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THE BIG READ | Action man Bear Grylls on drinking urine, eating goat's testicles and other crazy adventures

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Bear Grylls loves pushing himself to the limit in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)
Bear Grylls loves pushing himself to the limit in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/Getty Images)

In this very entertaining extract from his new memoir, the British adrenaline junkie reflects on some of his most hair-raising moments in the wild.

I’ve been asked more times than is imaginable, do I really drink my own urine? I don’t know what it is with folk. Disbelief, mostly, and an insatiable appetite to know what urine tastes like.

Well, the answer is yes I have, and yes it is terrible. But no, definitely no, I do not drink urine for fun. Or for health. Although there are some people out there who seem to swear by it. I’m not one of them, but I have drunk it a bunch of times in the name of survival.

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