Drew, Bear and the gator...


I just happened to tune into this show for the first time on Saturday night, Sept. 12th...
I've never watched Running Wild with... before, but Drew Brees was on it, and since his NOLA Saints are playing against my AZ Cardinals today, I thought I'd give it a try...

I tuned in late so I have no idea what "jungle" they were in - could have been in Louisiana or Florida for all I know... 

now I understand this show is about living off the land, but was it really necessary for them to kill that alligator just to cut TWO 8 ounce pieces of meat for their dinner?

imho, unless they were planning on taking the rest of that beast back to a village to feed some hungry people that was a total waste!
shame on these macho-men survivalists!!

seriously, I was not impressed! 

next time how about packing a "Survivalist Special Subway Sandwich" in their backpack?

and btw, I hope the CARDS sack the sh!t out of "Mr. Survivorlist Brees"!





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Of course they bring food, if they were really hungry don't you think they would have been eating more than those two little pieces of meat? Bear just killed that gator to show what someone would do in a survival situation if they really were hungry. Trust me those gators are all over the place down there in Panama, I've been there. In fact the local ranchers kill them all the frekin time and don't bother to eat them. They're considered more of a pest down there because they eat their livestock. It is just a fake survival show, or more or less a demonstration of what one might need to do in a desperate situation. At least he made Drew a nice souvenir necklace out of a tooth so it wasn't a total waste. I was more disappointed with Bear for killing a brand new football.

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@ calrippin

thank you for your nice, and most informative, reply - - and for not calling me an idiot... 
(I discovered after I wrote my post that they were in Panama)


...I was more disappointed with Bear for killing a brand new football.


good one!
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Hey, no problem. If you happen to see that again notice that they only take a couple of bites of that crock meat for the camera because that crap tastes really horrible. I know they chucked it as soon as they turned off the camera then put some steaks on that fire. The beef down there is really pretty good. And that was actually kind of a small crock because I saw plenty of 12+ footers in the rivers that looked like frekin logs just waiting for a meal to come stumbling by their way. Also if you noticed they had a canoe and sure as as hell weren't swimming that river out of there. LOL.

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Hey, no problem. If you happen to see that again notice that they only take a couple of bites of that crock meat for the camera because that crap tastes horrible. I know they chucked it as soon as they turned off the camera then put some steaks on that fire. The beef down there is really pretty good....


I noticed it when I watched last night - neither one of them was too impressed with how it tasted...
oh yeah, gimme a steak over crock meat any day!! 

there's a restaurant here in town (Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen) that offers an appetizer:
CRISPY FRIED ALLIGATOR
With fresh cut potato sticks & Creole dipping sauce


I don't care what kind of dipping sauce it comes with, cal, those "gator bites" taste like cr@p! 




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I don't think he needed to kill the croc just to show people what to do in a survival situation. I'm sure people could figure that out themselves. Kind of silly just to do that "for the show". Also if people have an issue with crocs eating livestock, well then don't have livestock in an area where you know they live. It's their territory. Just like when people live in a house in the forest and complain about bears...then don't live there.

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So these people who are much less fortunate than those of us in America should give up their livelihood and find something else to do or pack up, move away and restart because it's the gators territory?

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"I don't blink when they eat these mice, worms, snakes, lizards and stuff like that. Most of these animals they kill are just a few pounds they both easily consume and that are basically the bottom of the food chain lots of animals consume.

I did have a problem with them killing this what looked like a 50+ pound croc last week and then cutting 2 little three inch chunks out of his tail to cook up. I'm not even one of these animal lover guys but that seemed completely ridiculous for a 24 hour backpack. I got no problem if they are supposed to be on something like naked and afraid, survivor man, the Island etc for even a week or more either.

I looked it up on the internet that night because it bothered me and there were a lot of animal cruelty sites and groups after Bear even prior to this. The guy did nothing but open himself up to that criticism and in a legit way IMO. "

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...I did have a problem with them killing this what looked like a 50+ pound croc last week and then cutting 2 little three inch chunks out of his tail to cook up. I'm not even one of these animal lover guys but that seemed completely ridiculous for a 24 hour backpack. I got no problem if they are supposed to be on something like naked and afraid, survivor man, the Island etc for even a week or more either.


@ gsj0502

thanx for your reply...

even tho' the poster, calrippin, gave me a pretty understandable reply to the killing of the alligator, still I'm glad to know that I wasn't the only person bothered by it...

edit-to-add:
just read a few articles about Grylls' killing of pigs - and an endangered American crocodile...

well, I guess Bear Grylls doesn't mind that the animal rights/animal lovers are gunnin' for him, eh?





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I recommend you don't go adventuring around Australia where people are paid to drive around and murder kangaroos by the thousands, leaving their carcasses to rot.

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