Okay my pvr just snagged an old rerun of this last night, watched it this morning. Series looks good, I'll definitely keep watching and have now set pvr to grab all new and old episodes.
The one I caught was called "Jungle Love" (2014) --- where an experienced hunter/tracker/trapper from Florida was paired with a rather hot vegetarian hippie chick from Mesa Arizona. Due to their easy-going natures and willingness to listen to each others' ideas they worked well together, and they ended up going the full 21 days.
But this episode proved something I've been saying for years, that being vegans/vegetarians are fine eating that way when living in a food-plentiful environment (like home, in the city, close to a supermarket, etc). But put them into an extreme survival situation and in no time flat their lack of caloric intake will either force them to eat meat or they'll die. And that is exactly what happened here.
Good thing (for her) that she wasn't one of the more annoying vegetarians who aren't satisfied with their choice for themselves but must be vocally critical of all those around them who don't share their values. Also good thing for her that she had HIM around to catch some actual protein, and sure enough by roughly day 18 give or take she realized her body was shutting down and she did the right thing, she ATE. It was only a small lizard, comparable in calories and protein to a single Chicken McNugget, but she ate it, and *what a surprise*... she felt better afterwards.
On the other side of it his hunting skills from his home in Florida did not transfer all that well into the jungle. He was only able to find small to tiny game --- snails, a worm, that small lizard, and one snake (which she wouldn't eat). He tried going after something bigger with zero success.
On the nudity/sex side, he had a girlfriend back home, she was single. They did cuddle naked for warmth at night but somehow managed to not get it on. (that we know of)
Good episode though. She may be the first vegetarian woman I've ever seen that I think I could manage to get along with well enough to have a relationship with. But I'm sorry, I'm not giving up my steak... chicken.... fish.... RIBSSSSsss baby. RIBSSssssss.
If I had showed up in their little camp on day 19 with a platter of steaming ribs and skewers of chicken and ribs all char-broiled and slathered in bbq sauce the BOTH of them would have gorged themselves, her veggie values all but forgotten. :D
I'll definitely keep watching. No doubt there are episodes where the two aren't as compatible and end up despising each other.
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