Original subtitles

[Narrator] We just love to be shocked by the human body

and the unusual things it can do.

[Woman] Human nun chuk!

[Narrator] Whether it's being super bendy, bulgy,

pusy and pimply

-[squirting] -[man screams]

or downright disgusting. -[Man] Hey!

[Narrator] Tonight we're going on a tour of the human body

guaranteed to amaze, revolt and astound.

This is not for the squeamish.

So put the TV dinner on hold,

watch from around the back of the sofa,

and brace yourself for body shocks.

[Man] I'm done, I'm done.

[upbeat music]

[static]

[gentle piano music]

[Narrator] To kick us off on our shocking body tour,

ask anyone their least favourite body part,

and they'll probably say their feet.

At number one, foot care.

Whether medically through chiropody or cosmetically,

through the pedicurist, is a multi-billion pound affair.

Ideally we visit those professionals.

In practice, some of us

mistakenly decide to have a go ourselves.

eeling skin might be satisfyingP

but it's usually a sign of fungal infection,

and peeling it won't help.

[Baby] Can I [indistinct].

[lady chuckles]

[Narrator] And if you do insist on picking your feet,

doing it in public isn't going to make you any friends.

[upbeat bright music]

This man's feet have been neglected for years.

Not only have the toenails curled over,

but they've also built up on top of each other.

This calls for a pro to come to the rescue.

The podiatrist has painstakingly and carefully

cut and chiselled through the thick layers of skin

for more than 25 minutes to get these manky feet

to look somewhere near a healthy pedicure.

[upbeat bright music]

Here's another guy with an infected toenail.

But he's not had the nouse to call in the professionals.

He's allowed pals at his thanksgiving celebrations

to perform a mid-party pus relieving pedicure,

with a power drill.

This is both risky and stupid.

[power drill buzzing]

nd should never ever be copied.A

[power drill buzzing]

[people chattering]

- [Man 2] Good job.

[Narrator] Good job?

- [Man 2] Good job.

- [Narrator] Good job he didn't lose the entire toe

[lady chuckling] - It's good.

- [Narrator] Another foolish foot fiddler

is trying some home care

instead of going to a qualified professional.

This one doesn't use a drill, but a razor blade

to shave his infected skin like a Parmesan cheese.

And with the same trademark smell too.

Why on earth would you pick that up?

Definitely do not try this at home!

nd this guy in Russia has takenA

an even more industrial approach.

Regular toenail clipping is essential

to keep the nails healthy and free from infection,

but he's decided to risk life and limb

by using an angle grinder.

You wouldn't want him to be your pedicurist,

though would you?

Now, we all know what makes a romantic night in.

Bottle of wine, check, candles, check,

toe nail picking, uncheck!

- [Woman 1] Chunkies.

- [Narrator] But for this couple,

spending the evening picking at feet seems totally normal.

Cleaning out and shortening the toe nail

can help fight any infection lurking.

But when he said, "Do you fancy a night of fun, girl?".

Little did she know, it would turn out to be fungal!

While some people get off on the wrong foot,

thers have feet made for feats.o

This is 20-year-old Muhammad Barakah.

With party pieces like this,

he must cut up over his foot care bills.

It goes without saying, do not try this at home!

Or indeed anywhere else.

Leaving those fugally, gnarly feet behind now,

and moving up the body to another extremity.

This girl has a party trick that will shock and entertain.

- Hi I'm Taren and I'm going to show you all

some cool tricks I can do with my hands.

- [Narrator] Humans wouldn't be humans without their hands.

Our opposable thumbs mean we can grip things.

But this girl's skills are almost superhuman.

[upbeat bright music]

She can do this because she has hypermobile joints.

I'm sure that could come in handy.

ot quite sure what for though.N

[upbeat bright music]

- And this one does not hurt at all.

Actually now it will do.

- [Narrator] This man from The Netherlands

is showing off his dexterity.

His turn is this showstopper.

[upbeat bright music]

This is no mean feat, but it is a pretty mean hand.

We use our hands so much

that we can all suffer from the occasional blister.

But being able to inflate loose skin

into a balloon is bonkers.

Apparently it was a bad reaction to penicillin

that gave this man his listering hand-blowing talent.b

We have fingernails because we're primates.

They are essentially flattened forms of claw.

Useful for stroking leaves seemingly.

[upbeat bright music]

These are the longest nails in Russia

owned by Elena Shilenkova who vlogs on the subject.

[upbeat bright music]

- Today I'm showing you few moments.

[upbeat bright music]

- [Narrator] Ooh, 'ello.

[upbeat bright music]

Is that it?

