I used to watch man vs wild ,all the time on the Discovery Channel when I was a kid. Recently YouTube started recommending old episodes again, and I ended up watching a few. It brought back a question I've always had when Bear Grylls eats insects, reptiles, animals, and other unusual things on the show, does he actually eat them for real, or is some of it done just for television? I know survival shows can be edited or planned in certain ways, but I'm curious how much of the eating scenes were genuine and how much was for entertainment. Has Bear or the production team ever explained this? Would love to hear from anyone who knows more about how the show was made.