Bear Gryll's on his Zambian Man vs. Wild "Accident"

Bear Grylls has survived everything from Saharan heat to Icelandic cold. In tonight’s first new episode of Man vs. Wild (Fridays at 9 pm/ET, Discovery) since December, he endures a stomach-turning trek through Zambia. We talked to the adventurer about hanging tough in Africa.

TV Guide: How was Zambia?
Bear Grylls: It was wild. We were [in] probably the most remote part of Africa and I got bad heatstroke. I had eaten a bad snake and got quite dehydrated.

TV Guide: A bad snake?
Grylls: As opposed to "a good snake" to eat? I had eaten a live snake and it had its revenge by crapping down my throat as I ate it. I had really bad diarrhea the next day. I was doing a big climb on a 120-foot cliff face when I suddenly realized I've got to go. I remember hanging there by one hand, trying to get my trousers down, [defecating] in free air….

TV Guide: We hope the cameraman wasn't below you.
Grylls: He wasn't, but he was filming it. I've learned that what's good TV for people watching is not good TV for me. [Laughs]

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