Doctor Reacts To Questionable Bear Grylls Survival Tips

I love Bear Grylls in Man vs. Wild... as entertainment. How accurate is his information when it comes to medicine and health though? I decided to look back at some of Bear’s more jarring moments over the years and see whether he is spreading useful tips or misinformation. We took a look at a ton of “interesting” stuff today, such as Bear drinking urine, drinking liquids from all sorts of animals, natural sunscreen, bee stings, anaphylactic shock, eating bugs, swimming in a frozen lake, eating placenta with Shaq, fighting jellyfish with Mel B from Spice Girls, and so much more. Let me know if there are any Bear moments I missed you’d like me to react to in the future!
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[@UnbornHeretic]

Bear - "Drinks his own urine." His kidneys - "Am I a joke to you?"

[@Sj-ik8ig]

Kidneys: I just expelled that r u nuts

[@johndavidsonekka8825]

Ha ha ha savage🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@santhoshs-vr3un]

😂😂

[@CTimmerman]

Solution: Stop consuming excess water and nutrients. No more waste pee.

[@OperatorFritz]

Body: jokes on you we have a great immune system from all the torture he put us through.

[@oliverthgibson4018]

Dr mike: i don’t recommend this Bear: how about I do it anyway

[@DoctorMike]

It feels like that should be the title of this episode haha

[@tyunniez]

@@DoctorMike Change it, you won’t

[@AntalBoti250]

@@DoctorMike Hi Dr. Mike, i’m asking for your help, i’m 14 and after i wake up for a few hours i have a feeling that i’m about to vomit and i’m a little bit nauseous too, this happened like 5-6 years ago but i don’t remember why, it was probably stomach acid or something like that, and this accrues randomly for a few hours after i wake up, if you know how to help please reply to this comment.

[@meherali799]

@@DoctorMike HIIIIII

[@sayaligirnar5285]

@@AntalBoti250 you need to visit a doctor.. like in person. Please.

[@gogetama7221]

"Bear Grylls is the type of guy that 5 million years ago would see a cow udder and think fluid then start sucking" had me dying from laughter 🤣🤣

[@PsyQoBoy]

Probably the same guy that invented cereal.

[@Zizuthecreatorlamarwest]

fr

[@bobdole7292]

Bear grylls literally just walks around the world squeezing random objects over his mouth to see if it will drip fluids into his mouth

[@Tweethk]

It's a known fact doctors and survivalist don't see eye to eye. But if am stuck in the wilderness, I would trust Bear

[@eleanorcooke7136]

@@Tweethk I would not. It's fairly common knowledge that drinking your own urine is a bad idea. So is drinking any fluid that is not clean. If you need to survive for a long time, you need to focus on keeping yourself in a healthy condition. Drinking any fluid with a high potential for bacterial growth will get you sick and ultimately decrease your chance of survival. The only way you should drink your own urine is if you had a purifier set up to extract the water from the harmful waste and bacteria. If you get diarrhea from drinking urine (which is totally possible), not only have you ingested something that will dehydrate you more, the diarrhea could kill you as it causes huge fluid loss. Maybe I would trust Grylls in a survival situation but he's never allowed to sort out the water situation.

[@aineoconnell690]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@disclose_beauty]

​@@Tweethkaand you will die lmao Grylls got debunked several times. His survival tactics being proven In fact bogus and dangerous. A lot of scenes staged and Built by his consultants like nick vroomans etc like when he drink elephant poop it was fake, when he killed a snake it was a snake already killed by Vroomans and given to him. When he was in the vulcano area, it was not lava but staged With charcoal and fire and smoke vaporizers. Search it on internet, the same consultants, vroomans, say that of him and more. Search for "bear grylls fake vroomans" or smnth similiar

[@xanderg1957]

​@@eleanorcooke7136 he can build my tent that's about it though, thank you bear

[@tobyscott1070]

Bear Grylls must have freaked out when he found out about rain.

[@fronker7581]

Don’t tell him about oceans

[@sleepydevilz]

@@yanjunsun6240 He’s dumb enough to drink fluid from elephant feces so 🤔

[@renzofranco2210]

@@sleepydevilz yea hes going to drink that oceon water

[@salembendeck]

@@yanjunsun6240 He drank a camel's stomach acids of course he's dumb enough to drink ocean water.

[@kripageorge5387]

@@salembendeck Ikr 😅

[@thenerdoflife4302]

Someone: *is about to sneeze* Bear Grylls: *puts his mouth around the person's nostrils to catch the fluid*

[@Yash-wm1nj]

Oooooooooooh dat nasty

[@wendyjohnson7595]

@@Yash-wm1nj yeah ikr

[@harshithvishnu6352]

Eww

[@JHulse29]

It's funnier when you picture Bear just suddenly appearing as the sneeze occurs 😂

[@thenerdoflife4302]

@@JHulse29 Ikr, lol

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

Bear Grylls is the human definition of the phrase ‘trust me bro.’

