There’s a great programme on the Discovery Channel, it’s called World’s Manliest Bear Attacks and Explosions Later on After The Original Bear Attacks. What you get is one explosive bastard of a ten-second, slow-motion dramatisation showing you how a bear once mauled a woman. It happened in the United States of America and this little dramatisation was so manly and awesome that they repeated it around fifty times over the course of an hour. Every five minutes the voiceover guy reminded you what had just happened in the previous five minutes, just in case Michael Noonan’s wife was watching.
The macho-science guys caught a huge bear and blew it up so you could see what it’s like when a bear gets blown up. Next week they’re going to be testing what happens when lots of people pile into a car and drive recklessly on small country roads.
Pic: Instructables
The other day, I was watching the Discovery Channel, when I had an idea. You’ve probably seen Mythbusters, you know, the programme that’s presented by a man and his French walrus:
…..special effects experts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, who use basic elements of the scientific method to test the validity of various rumors, urban legends, myths, movie scenes, internet videos and news stories in popular culture.
Wiki
I’m not really sure how often the Discovery Channel show the programme these days, but you shouldn’t have much trouble finding it. It’ll be buried in there every day somewhere between the macho science and dumbed-down American documentaries.
Anyway, there were a few things I have always wondered about, and I thought that it would be interesting to do some of my own research. I could have just googled, but for once I wanted to engage my brain rather than just plugging into the laziness of internet searching.
I hope you enjoy.
[Click for More]