(That gourmet meal was a 'burger patty' made of crickets, grasshoppers, and praying mantises.) Inexplicably, this director had no problem with Grylls eating a live snake. Only once, Grylls says, has he eaten something on the show that made a director vomit. Wild was one of the best non-fiction shows on television, says Josh Jackson at Paste Magazine. A better idea, he said, is to squeeze the fluid out of elephant dung and drink it.

No stranger to drinking nearly any liquid available in order to avoid dehydration, Grylls did warn against drinking from water sources that might contain harmful bacteria. 'It may seem disgusting,' he said, 'but your urine is safe to drink.' After taking a couple of swigs from his urine-filled canteen, he described the taste: 'It's warm, and it's salty. While traveling through Australia, Grylls found himself low on water, so he did what he swears he's 'never done before' to keep hydrated. Here, a look at his six craziest stunts (Warning: The videos are not for the faint-hearted): ( According to The Hollywood Reporter, the breakup is reportedly over Grylls' refusal to participate in two other projects called for in his contract.) Over the nearly 70-episode span of the show - which follows the former British Special Forces member as he fights his way out of precarious wilderness situations using few tools - Grylls clashed with alligators in the Everglades, plunged naked into a frozen Siberian river, drank his own urine, and was accompanied by the likes of Will Ferrell and Jake Gyllenhaal. Grylls signed on to showcase urban survival techniques in a new Discovery show called Worst-Case Scenario, which premiered on on the network. In March 2012, Discovery Channel terminated its contract with Grylls due to contract disputes, effectively cancelling the series.Man is leaving the wild: After six years, the Discovery Channel is ending its relationship with Bear Grylls, the star of its ceaselessly fascinating hit docuseries Man vs. Wild urban disaster 3-D feature film, an idea he said he would 'really like to do.' Ben Stiller also signed on for an episode later in the year. ] Grylls also said he has been approached about doing a Man vs. In a special first aired on 2 June 2009, Will Ferrell joined Grylls on a survival trip to Northern Sweden. The show was first broadcast on 10 November 2006 after airing a pilot episode titled 'The Rockies' on 10 March 2006. The series was produced by British television production company Diverse Bristol.

In the United Kingdom, the series was originally shown on Channel 4, but later series were broadcast on Discovery Channel UK. Wild, also called Born Survivor: Bear Grylls, Ultimate Survival, Survival Game, or colloquially as simply Bear Grylls in the United Kingdom, is a survival television series hosted by Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel.

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