[@philipcraft9552]

That made me laugh, so true

[@Andytlp]

Why he prefaces "in a survival situation" So you wouldnt do anything he does unless any one of these things would give you an extra 6-12 hours to find civilization instead of dying. You can survive a diarrhea that'll come probably in half a day but you can't if you get a heatstroke from being severely dehydrated and passing out in the sun or something within hours. The show is staged sure but the things he does is more for entertainment. There are genuine survival strategies you just dont do most of what he does like eating things raw without cooking or not filtering the water sources with some rudimentary means like filtering with dirt/sand/charcoal/shirt and then heat treating it.

[@pap-fr]

​@@Andytlpnone of those things are going to hydrate you LMAO

[@joy-to7dx]

He he dranks elephant sh$t, and drink dead animal pee 😮

[@taagolarts3787]

"See, he's throwing up because there's bacteria and it's gross" 😂

[@anjaflaj]

that moment when you manage to disgust a doctor, truly astonishing

[@vanix9268]

Gotta give bear prop's to that

[@zacharyjoseph3678]

Bear grylls: allergic to bee Also bear : heads into a bee hive with exposed skin

[@realryan7361]

Haha lol

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@zacharyjoseph3678 Yeah, there's no way he'd survive that unless he got IMMEDIATE medical attention

[@ayadays8264]

Mom : do you want to be a police Me : TOTES Mom : do you want to be a doctor Me : no, im scared of blood

[@gerald5561]

Bear Grylls is the kind of guy to see any kind of fluid and ask "is anyone going to drink that" and not wait for an answer.

[@frances06]

aww i understood that reference ^-^

[@rizkyagung9809]

@@frances06 wilbur?

[@frances06]

@@rizkyagung9809 that's what i was thinking lul :D

[@Doolanrattitui_]

Will drink anything

[@mccamokat]

Hes the kind of person to drink condiments because they are technically a liquid. The kind of person to see any animal nipple and be like "fluid is fluid man,i'll drink giraffe milk"

[@feythepotatofox4558]

The biggest threat to Bear Grylls' survival, is Bear Grylls.

[@s-pracing8514]

The "cook it my guy" is hilarious

[@chandrapradhan3527]

Gordan Ramsay watching Bear Grills eat. Gordan: Its fuckin raw.

[@Saspharuss]

🤣☠️

[@catwithbiggpp5266]

Its so raw that a good doctor like mike can revive it

[@captincupcake5583]

Ah yes, the man, the myth, the legend, Gordan Romsay.

[@asmi3127]

U donut🍩

[@zixiong681]

i mean except this time its actually raw

[@abhinandanpatil8168]

Bear grills be like: If theres no water go drink this lava its liquid

[@ninalover1644]

PLEASE LIKE THIS COMMENT SO THAT HE TALKS ABOUT P@LESTINIANS WHO ARE BEING COLONIZE AND MURDERDED BY ISRAEL

[@pg7166]

@@ninalover1644 we should try to stay out of this drama cause we don’t know enough about it

[@ileftmystoveonpleaseremind259]

@@ninalover1644 if you want to bring awareness go do it on a different social media

[@Another_Hibiki]

Lava flows as if it's liquid... But it is actually liquid ?

[@tenzinrating1798]

And I would believe it too

[@allisonkoester]

I love that dr mike always questions the source of someone’s knowledge. “How do they know that”

[@anonymous-hz2un]

5:54 today i learned a bee sting turns people into Benedict Cumberbatch

[@maryharvey3182]

😂😂

[@azmirkurish3924]

Bear: I'm hungry Cameraman: Nervous sweating

[@pratheekbayari4255]

Bear grills:proceeds to drink the sweat

[@thevalleyfarm7987]

Camara man:confused screaming

[@xPhantom_404x]

Proceeds to drink 😏

[@littlechi7738]

@@xPhantom_404x him or the sweat???

[@muneebramay6349]

Great comment 😂😂😂

[@DevynnEBMusic]

Ironic how bear grills is a human who doesn’t grill his food at all

[@beccadotelpy]

🤣

[@bladeqmaster]

He's like "i don't need any grill, I'm the grill

[@bingbong_420]

Ironic how bear grylls is not a bear

[@Homiesexual69]

Its ironic that bear grils doesn't grill bears for a living.

[@Lhikan634]

No, don't grill Bear, just let him be the good floof that he is 🐶

[@tarungonneea4614]

The salmon one is the least problematic thing that he has done on camera. 😂 says a lot about him

[@OR56]

Doesn’t salmon have a high risk of salmonella?

[@harebrainedrabbit]

​@@OR56And parasites.

[@tierdokuparodien8460]

And bacteria.​@@harebrainedrabbit

[@eschelar]

There is a story of a couple of women (if memory serves) who were nurses and survived on a raft for a crazy long time whose primary method of rehydration was enemas from rancid water, which might explain why Bear demonstrated this technique.

[@beatrizhamsi9372]

"The locals eat this all the time" the locals: what is he doing???

[@200Misaki002]

That one is actually edible as far as I know.

