A few months ago, The Costa Rica Star published an article that described an unusual situation:

Last year, a 40-year old man found himself naked in a lush rainforest of Costa Rica. He was looking for something to eat when he disrupted the habitat of a large terciopelo (fer-de-lance) snake, which he proceeded to kill with a stick. The killing of the reptile, which you can watch here, was filmed by the production crew of Naked and Afraid, a reality show that plays on the Discovery Channel cable television network. Why did this snake have to die?

To find out the answer as to why the Bothrops atrops was killed, we suggest that you read the article and watch the companion video below, which was recently uploaded to Discovery’s home on YouTube.