Brand new Man VS Wild is on!

[LostInAnomie]

YES!

[supernova]

1. Bear Griles is my secret lover!

Got my Tivo on it! :D

[LostInAnomie]

2. DAMN! I'm a fan of the show, but I wouldn't go that far.

Unless I was stuck in the mountains and he said that was the only way he'd help me out. Then I would but I wouldn't tell anyone. I just hope his camera crew wouldn't be there.

[aquaman]

3. Great show.

I recorded it as well.

[pokerfan]

4. Turtle tastes just like chicken!

Bear Grylls is also on Conan tonight!

U.S. Army Survival Manual FM 21-76:
http://www.equipped.com/fm21-76.htm

From Chapter 8:

Insects
The most abundant life-form on earth, insects are easily caught. Insects provide 65 to 80 percent protein compared to 20 percent for beef. This fact makes insects an important, if not overly appetizing, food source. Insects to avoid include all adults that sting or bite, hairy or brightly colored insects, and caterpillars and insects that have a pungent odor. Also avoid spiders and common disease carriers such as ticks, flies, and mosquitoes. Rotting logs lying on the ground are excellent places to look for a variety of insects including ants, termites, beetles, and grubs, which are beetle larvae. Do not overlook insect nests on or in the ground. Grassy areas, such as fields, are good areas to search because the insects are easily seen. Stones, boards, or other materials lying on the ground provide the insects with good nesting sites. Check these sites. Insect larvae are also edible. Insects such as beetles and grasshoppers that have a hard outer shell will have parasites. Cook them before eating. Remove any wings and barbed legs also. You can eat most insects raw. The taste varies from one species to another. Wood grubs are bland, while some species of ants store honey in their bodies, giving them a sweet taste. You can grind a collection of insects into a paste. You can mix them with edible vegetation. You can cook them to improve their taste.

Worms
Worms (Annelidea) are an excellent protein source. Dig for them in damp humus soil or watch for them on the ground after a rain. After capturing them, drop them into clean, potable water for a few minutes. The worms will naturally purge or wash themselves out, after which you can eat them raw.

[LostInAnomie]

5. According to my Grandma turtle has seven different flavors of meat.

One of those flavors is chicken though.

I felt kinda bad for that turtle. Bear wasn't that damn hungry.

[pokerfan]

6. Yeah, he could have borrowed some jerkey from the crew

He passed on the juvenile gator though. (Protected species.) Of course, in a real survival situation, too bad for the young gator.

At least now I know how to cook turtle in the wild if the need ever arises.

It was like when Les Stroud on survivorman cooked that squirrel whole cause he was in plague country and didn't want to risk picking up a pathogen while trying to clean it. He even cooked the bones all night, ground them up and ate them for breakfast. "Good source of calcium."

[LostInAnomie]

7. I like Survivorman better than Man vs Wild.

I think it's a more realistic show. Les doesn't do crazy shit like Bear does (climbing a waterfall, crossing a canyon by crawling across an old rope, etc.) he keeps safe and shows a lot more useful stuff along the way.

Bear = Flash
Les = Substance

[pokerfan]

8. They each have their pros and cons

Bear is never really alone so he can demonstrate more potentially dangerous techniques. They both at times do things that make me roll my eyes.

Like Les eating wild mushrooms. This should only been done by someone who really knows how to identify shrooms as many can kill you. The only shroom I can positively identify is the magic kind.

And like Bear eating the maggots feasting on the dead flesh. Any parasite or pathogen in the rotten flesh could be in the maggot's GI tract. Best to find your grubs feeding on plant life.

Plants in general can be dangerous to eat unless you know your species. The Kims who got stuck in the coastal mountains of Oregon last Thanksgiving said that they ate berries. Very dangerous in the PNW cause there are poisoness berries in this part of the country.

They both spout good and bad advice at times. Given the choice though, I would go with Survivorman.

[Duer 157099]

9. Les gives more realistic helpful tips

while Bear goes for the drama. I love them both, though. Does Les have a new season too? Haven't heard anything.

[LostInAnomie]

10. Supposedly there is supposed to be a new season this year on TLC.

I don't have TLC so I'm hoping they show the them on the Discovery channel later on.

[pokerfan]

11. New Season of Survivorman in the works!

http://www.lesstroudonline.com/

Survivorman is back in action!

Les has completed the first, second and third shows of the new season in Ecuador and Africa all of which are now in the edit room.

[pokerfan]

12. Rewatching the Everglades episode

I wasn't impressed with Bear's choice of knot for tying his shoelaces together as a tree climbing aid. A reef knot should never be used used as a bend as it can easily slip or come undone which is the last thing you need when you are half way up a tree.

A better knot to use would have been the sheet bend, which is also similar to the bowline. They won't come undone unless you want them to come undone. It's a much more robust way of tying the ends of two ropes together.

Reef knot:


(And yes, I was in the boy scouts.)