[@michaelg8841]

@@200Misaki002 when cooked…

[@nobody.8526]

The locals: But you have to cook it before you eat it, that's very important Bear: yeah yeah fine

[@thepubknight6144]

@@nobody.8526 well the local tribes in the amazon are all vegans so they dont eat animals

[@Alaryk111]

@@thepubknight6144 What kind of ideological pamflet have you read XD

[@phrophetsamgames]

Whenever I feel hungry for a snack while I'm on a diet I pull up a Bear Grylls video and my hunger goes away.

[@Hopeful567]

😂😂

[@xPhantom_404x]

Thx for advice

[@waffleauflauf4213]

I'm having to do a liquid diet due to a GI issue I have, and this honestly helps when the hunger comes up 😂

[@bananathemango1751]

@@waffleauflauf4213 what’s a gi issue?

[@sunshine_of_csy]

Thats a good advice🤣

[@kovulion7777]

Bear Grylls having golden shower in his browser history is just "yeah it makes sense" response

[@tonig.1546]

I do love this Bear Grylls Quote "Adapt, Overcome, 5-star hotel and 1st class flight or I won’t do it."

[@hazukichanx408]

You forgot "Improvise". ...And also "I'm going to need honey-roasted peanuts!"

[@ellahere2300]

I kind of don't get why this is something he gets hate for. It's not like he hasn't done actual survival challenges, lol. He's just giving out survival advice and simulating a wild environment for this specific series, obviously he wouldn't be living like a primate.

[@draggy6544]

Man drank dung water leave him alone man he can go into a hotel ffs

[@WarpRulez]

When a medical doctor is grossed out, you know it's gross.

[@teddyojwang1262]

@@ninalover1644 Dude wrong channel. He's a doctor not a reporter.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

@@ninalover1644 He doesn't have a dog in the fight. Leave him

[@MrGustavier]

still, he spends the entire video eating... So he musn't be THAT grossed out.

[@grt1769]

@@ninalover1644 Cause that's just what he's about, politics.... 🙄

[@Ben4A]

@@ninalover1644 please check the replies on your only video

[@fabycho6791]

For someone who's a "survivor" he's kinda trying to die

[@bobbobber4810]

So many people would die from following those "tips" in survival situations...

[@mistycredo4861]

Yea, everything he’s saying is good, Dr Mike says can kill you.

[@Pascaffa]

surviving on the short to medium term. Any disseas would kill him when he hopes to have found humans again

[@karateman302]

Honestly...when you're in those kinds of situations, there probably aren't any good options. A lot of the more crazy ideas he showed, specifically the ones for getting water, would work in the short term but are not long term strategies which he says. It really depends on how fucked you already are.

[@violetskies14]

@@Pascaffa it depends. The urine thing could kill you before you get back to civilisation by dehydrating you faster and infection can set in incredibly fast. Something like food poisoning however can take 24-48 hours to set in but if you know you're that close to civilisation you may as well wait to eat unless you know something is safe or have a source of flame.

[@vedanshmodwel]

Bear Grylls is the type of guy who 5 million years ago saw a beehive and think “these Bastards are hiding something delicious inside”

[@emilelesaffre]

4:58 Fire was not invented Dr. Mike! It was discovered. Cooking was invented.

[@bananabush5703]

Bear Grylls: Sees a bottle of concentrated Nitric acid Also Bear Grylls: Actually there is fluid in it, so i think that it would be a great idea to drink it if you are thirsty

[@Thelaretus]

Disclaimer (because we're on the internet and people are dumb): don't drink nitric acid; you *will* die very painfully, dissolving from the inside.

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@Thelaretus The internet thought that eating tide pods was a good idea

[@CameronCajun]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 That's the paradoxical nature of the internet. It's a giant consumption monster that spends most of its time defecating on us except when it pauses to give us instant factual feedback and showing off its trivia skills!

[@AkameGaKillfan777]

@@alexaclawsister Just like how lava will keep you warm at night.

[@doctornick17]

@@AkameGaKillfan777 I remember as a 10 year old I was watching Annie with my grandma and all the homeless people said things like, we use newspapers as blankets and Annie said well at least you have something to read. I said, oh there's a nuclear bomb? Well at least you have a heat source! My grandma got so mad lol

[@jennybetts2464]

As someone with a Zoology degree, killing your Camel in the middle of the desert is SO STUPID! Your Camel is going to take you to safety and to water. And the Rhumen is FULL of bacteria that is not meant for people. I couldn't ever watch him because it always made me angry how stupid it all seemed.

[@ammarisrar2005]

Bear is just a mindless zombie who thinks his shows make him a reliable source when the REAL deal comes when god forbid, you get stranded and in a survival situation, we need people who are ACTUAL medical experts in both survival and things that you can and cannot do to yourself

[@TravisRenegade]

Would you say zoology is easy or difficult cause I’ve been wanting to go to college for that

[@jennybetts2464]

@@TravisRenegade if you love Biology and are good at memorization it may come easier for you. I am not great at memorization, but I love Biology so I had to work hard. I loved every minute of it. Study what you love. I loved learning about animals and went on to work at a zoo, with above camels! 🐫🙂

[@lalalhmar6118]

If I remember correctly, he didn't kill the camel. They found a dead camel. At least that's what he said in one of his interviews.

