Forrest Galante and Retep chat once again with the Kings of Pain, just in time for Season 2! Wildlife nuts Adam Thorn and Rob Alleva reveal some of the most hilarious and horrifying experiences during the filming of KOP Season 2, including scorpion stings, moray eel bites, and “scorpion squirts”. This episode is full of crazy stories and gnarly creatures - get excited for Season 2, airing on May 26th on History Channel.

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TWT #96 - The Breakdown

00:00 - INTRO: Where is the jingle?!

2:01 - Introducing KINGS OF PAIN SEASON 2 (with a trailer and everything)

3:48 - Adam Thorn & Rob Alleva, S&M fiends?

5:13 - Sting 1, Season 2 KOP: “scorpion squirts” story

9:30 - Rob Alleva describes giant desert hairy scorpion sting experience

12:56 - Talking Kings of Pain behind the scenes footage of Rob’s scorpion squirts

17:37 - How not to get stung, from the experts

20:25 - What happened after sting 1? 

22:09 - Rob’s unfortunate lasting effects from toxic stings

22:27 - Bristle worms 

23:25 - Are the Kings of Pain still scared of pain?

24:46 - How Kings of Pain season 2 hits harder than season 1

26:06 - The one bite Rob and Adam turned down

26:15 - Forrest Galante’s GNARLY as f***k moray eel story

29:37 - Venomous Moray eels?!

33:00 - Kings of Pain most feared animals

33:57 - Adam’s Orange Baboon Tarantula experience

38:05 - Rob’s Giant Desert Centipede sting 

40:03 - What Kings of Pain and the pain index does for education and conservation

42:56 - Rob Alleva’s favourite show (besides Extinct or Alive, obviously)

44:45 - Kings of Pain do STINGING SHARKS?!

47:25 - The Wild Times crew causes problems for Kings of Pain producers

50:26 - Unboxing the KOP Pain Idex poster!

53:05 - Kings of Pain SEASON 2 launch info - May 26th 2022 

54:06 - BATTLE ROYAAAAAAALE, Animal Superpower Edition Rules: Choose 3 animal abilities to take on - a sting, a bite, and a special ability (strike, punch, electrocution etc) - to battle each other in a stadium *Snake draft

56:06 - Retep’s first pick: bite of a paper-shredder mouth of a Moray eel 

56:42 - Adam’s first pick: bite of a beaded lizard

57:27 - Robs first pick: electric abilities of an electric eel

57:52 - Forrest’s first & second pick: acid shooting abilities of a bombardier beetle, and sting of a scorpion fish

59:01 - Rob’s second pick: bite of the reticulated python

59:28 - Adam’s second pick: punching abilities of a mantis shrimp

1:00:24 - Retep’s second & third pick: malaria-infecting abilities of a mosquito and “sting” (pinch) of a desert hairy scorpion

1:02:16 - Adam’s third pick: sting of an irukandji jellyfish

1:03:05 - Rob’s third pick: sting of a Portuguese man-of-war

1:03:42 - Forrest’s third pick: bite of a komodo dragon

1:04:38 - BR Creature Recap

1:05:32 - OUTTRO & where to find MORE Kings of Pain @adam_thorn @cavemanrob Kings of Pain Season 2, airing 26th May on History Channel

Brosteners, make sure you comment and vote who you think made the gnarliest creature - good luck with this mess, Dave Sunshine…

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