Caiman attacks wildlife presenter

Cyclone · 12 Nov 2010 at 05:07

A spectacled caiman attacked wildlife presenter Steve Backshall during filming for the BBC in Argentina............The caiman struck the wildlife presenter in the left leg, tearing his trousers and puncturing his flesh.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9166000/9166924.stm

He was soon stiched up and back filming again

Tefal · 12 Nov 2010 at 05:15

Even with all the knowledge and planning in the world there's always a risk involved when working with wild animals.

knowledge and planning? you kicked the thing about 3 times

Tummy · 12 Nov 2010 at 05:20

You stand on / kick a wild animal and act surprised that it attacked you? :confused:

Smitho3 · 12 Nov 2010 at 07:11

Tummy said:
You stand on / kick a wild animal and act surprised that it attacked you?

He thought it was a log not a wild animal so yeah I should think he was suprised when the log jumped out of the water and munched on his calf!

Amnesia · 12 Nov 2010 at 07:18

ok i was expecting it to be wearing spectacles.

Greenlizard0 · 12 Nov 2010 at 07:30

Amnesia said:
ok i was expecting it to be wearing spectacles.

I was expecting him to be wearing glasses.

Which was why he didn't see the animal and it bit him.

Cyclone · 12 Nov 2010 at 07:37

When bitten he hardly moves. If that was me I would've run off

SteveOBHave · 12 Nov 2010 at 07:43

I like that dude - he's a great presenter. I thoroughly enjoy the programs he does. Last one was that Tiger one in Tibet. Excellent stuff.

grudas · 12 Nov 2010 at 07:57

fuuuuuuuuuuuuu! don't watch the vid early in the morning i wasn't hoping for that.. freaked me out for me some reason lol

Morgoth · 12 Nov 2010 at 08:07

"There's something hard here"

*kick kick*

"I've been bitten chaps"

The IPB · 12 Nov 2010 at 08:12

I like that presenter, best video of him is on youtube, he takes part in a ritual involving bullet ants, fair play to him because it looks horrible.

Cosimo · 12 Nov 2010 at 08:40

“I’ve just trodden on a caimen”, mister cool himself. I probably would have passed out.

Efour · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:04

Morgoth said:
"There's something hard here"

*kick kick*

"I've been bitten chaps"

lol

TheBigCheese · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:11

Serves him right...it says his horse was spooked by what he thought was a snake so he jumped down to catch it.

I'm sick of these people interferring with wild animals, if they really cared about them they wouldn't be putting them under the stress of catching them, they would observe from a distance.

Pillock!

Jingo... · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:15

"Been given a really nasty bite"
"It's just taken a massive chunk out of my leg"

Anybody else spot the massive exaggeration there?

Cosimo · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:21

Jingo... said:
Anybody else spot the massive exaggeration there?

Perfectly normal for a hypochondriac.

Brian8bit · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:25

The speed with which it strikes is impressive. I didn't know what a Caiman was, all I saw was water flying everywhere. I had to google it.

SteveOBHave · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:37

TheBigCheese said:
Serves him right...it says his horse was spooked by what he thought was a snake so he jumped down to catch it.

I'm sick of these people interferring with wild animals, if they really cared about them they wouldn't be putting them under the stress of catching them, they would observe from a distance.

Pillock!

There is something to be said for education and conservation.

Rainmaker · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:45

TheBigCheese said:
Serves him right...it says his horse was spooked by what he thought was a snake so he jumped down to catch it.

I'm sick of these people interferring with wild animals, if they really cared about them they wouldn't be putting them under the stress of catching them, they would observe from a distance.

Pillock!

You clearly know very little about the wetlands and pampas of Argentina. It's impossible to see through even 2" of the water there, hence or presenter friend being tagged by a Caiman. You can't "just observe" underwater animals there, including the Anaconda which inhabits the plains.

The traditional method is to walk barefoot in the slurry, feeling with your toes as you go. Once you hit snake skin, you feel towards the head and hope you catch it, before it catches you.

They are measured, tagged, weighed and re-released so we can then track them without interference. Conservation > a bit of stress from handling.

gjrc · 12 Nov 2010 at 09:55

TheBigCheese said:
Serves him right...it says his horse was spooked by what he thought was a snake so he jumped down to catch it.

I'm sick of these people interferring with wild animals, if they really cared about them they wouldn't be putting them under the stress of catching them, they would observe from a distance.

Pillock!

what a load of crap....

get real and get off your stupidly high horse.