[@allikl7188]

I…think he killed that camel. No matter what he said. Cause the two options are: killed the camel himself or happened to just stumble across a camel that was freshly dead because something tells me in the dessert decomposition happens VERY quick

[@SupremeDawg201]

"if your gonna tell me eating a goats nut" had me dying

[@dagoatapressgoat4m.v.p.506]

“Shaq don’t do it buddy, I’ve seen you three peat” hahaha 🤣 that’s one of the greatest things I have ever heard.

[@katiesims1903]

If he doesn't get sick or die from doing this, his immune system must be legendary.

[@discountmorty213]

food poisoning take hrs sometimes for you to realise it lol

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

@@discountmorty213 yet he's alive and thriving

[@alifr4088]

He already acquired ultimate poison resistance skill 🤣

[@theycallmedoorway9913]

he would've built up that immune system by repeatedly getting sick and nearly dying through his shows

[@srijitayadav8460]

@@alifr4088 wtf is your profile photo 😂😂 John XINA

[@DrCellini]

I never planned on drinking my own urine…but now I definitely won’t! 💧

[@datgaydangernoodle1315]

Omg hii! I dont plan on it either tbh lmao

[@bradenstarnes4425]

Does anyone pronounce your name sellini because I bet a lot of people don’t know it’s pronounced like chellini

[@sanchi7410]

That's a good doctor

[@Profit3dBeGoingViral]

Ye

[@peace.2666]

Honestly I'm impressed your gag reflex didn't kick in watching this.. I almost vomitted

[@Tifi_]

4:24 you know it’s bad when even doctors have to look away

[@laiqa_2203]

This video is gold! I laughed so much at Dr.Mike's reactions, coz honestly same.

[@jamielondon6436]

Bear Grylls to locals: "Tell me your most exotic survival tricks!" Locals to each other: "Isn't that the guy who does all that ridiculous stuff on TV?" "Yeah, I heard the next tribe over just made up the most disgusting things they could imagine - and he actually did all of them!" Locals to Bear Grylls: "Yes, friend. We have many of those."

[@SergeantJoeMama]

I sense this story has lore.

[@itzslayr1435]

Me never heard of Bear Grylls glad I never did until this day like imagine kids actually doing those stuff they say to do

[@daredevil6145]

I can get behind this theory

[@Mikeological]

Local: “Yes, over here we like to eat…uh…” *whispering to buddy “give me a body part” Local’s buddy: “oh, uh, Fallopian tube?” Local: “the Fallopian tube of a male howler monkey!… raw!” Buddy: “dude males don’t have-“ Local: “you think he knows that? Look he’s already cutting it open.”

[@SergeantJoeMama]

@@Mikeological loool

[@SteveF153]

Most diverse gut microbiome: Bear Grylls. Hands down.

[@unknow11712]

if only it was half real ...

[@AnonEyeMouse]

Unlikely. There's only so much nutrition for a biome to use. The more efficient microflora will dominate and introducing alien species to that biome risks starving out the ones your body relies on.

[@nataliesue2485]

He reminds me of this man I saw a video about. He never bathes and only eats poop and drinks pee. 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@ninalover1644]

​@@nataliesue2485 PLEASE LIKE THIS COMMENT SO THAT HE TALKS ABOUT P@LESTINIANS WHO ARE BEING COLONIZE AND MURDERDED BY ISRAEL

[@solar0wind]

@@michagabo8819 Reported for spam. The girl with the palestines: I reported you as well.

[@BloodSweatandFears]

Him being allergic to the bee sting actually satisfied me to the extreme 😅like haha that’s what you get for acting a fool!

[@marymonsterandcreatormary3783]

As the daughter of two doctors I have to agree. What bear is doing is dangerous.

[@akarsh10]

“It’s kind of weird to me that as a survival specialist, he makes no use of fire.” 🤣

[@jarvisnick3438]

Bear: Drinks urine Kidneys: saale mera maal mujhiko bechta hai

[@friendlyatheist9589]

@@jarvisnick3438 kidney: tu fir aa gya

[@Shanavas4459]

Can y'all use a hindi language tools to type so that the rest of human population can translate it? For example: നമസ്കാരം താങ്കൾക് സുഖമാണോ

[@shivendrasingh3936]

@@Shanavas4459 nu

[@mamudere67]

Kidneys: FUS DOH RAA

[@prpitprp4927]

Bear Grylls: "I'm really dehidrated. I need water!" Cammel: *starts sweating*

[@kimiko231]

Lol

[@rightproperlad]

Bear Grylls: drinks the sweat

[@thorgelowensen4560]

Elephant: starts taking a sh1t

[@nairsreehari96]

