Discovery Channel producer bitten by snake (GRAPHIC)

[Schnauzer]

Talk about fearless ... contestants on "Naked and Afraid" saw how a snake nearly killed one of the TV show's producers -- and still refused to back out of the competition. 

Sources connected to the Discovery show tell TMZ the players were warned after Steve Rankin was bitten by a poisonous fer-de-lance snake while location scouting in Costa Rica. Rankin barely survived, and as we previously reported ... the flesh rotted right off his foot.

We're told honchos warned players they could face the same fate as Rankin, and gave them the option to quit the show ... which drops naked contestants into the wild and watches them survive.

[Parker]

Almost looks like he had a dose of Krocodil.

[SF1900]

Needs to work out his tibia more.

[arce1988]

  Oh fuck

[arce1988]

[SF1900]

  Oh fuck

 

Arce, do not get scared!

Semper Fi!

[Marty Champions]

good show but that dude was too grumpy shouldve pounded that 22 year olds nice ass

[Papper]

Talk about fearless ... contestants on "Naked and Afraid" saw how a snake nearly killed one of the TV show's producers -- and still refused to back out of the competition. 

Sources connected to the Discovery show tell TMZ the players were warned after Steve Rankin was bitten by a poisonous fer-de-lance snake while location scouting in Costa Rica. Rankin barely survived, and as we previously reported ... the flesh rotted right off his foot.

We're told honchos warned players they could face the same fate as Rankin, and gave them the option to quit the show ... which drops naked contestants into the wild and watches them survive.

That sounds like an awesome show. Provided they get no help to survive.

[240 is Back]

that's how kobe looked after the surgery.












arce1988 approved

[Schmoff]

that's not moose jay

[G_Thang]

Talk about fearless ... contestants on "Naked and Afraid" saw how a snake nearly killed one of the TV show's producers -- and still refused to back out of the competition. 

Sources connected to the Discovery show tell TMZ the players were warned after Steve Rankin was bitten by a poisonous fer-de-lance snake while location scouting in Costa Rica. Rankin barely survived, and as we previously reported ... the flesh rotted right off his foot.

We're told honchos warned players they could face the same fate as Rankin, and gave them the option to quit the show ... which drops naked contestants into the wild and watches them survive.

 

[Psychopath]

That's from a snake? WTF kinda snake can do that?

[Parker]

That's from a snake? WTF kinda snake can do that?

Fer De Lance...

This species is an important cause of snakebite within its range. Together with Crotalus durissus, it is the leading cause of snakebite in Yucatán, Mexico.
 
It is considered the most dangerous snake in Costa Rica, responsible for 46% of all bites and 30% of all hospitalized cases; before 1947, the fatality rate was 7%, but this has since declined to almost 0% (Bolaños, 1984), mostly due to the Clodomiro Picado Research Institute,[15] responsible for the production of snake antiophidic sera (which are also exported to other Latin American and African countries) and scientific research on serpents and their venoms, as well as educational and extension programs in rural areas and hospitals.
 
In the Colombian states of Antioquia and Chocó, it causes 50-70% of all snakebites, with a sequelae rate of 6% and a fatality rate of 5% (Otero et al., 1992).
 
In the state of Lara, Venezuela, it is responsible for 78% of all envenomations and all snakebite fatalities (Dao-L., 1971). One of the reasons so many people are bitten is because of its association with human habitation and many bites actually occur indoors (Sasa & Vázquez, 2003).
 
Well-known herpetologist Douglas March died after being bitten by this species.[16]
 
This species is irritable and fast-moving. It is also regarded as being more excitable and unpredictable than B. atrox. Its large size and habit of raising its head high off the ground can result in bites above the knee. It has also been observed to eject venom over a distance of at least 6 ft (1.8 m) in fine jets from the tips of its fangs (Mole, 1924).[16]
 
Bite symptoms include pain, oozing from the puncture wounds, local swelling that may increase for up to 36 hours, bruising that spreads from the bite site, blisters, numbness, mild fever, headache, bleeding from the nose and gums, hemoptysis, gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria, hypotension, nausea, vomiting, impaired consciousness and tenderness of the spleen. In untreated cases, local necrosis frequently occurs and may require amputation. In 12 fatal cases, the cause of death was sepsis (5), intracranial hemorrhage (3), acute renal failure with hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis (2) and hemorrhagic shock (1).[16]
 
Venom yield (dry weight) averages 458 mg, with a maximum of 530 mg (Bolaños, 1984)[16] and an LD50 in mice of 2.844 mg/kg IP.[9]
 
The venomous bite of B. asper has been suggested to have been a factor in the choice of certain Mayan settlements, such as Nim Li Punit, where the thick jungle inhabited by these snakes was used as a defensive boundary.[17]

[MAXX]

That's from a snake? WTF kinda snake can do that?

from the same snake

[Psychopath]

Fer De Lance...

Parker is such a nice guy. You make me feel like shit for all the racist drivel i spew on this board.

Thanks man.

[BigCyp]

Parker is such a nice guy. You make me feel like shit for all the racist drivel i spew on this board.

Thanks man.

Leave the apologies and stop being a low life racist scumbag then?

[Psychopath]

Leave the apologies and stop being a low life racist scumbag then?

It's easier said than done.

[Borracho]

Now this is shredded!!

[SF1900]

Now this is shredded!!

ZIIING!!! 

[Marty Champions]

Parker is such a nice guy. You make me feel like shit for all the racist drivel i spew on this board.

Thanks man.

parker is a cool dude. he doesnt give a flying shit when we speak the truth about his race, hes above and beyond his 'people' , parker is his own race, he has no ties to the stupid fuckedfaces

[Rami]

tendons are still there atleast,

It could also be interesting when they get hunted down by lions and end up in a alligator water hole, etc.

[tommywishbone]

from the same snake

Better calves than Wolf.