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If you have watched Man vs Wild on Discovery and enjoyed it, Duel Survival is a must see show you won’t want to miss. Cody Lundin and Dave Canterbury are two survival experts paired in extreme wilderness situations that show viewers how to survive in emergency situations.

Lundin and Canterbury’s skills are many, but their personalities and survival methods are often polar opposites of each other. Duel Survival takes the survival experts to the freezing conditions of Antarctica, climbing in Wyoming’s harsh Rocky Mountains, traversing the rugged jungle in Thailand, and wading through the swampy Everglades of Florida.

Cody Lundin has more than 20 years experience as a minimalist and primitive skills expert, and is an internationally known professional survival instructor. Lundin founded the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Arizona in 1991, where he teaches primitive living skills, urban preparedness, modern wilderness survival skills, and homesteading. Lundin has trained thousands of students, corporate, private, and governmental agencies, and dozens of international and national media sources in urban and outdoor and preparedness skills.

Dave Canterbury has more than 20 years experience as an Army-trained scout, sniper, and professional hunting guide and tracker, with years of combined military and civilian survival experience. During his time in the Army, Canterbury became a Special Reaction Team (SRT) instructor and sniper. After his Army career Canterbury worked on a reptile farm, as well as a commercial fisherman and diver in the Florida saltwater marshes.

Lundin lives what he preaches, walking barefoot for more than 20 years as part of his indigenous self-reliant philosophy. Canterbury is a high energy outdoorsman who takes chances when he feels it will pay off in survival. Lundin looks for low energy gathering of bugs and plants for food while Canterbury must hunt for red meat.

Lundin and Canterbury are always fascinating when traveling through survival situations, there is never a dull moment watching these two survival experts.

Duel Survival shows on Discovery on Fridays at 9:00 p.m. PT/ET. Check your local TV schedule for upcoming episodes of the series.

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When it comes to television there have always been a few science or technology oriented shows but unfortunately due to a variety of reasons very few of them have done well. Fortunately one show has successfully managed to bring science and research to television while also staying incredibly entertaining. That show is Mythbusters on Discovery Channel.

The way Mythbusters stays entertaining while still being educational and informative is simple; plenty of explosions and lots of other cool stuff going on. The two hosts of the show, Adam and Jaime, also keep the show incredibly entertaining with their funny comments and interesting testing methods. Each week the Mythbusters crew test numerous urban legends or myths that have gained popularity through the years and thanks to a fairly unrestricted budget they are willing and able to try basically everything to accurately recreate each myth.

Mythbusters is actually quite a simple show to understand but at the same time it is technical and has plenty of science involved. No matter what episode you watch or what they are doing you will probably learn a few things that you have never heard of and at the same time you’ll be thoroughly entertained. At first it may seem like a contradiction but in the end it makes sense.

Obviously Mythbusters and Discovery are doing something right because each episode draws millions of viewers. With the combination of humor, science and just generally cool tests Mythbusters really does seem to have the perfect combination going. If you’ve been looking for some intelligent yet hilariously entertaining TV to watch then definitely check out Mythbusters. The show is on Discovery each Wednesday and you’re sure to get some good laughs while also learning a thing or two about science and research.

Photo courtesy of Discovery Channel.

About the author: Jonathan is a journalist currently writing for Amazing News where he and others consistently provide heartwarming and cheerful news stories that can make your day better and brighter.

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Deadliest Catch is back for a sixth season on Discovery. There is something about this reality series that grabs you and hooks you. The show follows five Alaskan King Crabbing boats as they fish off the Bering sea doing one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Who would have thought watching crusty fishermen catching crab at sea would be so entertaining and riveting? The great narration by Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs seals the deal with this series. I’ve been hooked for a couple of seasons now and have to say, the series is well worth watching.

During season four, Phil Harris, skipper of the ship Cornelia Marie, one of the ships featured on the show, became seriously ill during shooting. Captain Phil had a blood clot that went to his lungs while at sea, leaving him with a poor prognosis for the future. Captain Phil fought back while in the hospital to get back on his ship and was able to finish a number of the sixth season episodes before being hit by a massive stroke. Captain Phil survived another week or so, coming out of a coma long enough to spend time with his two sons who fished with him at sea. Captain Phil died February 9, 2010 of complications from a stroke. This season of Deadliest Catch is dedicated to him. Captain Phil was a favorite of the show’s audience and his dedication to fishing defined what a ship’s captain should be.

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