Your comment made me look up on google wether camels sweat and turns out they dont have sweat glands 😂

[@itoo4884]

@@nairsreehari96 lol, they do now

[@hollenfeuer1]

I love how the enema was the most reasonable action xD

[@AllytheGumby]

even if dr mikes concern is sometimes unjust/hes going a bit overboard, its hilarious seeing him so traumatised by everything loll, also the information is very interesting and i love seeing it explained medically

[@igost3bby234]

Bear: You can drink your own urine Me: Ye- Dr. Mike: No. Me: No

[@youdidntseeanything8589]

Lol 😂

[@zaraheart]

Lol this made me giggle

[@thecrazygirlkai1417]

Omfg 🤣

[@zolaethio]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@indranildutta7443]

Lol

[@HauntinMatthew1969]

“Do not drink urine” -Mike 2021

[@HauntinMatthew1969]

Thanks for hearting Mike! You’re amazing

[@gotsomham]

This sign can’t stop me because I can’t read

[@btsisthebest6821]

@@gotsomham then how can u spell/write? And how would you know that this is a sign if u couldn’t read? Lol not trying to be rude Ik this is probably a joke

[@gotsomham]

@@btsisthebest6821 it is a joke. In fact, it is a quote

[@limmazay]

cant believe it had to be said

[@380rabbits4]

"Fire was invented to ..." he'd me rolling on the floor😂😂😂

[@Legendary_Starlight]

5:28 bro it’s 12:10 am as I’m watching this and I was like half asleep and then I heard those buzzing sounds AND I ALMOST HAD A HEART ATTACK I’m wearing earbuds too 😭

[@johnme60]

I made my house. bear grylls : what did you use with the bricks? me: water and cement. bear grylls: I think there's still fluid in those bricks. Let me try and squeeze them to get some water.

[@anuranansaha7162]

Lmao! Best comment

[@rblxnoob4893]

lol

[@Voided4Ever.]

Lol

[@WigantX]

*Doesn't find water in brick* *Proceeds to cut you open looking for rumen*

[@theairisamagician830]

@@WigantX ok

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Bear Grylls in a nutshell: *How to get dysentery 101*

[@mickjagger69]

oh hi

[@harshil9270]

oh hello there person without a mustache

[@arshisyed7227]

Early

[@TheMrCC21]

The modern version of "Oregon Trail."

[@CID5202]

Just play oregon trail... easy dysentary

[@marysunflower2185]

Dr. Mike, you should do a show about Survivor Man, Les Stroud. I think he's more of a real survivor, his shows are more realistic. I'd love to see you critique one of his shows. Love your videos!

[@user-kx1mb9qq4z]

Yeah I gotta say, even the stuff that is technically safe or "safe" to eat REALLY should be cooked for added safety and taste. Like when you mentioned that he's a "survival specialist" that doesn't seem to utilize fire, I never really noticed that before, but you're kinda right. A survival specialist really should, not just teach you to be a scavenger, but be a hunter/fisher/shelter builder/and teach you to make fire from simple tools. Like I realize in some environments, fire may just be an impossibility unless you have the supplies with you already (which kinda defeats the purpose of what he should be trying to teach), so I get not using fire every single time, and I'm by no means an avid watcher of his, but I don't think I've ever seen a clip of him using fire, or making a not gross shelter (didn't he take shelter inside an animal carcass once? Or am I thinking of someone else?). Dudes always eating raw, disgusting food. I feel bad for his gut, liver, and kidney's.

[@horseconfused]

Bear Grylls friends be like: "hey im kinda thirsty, do you have some water?" "sure" **pulls out a massive elephant sh/**

[@noob_4986]

lol

[@jaygemklocx2578]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ml9789]

I’m laughing so fricken hard rn XD 🤣

[@ragenajohnson3057]

Id be like "no thanks I gotta drive"

[@Terri_MacKay]

OMG 🤣🤣🤣

[@cutestgirlintown]

Bear Grylls In a Nutshell: How to die of bacteria, diseases, and just plain nastiness 101

[@ricecooker7037]

Seriously he does some right, but also a good few wrong

[@changedpace9169]

@@ricecooker7037 he’s definitely done some wrong but it’s dumb for people in sheltered civilization to say “I would never do X and Y that’s so nasty” yet if you’re starving and dehydrated in a desert, you’re going to eat raw meat and insects and drink your own urine if you’re desperate enough

[@sles6710]

@@changedpace9169 Youre right about because its nasty, but what is fine is for people in sheltered civilization to say "I would never do X and Y because it makes no sense and will only harm my survival chances in the long run." Drinking your own urine is not it

[@greysoncarr]

I love it when people copy others comments it’s soooooo fun to look at!!!

