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Bear Grylls has recalled a particularly brutal day on the job when he suffered a near-fatal bee sting.
Back in 2008 the adventurer was filming an episode of Born Survivor in Baja, Mexico when he discovered his severe allergy to the insects.
While cutting honeycomb from a nest he was stung, and his face quickly swelled up, leaving him almost unable to see.
Years later, in 2015, Bear poked fun at what unfolded, sharing a selfie of his severely puffed up face and writing: ‘#TBT – The day I found out I was allergic to bees. #BearvsTheBee.’
Now 15 years on from that sting, Bear has again reminded fans of how his close encounter with a bee has been his most dangerous to date.
‘Throwback to a bad day in the wild! Man Vs African Bees… Man lost. #manvswild #adventure #anaphylacticshock #nevergiveup,’ he posted on Instagram.
Despite the spine-tingling reaction, it was far from the last for one for Bear, 49, who’s had other close calls in the years since.
In 2019 he was filming survival series Treasure Island when he was stung while travelling to a remote island on a boat.
Going into anaphylactic shock due to his severe allergy, contestants and the filming crew’s medical team had to spring into action to help him.
Mano Shanmuganathan, a brain surgeon who appeared on the show, told Daily Star at the time: ‘The irony of Bear the survivalist being stung, having the potential of an allergic reaction, and needing to be treated with an EpiPen, was a bizarre moment. That was crazy!’
When reflecting on finding out his severe allergy, Bear once said of that brutal first sting that it was a ‘brute’ and felt like ‘a price to pay for a bit of honey’.
‘The irony is, out of all of the massive, lethal, aggressive, man-eating crocs, snakes, alligators I’ve dealt with over the years, the one that gets me is a bee. It’s typical,’ he joked.
Clearly not letting some slight hiccups ever stop him, Bear is back on our screens again with series Bear Grylls: The Challenge.
The latest season of Running Wild, the show sees famous faces including Rita Ora, Benedict Cumberbatch and Florence Pugh testing their limits with a series of crazy challenges.
Bear Grylls: The Challenge is streaming on Disney Plus.
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