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Reg Foggerdy was close to death when this picture was taken. While camel hunting in Western Australia, he got lost without any gear and spent the next six days suffering. In typical media fashion, he has been dubbed the “Antman” because he ate a few ants during his ordeal, and news titles like this littered my news feed:
‘I’d given up:’ Man who survived in outback by eating ants recounts ordeal
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/asia/australia-ant-man-outback-survival/
Australian ‘ant man’ survived outback ordeal by copying Bear Grylls
The stories, fed by a culture of survival un-reality shows, focus on the folllowing aspect:
“But the Ant Man wasn’t gone. After four days wandering at night and lying under trees during the hot days, he remembered watching survival shows. He found a nest of black ants and forced himself to eat them; 12 at first, then 18 the next day.”
What the news doesn’t…
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