[@trumtrum5136]

Look how dead Bear Grylls is

[@xXDoUbLeDDXx38]

That dip in the freezing lake is a tradition here in Canada hahah you never get used to it but it just one of those things every Canadian will do at least once in their lives. 😂🇨🇦

[@aaryan8104]

"Ive seen you three-peat"hahahaha

[@doctordoomfist5921]

"Cook it, my guy" is my new favorite quote

[@Conqueror2077]

"If you have nothing to eat you can always eat your own s***" - Bear(probably)

[@sundaymourning5329]

Well, he sucks the fluids out of elephant sh*t, which is really not that far off from eating his own, so... Yeah, I believe it.

[@Duros360]

“My uncle this one time, like, 170 years ago, once shot an eagle, and like, ate the feathers, Andy they like, allowed him to fly to safety” Bear Grills: Wow, great tip, I’ll be sure to include this in my scientifically precise show

[@thickpanzer324]

He is British for him that's delicacy my dude

[@Person-who-comments-egg]

Dr. Mike: i do not recommend this Bear: i will pretend i dident see that

[@RosinaAndrix]

Grylls: Eating and drinking horrendously disgusting things. Doctor Mike: *casually crunching on seaweed chips, unbothered*

[@konan8182]

seaweed chips are great, I can't see why people don't like them

[@RosinaAndrix]

@@konan8182 lmao I mean unbothered as in he can still eat while watching someone drink animal poop water

[@konan8182]

@@RosinaAndrix My bad, didn't get what you meant at first

[@ggmr399]

Until 4:32

[@RosinaAndrix]

@@konan8182 haha, no biggie!!

[@Panda72021]

Bear Grylls: *Does anything* Dr. Mike: You have died of dysentery.

[@noble6isbetterthanmasterch136]

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[@oyfum8420]

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[@cringelover6919]

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[@chemicacharles8694]

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[@hellopeach3451]

What he does is find pee

[@epsilonicronecronomicon]

Oh, wow, Bear, what a coincidence! It's also *my* first time eating fresh deer placenta!

[@TerryProthero]

I did check on the urine thing. Because I have heard in the past that it's not the best thing to drink, but it could buy you some time in a survival situation. A couple of extra days for rescue to arrive, etc. But guess what? The sources I'm finding now say that it's a pretty terrible idea. According to an article from Insider that I found, the army has a field manual which lists some specific things you should not drink in these situations. The list includes: fish juices, blood, alcohol, sea water, and urine. Basically the urine does a lot of things to your body. None of which are good. Like seawater, it can make you more dehydrated rather than less. And that's before we talk about all the possible microbes in it. Yeah, it is definitely not as sterile as Bear claims. And I didn't even need to look up anything to know how dumb eating raw meat is. Fish and insects often have all sorts of microbes and parasites in them. You can eat them, but cook them first. And if you are allergic to bees, do not mess around with bee hives! That is the complete opposite of having survival instincts. If you have a bad reaction to a bee sting once, the next time it could be far worse. That swelling is a warning sign. A big flashing neon sign that says, "Don't mess with bees!"

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

Bear’s kidneys: balances blood chemistry by removing waste Bear: drinks urine Bear’s kidneys: 😐

[@newspaperbin6763]

@Doctor mike thanks for your area code

[@annikaclemmons2318]

@Doctor mike ???

[@rezwittkerchester2055]

John 3:16-17 KJV "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

[@aussielegend6114]

I’m so confused by this comment section. Can someone please explain to me what is happening?

[@tacoscatsandmangos512]

@@newspaperbin6763 you know that's obviously not Dr mike right?

[@deekshadahal8473]

7:18 Bear Grylls: "I'm worried about anaphylactic shock" Doctor Mike: smiles lmao

[@dakotamiller4134]

I actually used to have SVT (I had an oblation) and was told to stick my face in a bowl of ice water if I wasn't able to get out of the attack using the other methods. There was one time where I was at a camp where I had to do this, and when that didn't work I had someone pour a lot of ice water over me. It ended up working lol

[@Keplxr]

Doctor mike can we get another bear Grylls video? This is so good

[@carolinawaiharo5544]

I would love to see dr mike react to the show "I shouldn't be alive". Those are real stories, told by the survivors themselves, and it's very extreme. I need a doctor to explain to me how those people are still alive!!!

[@thewhitewolf58]

You do realize that they are exaggerated af right?

[@Soapy-chan_old]

@@thewhitewolf58 Wouldn't that be something Doktor Mike could point out? Either way, win win.

[@vaalarivan_p]

Yeah, I was a fan of that show!!! Especially I love that episode where a man eats a live lizard in the forest😂

[@lunawolfheart336]

The human mind can do crazy things. Alot if the stuff is impossible unless your will to live is higher. People servied the Holocaust camps somehow because they had a reason to live.

[@shubhamtiwary50]

@@thewhitewolf58 you will be surprised by what a human being can do, just to stay alive.

[@dragibusdrawer8446]

Bear eating a barely cooked caterpillar on tv...my dad's reaction : "i used to eat those back in Congo, but you have to grill them. It's toxic when not well cooked, this guy is gonna have the shit of his life"...5 min later, bear is shitting his pants while climbing a rock 😭.

