article_snippet.sent: Bear Grylls' latest TV show has been revealed that starving competitors on Bear Grylls' latest TV show hunted and killed an endangered crocodile during filming after Bear Grylls' latest TV show's bosses mistook it for a more common species.
article_snippet.sent: Male competitors had not eaten for two weeks when Male competitors tracked down and killed what Bear Grylls' latest TV show's producers thought was a common caiman - a small, relatively common reptile.
article_snippet.sent: Male competitors on Bear Grylls' show The Island had not eaten for two weeks when Male competitors on Bear Grylls' show killed what producers believed was a common caiman - but later discovered was an endangered American crocodile .
article_snippet.sent: However, suspicions were raised when the animal slain on camera appeared larger than usual, and when the animal slain on camera has now turned out to be an endangered American crocodile.
article_snippet.sent: According to The Sun, the show's producers had surveyed the islands used during the show before contestants were set loose, trying to identify any animals which would be off-limits for hunting.
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for Channel 4 said the islands used in the show were surveyed to establish what wildlife lived there before filming, and the show was not known that American crocodiles (pictured) could be found there .
article_snippet.sent: While several caimans had been discovered, the show was not known that the American crocodile also lived there until the competitors found the show.
article_snippet.sent: The episode in which the animal is killed on a remote island off Panama, central America, will be screened tonight.
article_snippet.sent: Prior to filming experts were consulted to ascertain species on both islands and the American crocodile was not known to be in the area or on the island. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Male contestants had not eaten for two weeks when Male contestants killed reptile .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Bosses though it was common caiman, but it was an American crocodile .
  