Danica Patrick Eats a Scorpion | Running Wild with Bear Grylls
BEAR: Let's make a little nature's candle out of rocks.
DANICA: Get some rocks? - Yeah.
DANICA: OK.
BEAR (VOICEOVER): Danica Patrick and I are in the heart of the vast Utah desert. She doesn't know it yet, but Danica just found us something to eat. Oh! Scorpion.
BEAR: We got dinner. Ah, there you go.
DANICA: Let's not eat it. No, I'm not-- no.
BEAR: Look. That was totally what I was hoping I didn't have to eat. Don't make me eat a scorpion. Oh God.
BEAR: Look at this guy. Scorpions, they can kill you. Enough venom to kill you. So yeah, I mean, what we could do is actually go and actually look for these. If we found that under there, we try and turn over a few more, see if we can find a couple of extras, make a little scorpion kebab. You dispatch it. No. Oh, this doesn't make me happy.
BEAR: It's fine, it's fine. Don't let him get away once you go in. Done. OK, so that's one. Try and get a couple more.
DANICA: It was difficult to take the knife and drive it into the scorpion's head. But this is survival. And so you do what you have to do. OK, scorpions. Let's find some more.
BEAR (VOICEOVER): The stinger of a scorpion's tail is full of neurotoxic venom that can cause extreme pain and, in some cases, paralysis and death. However, when eaten, nearly half their body is good protein. If we remove the stinger and pincers and grill it just right, it just might taste like something you'd want to eat. But we're going to need more than one to keep us going. So we're going hunting.
OK, no scorpion there. This is a perfect place for finding scorpions, all of this dried brush. But don't use your fingers. Use a stick or a blade. Here we go, Danica.
DANICA: Got another scorpion?
BEAR: This is a more substantial one here.
DANICA: More meaty? Oh, yeah. He's a little fatter.
Yeah. The thing is, I've learned about scorpions-- and for years, I always used to eat them like this.
What? And they taste disgusting because they're full of-- Oh! --this yellow kind of weird stuff and really pungent. It stays with you forever. But if you cook them and you barbecue them up, then it's perfect.
DANICA: Thank God for the fire because that's going to make the scorpion taste just like char instead of a scorpion.
BEAR: Here's your one. Thanks.
BEAR: Don't let it fall off.
DANICA: Do you like to cook?
BEAR: Yeah, I do. I feel I'm really disappointing you, really. We should be having nice rosé. And--
Oh, yeah.
BEAR: Instead you're getting--
DANICA: We should, but-- This is like a downgrade, I do feel, for your life. So how do you keep so fit still?
I work out all the time. I mean, I work out almost every day.
And has that helped you with injuries at all?
I think so.
BEAR: And have you had bad injuries from crashes?
No.
That means you're a very, very good driver.
DANICA: [laughs] Well-- It's like, you know-- You read-- Never fight a man who doesn't have a scratch on him.
DANICA: It's true. [laughs] Did you feel it was harder for you going in as a girl to that world, especially when you went professional?
Well, I mean, I don't know if I thought it was harder as much as I just ended up realizing it was harder kind of thing. I mean, everything from racing to listening to people say things about you to bad days on the racetrack and how to deal with them. You come back to the bus and I'd be like-- (CRYING) Oh, God. Why? 36? I'm so bad. You know? And you would just have these really flooding moments of self-doubt and insecurity and yeah.
And so you-- If I'm here long enough with this scorpion, I think it's all going to be charred and burned in here.
BEAR: Should we go for the scorpion then?
DANICA: No, I was just hoping that would happen. Here we go. You ready?
DANICA: [laughs] No. [laughs] Oh, gross. OK. It can't be that bad, right? You eat them raw, right?
Go on. Come on. Come on, lead the way. I love it.
(SHOUTING) BEAR: You got to keep it down. You got to finish. [laughs] Do it.
There you go. You got it. You got it. I just ate a scorpion.
Mm.
You seem like you're savoring it. Is this--
- Mm-hmm. No, it's pretty bad.
I can hear you say, mm. You're like, mm.
BEAR: Mm. [laughs] Good job.