[@Elzluv8]

Yeah exactly!! We eat them in zambia too you have to squeeze out the guts first and cook them for sure. I’m genuinely mortified.

[@takeoutant9839]

My dad lives at a farm in his entire childhood he eats them after getting cooked

[@Ben4A]

👍

[@GTEyez]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@allienegunn108]

🤣

[@im19ice3]

i cant comment on the science bits but what i for sure learned from Bear is a winning attitude in circumstances that are less than ideal

[@michaelmurray6197]

I like that fire is mentioned. But one of the most important reasons for cooking your food is almost never mentioned. It actually reduces the calories needed to digest most food, which means you actually get more calories out of your food. For example steamed broccoli is more calories than raw broccoli. Obviously you wouldn't want to burn your food, and it may not increase calories much for some type of food, but you basically always better off cooking your food when you can in a survival situation. This is especially true for plants. Plus there are a ton of plants that are slightly poisonous when uncooked, but the cooking process breaks down those poisons, for example potato.

[@xanderg1957]

I think this is why body builders drink raw eggs, same amount of protein for less calories.

[@moviemad56]

There are a ton of plants that are poisonous, end of story! And cooking doesn't destroy their toxicity - just think of toxic mushrooms.

[@marieogolo5274]

Notice how bear almost always says “fluids” and never water or anything drinkable

[@Sockfish-jj6on]

Fluids... *Hmmmmm*

[@defaulthuman6351]

@@Sockfish-jj6on bruh🤣

[@lordwoods3111]

Wait until he hears about how people contain a whole bunch of fluids...

[@Am3lia77]

I think he's some kind of fluid based vampire

[@creekfishingny5448]

The “drink your own pee” survival method is actually a process by which you dig a hole to pee in and create a condensation chamber you can drink from using something preferably clear and plastic. I have always wondered why Bear skips that step as it seems like a very necessary step to making sure there’s actual value to what you’re doing. It’s supposed to recycle the water content out of your pee.

[@limelemon5128]

Finally somebody realised

[@mantailuaa]

Was searching for this comment.

[@jasonours6957]

Is it a similar process for boiling salt water

[@ashleydowney1222]

He does it off screen.

[@creekfishingny5448]

@@ashleydowney1222 I watched him pee on his own shirt then wring it out in his mouth.

[@namsp66]

i love Bear but you are right about the fire situation.🔥🔥🔥

[@Snakedoctor68W30]

If Bear was part of my squad and we were trying to survive getting out of enemy territory and he suggested any of these "survival" tips, I would send him out on his own on a scouting mission and run the hell away from him!

[@aryanrao9428]

Diamond: I’m one of the strongest things in the world! Bear Grylls Immune system: you dare challenge a god?

[@ninalover1644]

PLEASE LIKE THIS COMMENT SO THAT HE TALKS ABOUT P@LESTINIANS WHO ARE BEING COLONIZE AND MURDERDED BY ISRAEL

[@freeestyleobsessed]

“See he’s throwing up because there’s bacteria and it’s gross” 😂

[@rezwittkerchester2055]

John 3:16-17 KJV "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."

[@tktrooper5307]

@@rezwittkerchester2055 Why??

[@Masterdude246]

When Docter Mike said really that’s not the Gatorade flavor you like made me laugh

[@pianissimo5951]

8:08 thank jesus he's cooking it

[@commandercrunch4865]

Bear Grylls: performs his "survival skills" The 20 medical specialists waiting for him to screw up so bad to need urgent medical care: *sigh* here we go again.

[@Urbansprint5100]

This is why we watch survival man instead.

[@Ironcabbit]

You mean: 🤑 here we go again! 🤑

[@KillerKarchesky]

He also has a whole buffet of real food waiting for him when the cameras go off.

[@Urbansprint5100]

@@KillerKarchesky I am aware. But survivor man does not.

[@allenwallace2462]

Wondering how many times he's had his stomach pumped

[@nicholasw.3488]

"It's kind of weird to me, that as a survival specialist, he makes no use of fire."

[@tessnapinas9979]

?

[@nicholasw.3488]

@@tessnapinas9979 .

[@tessnapinas9979]

@@nicholasw.3488 nevermind, there was a thought on my head that why you quoted that, but nevermind

[@GetIsekaid]

Wood isn't available everywhere 🙄 Also you would need DRY sticks to even start it.

[@stevenandino8178]

Because is not edgy enough

[@Andytlp]

Bear grylls man vs wild was the sht. Only the best memories from that time. Even if the stuff in the show is fake as hell its still entertaining

[@ashleehoffman2403]

This is way off topic but who wants to see more boxing videos because I love them

[@funfactswithgrayson329]

I'm starting to think this show was just an excuse to partake in his kink about bodily fluids

[@omkargurme20]

Hahahaha

[@umloucobr4980]

Yes, hahahahaha.

[@outtaspace1566]

Ikr lol it so weird

[@ReyOfLight]

😂😂😂

[@sarahkoebler7428]

Definitely my first thought too!!! 😆😆

[@MG_SW]

Bear Grills: "I'm so hydrated out here in the wilderness!" Also Bear Grills: "WHERE IS ALL THIS GIARDIA COMING FROM"

[@theprodigyofprodigy4077]

@@russellbrand7240 Hacker.