[upbeat bright music]

- So no, its very easy for me.

Thank you very much, bye-bye, see you next time

[upbeat bright music]

- [Narrator] Can't wait.

Now, whatever Russia can do, America wants to do better.

These ladies are from Dallas,

where the state motto is big things happen here.

And looking at those humongous nails,

they might have a point or 20.

[upbeat bright music]

Not for the weak or faint hearted,

e're counting up to body shocksw

and marvelling at the things it can do

that are sometimes disgusting,

but more often than not, astonishing.

So far we've seen that feet aren't all that appealing

and when it comes to hands, we need to get a grip.

[upbeat bright music]

The most indispensable part of the body

ies squarely on our shoulders.l

So, we resume our body shock count at number 14

with a real head turner.

4-year-old Sameer Khan realised1

he could do this 180 degree swivel

after watching the film, "The Exorcist."

Nicknamed Owl Boy, he's hoping his unbelievable flexibility

will land him a part in a Hollywood movie.

Well, we've had Tina Turner, Kathleen Turner,

why not Head Turner?

Anyway, we absolutely do not recommend trying this at home.

[man chattering]

This poor lady has gone to the doctor

after complaining her face was hurting.

After applying a solution,

the cause of her face ache became clear.

Dozens of tiny parasites had been living

and breeding under her skin, ouch.

[man chattering]

When it comes to cosmetic surgery,

read the small print, things can go wrong!

In this woman's case the dermal filler

isn't behaving as it should,

and her head has gone all squishy.

She's taking it fairly well,

considering she looks like a piece of plasticene.

There's only one thing for it,

get that's stuff out of her.

The surgeon had to make a hole

and squeeze it out like toothpaste.

[upbeat bright music]

Poor woman, I think she's had her fill.

[upbeat bright music]

oving up the head now to hair.M

And here's a long haired lover from Liverpool.

Turns out he's a swinger.

And he's from China.

The hair hang is an old circus act

and best left to the professionals

and performing it can be very painful and hair-raising.

[upbeat bright music]

For most of us, a visit to the salon

doesn't involve too many body shocks.

Unless of course you're going for an 80's perm.

This Chinese barber is practising the rare art

f cutting hair with hot tongs.o

Which raises the question,

who would actually want that back-combed style?

[upbeat bright music]

Could be worse though.

In India, this barber has an unusual

and potentially fatal method

of achieving that perfectly coiffed look,

by setting his customer's hair alight.

[upbeat bright music]

The guy doesn't seem too bothered about his life

being endangered by this unorthodox

and frankly insane approach.

But think about this, my friend, Sweeney Todd

was also a barber.

[upbeat bright music]

Perhaps if this guy had to been to that barber

he wouldn't be suffering with this.

They're head hair lice.

The highly contagious adult form of nits.

You can normally get rid

of the blood sucking parasites fairly easily,

although seems like this passenger's head

has become some kind nature eserve for the little critters.r

You should get that sorted not that I'm nit picking.

[upbeat bright music]

A lot us are squeamish when it comes to our eyes.

And for good reason, the eye s an extremely delicate organ,i

which has to be in perfect working order

to function properly.

So, there's huge potential for the eyes to provide shocks.

Whether it's a self-inflicted horror, like this guy,

[eyes popping] [upbeat bright music]

who has developed the eletfy skill to pop out his eye.

[woman screams]

[upbeat bright music]

Or this guy has mastered the art of the dancing eyes.

[upbeat bright music]

Didn't see that coming!

[upbeat bright music]

You've heard of blood, sweat and tears?

For the last two years this young woman

as produced all three at once.h

It's an incredibly rare condition called Haemolacria,

which means she cries blood.

And doctors are still trying to find a cure.

[gentle music]

Another clinical case,

where one woman's vision problems

turned out to be more than meets the eye.

To be precise, worms were eating her eyes.

After bathing in infested streams,

these parasites decided to find a room with a view.

But luckily the victim got help before losing her sight.

[gentle music]

The eye is such a delicate structure that you most of us

couldn't bear the thought of anything near it,

let alone in it.

Not for the faint-hearted.

In some parts of china still undertaking

the ancient art of road side barber shaves.

This risky procedure that could potentially blind,

involves ellegitly refreshing

and improving comfort in the eye by unblocking

the sebaceous glands in the under eye.

It's usually offered as an extra service

on top of a haircut.

omething for the weekend, sir?S

This next procedure also looks risky.

tiny jewel is being implantedA in the surface of an eye.

Ophthalmologists have warned of the risks of complications

for the patient including mild to severe loss of sight,

but this hasn't deterred her.

