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Nigel- kinda reckless?

posted 18 years ago by Dutch90
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Does anyone else think Nigel was a bit reckless? I mean, there are plenty of other people who come closer to dangerous animals than most consider healthy, but there were countless moments where he could have easily been lunch. For instance, swimming around 25 m Liopleurodon in a feeding frenzy with only some weird chemical repellant? That's a little too less documentary and too much sensationalism. Also Nigel constantly grabbing onto the animals kind of bugged me; he was obviously distressing them.

Otherwise a great trilogy, but I sure hope Nigel is more careful with real animals.

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[–] info-6107 18 years ago

No, not to much. One nature host I hate is Steve Erwin. Always yelling at the animals: "Oh, you're beautiful, little mate." and "God, isn't she bloody lovely." That really makes me mad. Always yelling and grapping animals. But yes geat series. A classic!!!!!

[–] Dutch90 18 years ago

Steve rules, but yes, he's a bit 'weird'.

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[–] Vihktor-24 18 years ago

Reckless? I think yes. But the only part that made me "angry" was when he threw away the sea scorpion. How could anybody do such a thing to a cute little Megalograptus while he is, um, "doing his stuff"?

But I admit, it would have been interesting to see a crew member being eaten. I saw other documentaries where some people fell in the water and freezed to death. Being eaten by a Liopleurodon is something less painful and you're gone in a pair of seconds.

[–] Dutch90 18 years ago

Reckless? I think yes. But the only part that made me "angry" was when he threw away the sea scorpion. How could anybody do such a thing to a cute little Megalograptus while he is, um, "doing his stuff"?

What bothered me more was his handling of the Nothosaurus and Tanystropheus in the Triassic. The Nothosaurus was obviously distressed as it needed to take a breath (it's never fun when someone holds you under water, is it?). And although Nigel probably didn't know about the Tanysteopheus's ability to drop its tail, grabbing it like that was pure harassment.

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[–] Vihktor-24 18 years ago

Oh, and lets not forget that they killed a Bothriolepis (sp?). And eventually it caused the death of a young Duncleosteus. Oy, Nigel, you bad boy!

[–] Vihktor-24 18 years ago

Hmmm. Strange. Nigel survives a swim with 2 giant Liopleurodons, and Steve dies of a sting ray. What are the odds?

[–] Dutch90 18 years ago

I think it would have been really cool if they had chosen Steve Irwin to present these shows rather than Nigel Marven. Imagine Steve with that Sarcosuchus from Chased by Dinosaurs....crikey!! Then again, Nigel sure as hell has been put in the spotlight by these shows; I never heard of the guy before this. Besides, Nigel presents the shows perfectly, like it's all real; I'm not sure Steve could have pulled that off.

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[–] Vihktor-24 18 years ago

The poor guy. If he was in it, maybe he would be alive today... On the other hand, he could have died sooner. Pliosaurs are not good company.

[–] Dutch90 18 years ago

Well, all you need is some putrescene to scare them off, right?

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[–] Vihktor-24 18 years ago

Right, but you knew Steve - always got too close to animals. And being, say, 5 metres away from a Liopleurodon is too close.

[–] Dutch90 18 years ago

That's about how close Nigel got, coincidentally.

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[–] Vihktor-24 18 years ago

Well, if it was a real animal, Nigel would have died long before he was born, I think. But at least the cameraman could have gotten eaten to make the show more "believable" (like, yeah, if time travelling with today's technology isn't believable enough... )

[–] JPfanatic93 17 years ago

Nigel should have been eaten, both for plausibility's sake and the fact he was plain annoying.

[–] joe_538 10 years ago

The Nothosaurus was obviously distressed as it needed to take a breath (it's never fun when someone holds you under water, is it?).

You don't go fishing, do you?

[–] Blueghost 10 years ago

Yeah, dinos were kind of skittish.