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Forrest Galante
Forrest Galante (born March 31, 1988) is an American outdoor adventurer and television personality, similar to individuals like Coyote Peterson. He primarily seeks out animals on the brink of extinction. He is the host of the television shows Extinct or Alive and Mysterious Creatures with Forrest Galante on Animal Planet, and has appeared on multiple Shark Week shows.
Forrest Galante was born on March 31, 1988 to an English-Jewish family. Shortly after his birth in California, Galante and his family moved to Harare, Zimbabwe, where his mother ran a safari business. He and his sister were raised on a farm. Throughout his youth, Galante spent time exploring the African bush, learning to wrangle snakes, trap small animals, and snorkel the reefs of the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique. In Zimbabwe, he attended an English boarding school and headed up the Junior Herpetology Society, studying native flora and fauna.
In 2001, following Robert Mugabe's violent political uprising in Zimbabwe, the Galante family farm was invaded and burnt, leading the family to flee to California. He resumed his education in Santa Barbara, where he graduated from high school and later earned a degree in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Galante married science teacher Jessica Evans in 2015. The couple has two sons.
In 2013, Galante made his first foray into television with an appearance on the Discovery Channel's Naked and Afraid, where he participated in the show's 21-day survival challenge. He completed the challenge—being dropped with a stranger in the remote section of northwestern Panama—and scored a primitive survival rating of 8.8, one of the highest in the show's history.
In 2016, Galante and his photographer wore special suits developed in Auckland, New Zealand, that mimicked a crocodile's scaly skin to aid in their study of American crocodiles in Central America. The suits blocked their bodies' electric currents, allowing them to swim alongside and capture the reptile's natural behavior. The duo came within inches of the crocodiles, filming them in their authentic habitat for their film Dancing with Dragons.
On June 10, 2018, Galante's docuseries, Extinct or Alive premiered on Animal Planet. Galante has stated that he is committed to uncovering the Thylacine and, after two expeditions, would continue searching.
Galante produced the History channel show Face the Beast, wherein two men attempt to retrace the steps of predators going on unexplained killing rampages against humans. He has appeared in the GQ: The Breakdown video series.
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Forrest Galante
Forrest Galante (born March 31, 1988) is an American outdoor adventurer and television personality, similar to individuals like Coyote Peterson. He primarily seeks out animals on the brink of extinction. He is the host of the television shows Extinct or Alive and Mysterious Creatures with Forrest Galante on Animal Planet, and has appeared on multiple Shark Week shows.
Forrest Galante was born on March 31, 1988 to an English-Jewish family. Shortly after his birth in California, Galante and his family moved to Harare, Zimbabwe, where his mother ran a safari business. He and his sister were raised on a farm. Throughout his youth, Galante spent time exploring the African bush, learning to wrangle snakes, trap small animals, and snorkel the reefs of the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique. In Zimbabwe, he attended an English boarding school and headed up the Junior Herpetology Society, studying native flora and fauna.
In 2001, following Robert Mugabe's violent political uprising in Zimbabwe, the Galante family farm was invaded and burnt, leading the family to flee to California. He resumed his education in Santa Barbara, where he graduated from high school and later earned a degree in biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Galante married science teacher Jessica Evans in 2015. The couple has two sons.
In 2013, Galante made his first foray into television with an appearance on the Discovery Channel's Naked and Afraid, where he participated in the show's 21-day survival challenge. He completed the challenge—being dropped with a stranger in the remote section of northwestern Panama—and scored a primitive survival rating of 8.8, one of the highest in the show's history.
In 2016, Galante and his photographer wore special suits developed in Auckland, New Zealand, that mimicked a crocodile's scaly skin to aid in their study of American crocodiles in Central America. The suits blocked their bodies' electric currents, allowing them to swim alongside and capture the reptile's natural behavior. The duo came within inches of the crocodiles, filming them in their authentic habitat for their film Dancing with Dragons.
On June 10, 2018, Galante's docuseries, Extinct or Alive premiered on Animal Planet. Galante has stated that he is committed to uncovering the Thylacine and, after two expeditions, would continue searching.
Galante produced the History channel show Face the Beast, wherein two men attempt to retrace the steps of predators going on unexplained killing rampages against humans. He has appeared in the GQ: The Breakdown video series.
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