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What did you guys think of it? I thought it was some of the worst crap ever to air. I missed it last but good thing the DVR was set up. I watched it this morning and was embarrassed for Discovery. All I see is another scripted jerk off that's doing things the wrong way. Maybe, just maybe kids might be in awe but I am so glad mine were in bed already when this was on. I will have to remember to delete it before they wake up lol It almost reminds me of Austin Stevens. What ever happened to shows like O'Shea's big adventure and other shows that were more for education than scripted entertainment crap?

Foot Hill Herps

Completely agree. It's a shame, too, because the concept is awesome if it weren't so poorly executed. The cobra he caught the other night was, by the time he released it, on the brink of death from the stress of the whole situation... It was barely able to move by the end of the ordeal.

I respectfully disagree. Hear me out...

Steve Irwin truly was an icon in terms of television-based, animal conservation. He had some unconventional techniques and an energy that-love him or hate him-was entertaining to watch. But he was all conservation and very little science.

Mark O'Shea had a good run with his show which was entirely science based but a few times he never even found his target animal. Personally, I loved that and I loved it even more that the network still aired the show, it shows how difficult it is to do the work of a field researcher. But it doesn't make for long-running, large audience television. Let's face it, it's all about the money and to any non-herper his show didn't grab attention.

Brady Barr, Jeff Corwin, Austin Stevens and that happy English guy (what's his name?) aren't marketable to a wide enough audience anymore. The networks need someone new, someone fresh and they are going with Donald.

Personally, I'm not crazy about the whole, "look-how-dangerous-this-is-we-might-die" angle of the show but that's Hollywood and they've already tried the fireside chats sipping a cup of tea with O'Shea. Now they're seeing how a skydiving, adrenaline junkie host works.

I'll take all the snake television I can get (Nat Geo's "Python Wars" not included) so I'm happy to see Wild Recon every week. Do the samples he takes actually make it to the lab? Probably not, but what's the difference? Somewhere, samples ARE being collected, data IS being entered and results ARE studied and acted upon. This is what makes WR unique. Telling the average person we need to save a venomous snake because it's pretty isn't as effective as informing that individual the toxins in the venom could change the way we treat cancer or heart disease.

Don't hate.

Terry