Bear Grylls: I'd Rather Be Eating Maggots

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Would you rather be cornered by a snake or by a crocodile?
BEAR GRYLLS: Snakes are essentially scared of you. They attack when they're cornered and frightened or protecting. I'd much prefer to be in a confined space with a big angry snake. I'd have that for dinner quite quickly.

Would you rather lose an arm or a leg out in the wild?
An arm. It's much harder to walk with one leg.

Would you rather be trapped in a sandstorm or in a snowstorm?
Probably a snowstorm. There's no shelter in the desert from a sandstorm. You can always get out of a snowstorm — dig down into the snow or get into the trees.

Would you rather have plenty of water but very little food or very little water but plenty of food?
Survival's all about water. You'll survive 40 days without food, you'll survive four days max without water. If you got lots of food but no water, eating food is just going to dehydrate you more. Protein takes a lot of fluids to digest, so you need water.

Would you rather suffer from frostbite or from a severe fungal infection?
Fungal infection. You can cure it. Frostbite's permanent. I've still got damage from years ago in my fingers. And in my toes, very bad feeling.

Would you rather be stranded with only a watch or with only a compass?
Compass. It's much more useful knowing which way to walk than knowing what time of day it is. I haven't got a lot of appointments to keep.

Would you rather cross a slow-moving river that contains piranhas and candiru [the tiny, parasitic fish that supposedly swim up your urethra while you're peeing in the water] or violent rapids that contained no scary fish?
The fast one is probably more dangerous. Only certain piranhas will attack humans, and only when there's real limited food source. As for those candiru, I'd go through the river and not pee while I'm crossing it. And keep my pants on.