[@AlienFromBeyond]

@@theprodigyofprodigy4077 Nah it's a totally separate impersonator account.

[@theprodigyofprodigy4077]

@@AlienFromBeyond I didn’t trust that phone number.

[@goopla5558]

9:28 Bear’s one piece of good advice 😅

[@Captain_n_1]

I've been searching for this a long time

[@GallingEssay]

When we see a camel: Ride it to save energy. When Bear Grylls see a camel: Kill it for water.

[@slendveny7191]

The first one saves you more water.

[@wowpubg21]

He didn't kill it though

[@zahimkhan2390]

That camel thing is actually true. Arabs used do that.

[@billiebee7940]

The camel was actually already dead

[@andrewk2625]

It was already dead

[@EarnestEdwinEarnerThe3rd]

2:30 insect grubs are (sometimes) good for you and (sometimes) taste alright (like peanut butter) although cooking, while not necessary, does enhance the flavor, texture and nutritional value

[@Spectrum299]

That's why it's called survival ❤

[@_apoorva_07]

Nobody: Dr. Mike in 2021: Bear Grylls is the type of guy five million years ago, to see a cow udder and just see fluid, and start sucking on it. Destroyed in seconds😂😂🔥🔥🔥

[@KaiMCGRPS]

i mean

[@Elleoaqua]

But hey, he'd have got himself a good schlurp of milk and eventually invent dairy farming

[@ArtemisDL]

@@Elleoaqua Nope, pretty much everyone was very lactose intolerant 5 million years ago. Lactose tolerance evolved in some human groups about 10kya when dairy producing animals were domesticated. Our hominid ancestors 5 million years ago would've had a rough time after sucking on a cow's udder.

[@Panda72021]

@@ArtemisDL Well something tells me Bear Grylls isn't afraid of diarrhea....so he'd probably do it anyway 😆

[@trayolphia5756]

That is a fair point…the person who discovered milk…what the hell was he doing with that cow to make that discovery…

[@onething65]

“As a survival specialist, he makes no use of fire” EXACTLY mine thought

[@teruderu-tan]

There's literally fruit and vegetables in wild.. why he dont eat it?

[@kiryukazuma7960]

@@teruderu-tan most he’ll find are berries which could be poisonous

[@teruderu-tan]

@@kiryukazuma7960 he can eat leaf tho

[@frostbite2179]

@@teruderu-tan no thats just no

[@odelandsheere]

@@kiryukazuma7960 Well a survival specialist knows what berries he can or cannot eat, military special forces are trained to do so and they even have manuals about it, and I am pretty sure I can affirm that what he usually shows are the really very very last options after many easier, more logical ones.

[@jevinday]

On the topic of honey costing the throat, did you know that people who scream in bands use honey to coat their throat? I know that The Used would do it because the way their vocalist screams is really straining. My friend in high school would use it to coat his throat as well

[@RacistTortoise]

The Berats & Bereta video reference was S-tier

[@insane932]

Bear grills: sees acid Also bear grills: *ACID IS MADE OF 95% LIQUID SO JUST DRINK IT*

[@ShittyHandle74]

Even a person as crazy as Bear Grylls would probably not drink acid as a last resort. I get the joke, just saying.

[@OR56]

He’s the kind of guy to dip his balls in sulfuric acid

[@ectothermic]

@@ShittyHandle74 Mans literally drank partially digested grass. That has acid in it.

[@shardinalwind7696]

Depends on how concentrated the acid is.

[@swapnilsrivastava8002]

"No? That's not the Gatorade flavour you go for?" STOP I'M ALREADY DEAD LAUGHING IT WAS ONLY A MINUTE AND 23 SECONDS IN-

[@Zarafin]

What is up with people using the - at end of the sentence when it makes no sense.

[@pileofsaltOG]

@@Zarafin think of it like a perfectly cut scream otherwise there is no way to explain it if you dont understand already

[@swapnilsrivastava8002]

@@Zarafin **laughs**

[@Zarafin]

@@pileofsaltOG I know what it means, but it doesn't really make sense to use it in a situation where a sentence would be just fine with a full stop, people also use it for no reason other than just for being 'quirky'. The sentence would've just been fine with a full stop.

[@justaayan2]

@@Zarafin Idk its not a big deal though

[@kattarhindu1196]

He was a SAS special forces operative . So he knows every daam thing pretty well . He is one in a million .. ❤

[@funfantasy3500]

The dude with bee allergies is just like, yeah let’s go harvest some honey.

[@kinghockey2403]

My mom is a nurse and when she heard the drinking pee part she said “don’t do that”

[@abhinandanpatil8168]

I mean it doesnt take a nurse for you to know that drinking pee isnt good

[@susannah8342]

Sometimes, though, it takes a medical professional to slap some common sense into people