The Walking Dead And Survivorman

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Some people will take great lengths to survive. This can be shown as something that is hard to do for some people or something they normally do. Humans can be known to go to extreme measures in order to survive. There are many examples from television, movies, and real life that shows what humans will do to survive.
In today's modern life we watch television. On television, there are many tv shows about survival. Such as The Walking Dead and Survivorman. In these shows, people get dropped off in the middle of nowhere and has to survive. Sometimes the people in those shows will take great measures to survive. In many episodes of Survivorman, the guy would do crazy things to survive. He’ll go through problems such as hunger, tiredness, and loneliness.

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