S11. E2: Mark Vins: Brave Wilderness
“The stonefish is the most toxic, venomous fish on the planet. The stonefish is one of the only fish stings that has been known to kill people from getting stung. Now, I knew this going in, right? I did my homework. So that was one where I really on a limb, perhaps? Maybe too far.” - Mark Vins
Mark Vins is an Emmy Award-winning wildlife and adventure filmmaker and the co-founder of the Brave Wilderness YouTube channel.
Mark and his co-founder, Coyote Peterson, created the Brave Wilderness Channel to bring people closer to animals and nature and crazy encounters all over the world. Some of them include things like watching Mark and Coyote get stung and bitten by some of the most painful stings and bites out there.
Brave Wilderness has 21 million subscribers and their videos have had more than 4 billion views.
Mark is also one of the leading ambassadors for Leonardo DiCaprio's organization Re:wild. Mark made a documentary with Re:wild called Brave Mission. It's about Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the mountain gorillas who live there and the women and men who protect them. This single video has raised over $700,000 to help the rangers in Virunga.
Please listen, share and watch Brave Wilderness but don’t attempt any of those bites or stings at home.
In gratitude,
Elizabeth Novogratz
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