Snake bite, .................................................. Staged for the cameras?

Many nature shows stage events with animals for ratings.

See website:

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/cruelcamera/fakery.html


Did you know that when Bob McKeown of CBCs Fith Estate asked Marlin Perkins if it was true that Wild Kindom Stage scenes where andimals attack and eat other animals, Marlin smashed Bob McKeown in the face?

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Many nature shows stage events with animals for ratings.

See website:

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/cruelcamera/fakery.html


Did you know that when Bob McKeown of CBCs Fith Estate asked Marlin Perkins if it was true that Wild Kindom Stage scenes where andimals attack and eat other animals, Marlin smashed Bob McKeown in the face?

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What I know of the incident is that Perkins simply refused to answer the question. I saw the interview as part of another show regarding the welfare of animals in Hollywood and advertising and there was no physical exchange, but it was quite clear that Mr P was not a happy camper.
 
Bob McKeown spoke of the incient in another interview, and he said that Marlin smashed him in the face when the cameras were turned off. He can not say that unless he has witnesses to back it up.
 
Bob McKeown spoke of the incient in another interview, and he said that Marlin smashed him in the face when the cameras were turned off. He can not say that unless he has witnesses to back it up.

That is true and I do hold Mr M in high regard so ............. maybe that part of the interview was edited from my show.


Staging shows about nature is not new for film or TV. The earliest example I know of is the famous Walt Disney shot of the lemming flying off the cliff. First of all that's a myth and secondly, the lemmings were on a large turntable that was spun more and more quickly causing the animals to disappear out of frame.
 
The snake is dead or drugged. Would you plunge into murky waters and allow your "boys" to scuba dive in waters where there is a large anaconda snake in it?