There's a reason your SN is "Worst.NS.Member".
If you're concluding in that paragraph that Bear wasn't even a SAS then you're retarded. When you go into that kind of service, they have documented information about it, you can't walk on T.V. and say that without being it. If you took your hand out of your pants for one second and watch Man vs. Wild instead of bashing it, you'd find out that Bear infact DOES eat berries, DOES climb tree's for fruit, and coincidentally DOES kill Rabbit's by chucking a stick at them. Ever consider that he KNOWS where to find food? (His survival guide probably told him where to look, right?) I don't think it's naive to believe that he RESEARCHES his area's and finds out about it before he goes in. 90% of the shit he does is more harm then good? I'm sure finding sap ("Dragon's Blood") to use on cuts does harm if you're cut up, Mr. Tree Expert, or perhaps using Coconut oil as a natural sun protection? Maybe, jumping into a freezing cold river to show us viewers the proper technique of escaping it is "fake", made in the studio I'm sure. When it comes down to it, it's entertainment and a learning experience, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't dissapointed to hear that he was staying in Hotels, but that's the business for you. Just like they used to rig gameshow's, or like they have a screen-writing staff for "The Real World", it's television. Man vs. Wild, possibly partly untrue, is STILL a great show because it's entertaining, Bear does incredible stunts, and furthermore the things they show him actually doing are still more spectacular then Les Stroud. I mean, if you get your jolly's up hearing a fat guy bitch about getting camera shots for an hour, watch Survivorman. For all of us who enjoy watching Bear Grylls kick ass killing bunnys and eating rattlesnakes, we'll stick to Man vs. Wild.