder what type of fish she was catching,red snapper maybe

http://now.msn.com/kellie-nightlinge...-to-catch-fish


I see Paul Hollywood has gone wild baking in that picture, wont be eating the doughnuts...

 

[santaman2000]

No, they are mainly leaf litter ambush hunters.

Thanks. That does make much more sense. Now if we can just figure out if it really was a fer de Lance and they got the country wrong, or if they got the country right and the species wrong?

 

[Nightfly]

Rankin got bitten in Costa Rica, not in the USA. They did get the snake right though...

 

[Jared]

The episode aired in the past few days.

The producer got bit whilst scout a few days ahead of the participants going into the jungle.

The show itself is a little odd. Why would anyone go into the jungle just with a gerber gator machete jr, and an ultimate survival strike force, and completely naked.

 

[Rich.H]

Finding it hard to feel much sympathy on this one. The BG shows are well known for their over the top sensationalism of survival and being downright fake in the filmed situations. While this was not a BG show it is clear it is just another "Reality entertainment show" this is clearly going to be full of over reacting to situations etc to make what is seen as good telly.

For me this screams one thing "If I work on this show I will be around potentially dangerous animals & plants being handled in an irresponible manner" For anyone to go ahead and do this and then not wear protective clothing of a high caliber is just asking for trouble. With any luck they chap may have at least learned his painful lesson.

 

[CLEM]

So what type of snake was this then???

 

[JonathanD]

Fer de Lance.

 

[CLEM]

Fer de Lance.

thats a mean looking snake!

 

[dwardo]

Fer de Lance.

(Pic removed)

Does this triangular head shape always mean the snake is one to be wary of?

 

[Rich.H]

Does this triangular head shape always mean the snake is one to be wary of?

It's the typical head shape of the viper group of snakes, generally implies large strong fangs which act as hollow needles, as opposed to simply dripping venom they inject it with force. Also the rear points of the triangle can generally give you an idea just how big the venom glands are in the snake. Generally though all vipers can give a pretty scary dose of venom in relation to their overall size.

 

[dwardo]

It's the typical head shape of the viper group of snakes, generally implies large strong fangs which act as hollow needles, as opposed to simply dripping venom they inject it with force. Also the rear points of the triangle can generally give you an idea just how big the venom glands are in the snake. Generally though all vipers can give a pretty scary dose of venom in relation to their overall size.

Thanks for that