This radical bling is possible in the Netherlands,

but only if it's done in clinical, sterile conditions.

After all, no point looking blinding if it blinds you.

[upbeat bright music]

For some reckless individuals,

the structures around eye can be adapted

for tasks unrelated to vision.

This Kung fu expert who wants to prove

the strength of his eye lids.

Incredibly he is placing hooks over them

Before doing some eye-ups.

[upbeat bright music]

Don't try that at home.

Actually, don't try it at all if you value your sight.

[upbeat bright music]

Heading just around the corner, from eyes to ears now,

experts say earwax usually falls out on its own.

But in this woman's case years' worth of dirt

has taken its toll.

[upbeat bright music]

She went to the doctor complaining

that she could not hear

and said she was afraid to get water in her ears,

[upbeat bright music]

After just four minutes in the chair,

and the doctor was able to completely remove

the build up of gunk.

[upbeat bright music]

This guy wasn't so lucky.

[gentle music]

Years of wax have built up and he's in excruciating pain.

So he's been put under general anaesthetic

in order to make the removal more bearable.

[electric static]

It's tempting, even though e're not to shove a cotton budw

nto our ears to remove the wax.i

[upbeat bright music]

Well, by doing this you can actually push the wax deeper

into your ear canal and seriously

damage sensitive ear skin

or your eardrum.

And this could happen.

[upbeat bright music]

The cotton could come off the tip and get lodged in there.

[upbeat bright music]

This endoscope footage from a Vietnamese clinic

shows an ear canal

that's proving to be a nice breeding ground

or a rare kind of fungal spore.f

Not mushroom to grow, but without treatment

he would have ended up deaf.

[upbeat bright music]

Another patient came in complaining of

deafness and itching.

the docs captured this amazing footage

before presumably capturing the offending cockroach.

[upbeat bright music]

his next patient isn't itchingT

but has a kind of tickling and scratchy pain.

ou'd think minor ear infectionY

but that would be far too boring.

In fact, something had been boring its way in.

This ear chamber had doubled up as a bachelor pad

for this butterfly.

What is it with the Vietnamese creepy crawlies?

aven't they got nests to go to?H

[gentle music]

nd they're not just in Vietnam,A

this unfortunate patient in India

was complaining of unbearable pain

and discomfort in her ear,

so decided to visit her local hospital

to get it checked out.

Before long, it became clear what was bugging her.

[gentle music]

Lured out by the bright light,

it's very lucky the poor woman wasn't ear-achnaphobic.

[playful music]

nd this next patient's problemA isn't lodged deep inside.

This poor woman has an ear cyst on the outer ear.

These form as a result of a blocked sebaceous glands

and contain sebum or grease and, if infected, pus.

[pus sputters]

And it looks like the pressure is building.

You wouldn't want to be in the firing line.

Ear beauty now and with ear piercing on the rise,

it's perhaps no surprise

that there are sometimes body shocks,

especially when going about having a piercing

in a reckless and quite frankly foolish way.

- This is a size 70, now let me remind you.

I have had these-

[Narrator] Shouldn't you be in a salon?

- Over a month.

This is how tiny my holes are,

this is the size I'm putting in.

[Narrator] If you say so.-

- And [beep]

[upbeat bright music]

The sooner I hurt, the mother.

[upbeat bright music]

- [Narrator] 80% of American women get ear piercings

but not many do it themselves.

[door taps] - Yeah.

- [Narrator] Not now, talk about bad timing.

[upbeat bright music]

- Someone needs a piercing [indistinct].

- [Narrator] The ear lobe is a sensitive piece of tissue.

It has got elasticity,

but any stretching needs to be done very gradually

and always under the guidance of professionals.

- We are getting somewhere.

[camera shutters]

[upbeat bright music]

Boom.

Oh! [beep]

Oh.

- [Narrator] Oh, that's torn it, quite literally.

- Well, I guess I may have to *beep get mine-

- [Narrator] With risk of infection and worse,

this moronic act should be a lesson to us all.

What the [beep] did I just do?-

- [Narrator] And it's not just ears

that provide body shocks,

We're heading around the corner now.

[upbeat bright music]

When it comes to dealing with manky mouths

and terrible tonsils,

oral surgeons certainly earn their crust.

Speaking of crusts,

when the docs dug into this guy's soft tissues,

they found this hard pebble like growth.

No, it's not a tooth but a blocked salivary gland

that produced its own calcium growth, yuck!

[man chattering]

[playful music]

ere, doctors find that a womanH

complaining of a throat lockage has an uninvited guest.b

[upbeat bright music]

That is a blood sucking leech

that had been growing inside for three months.

If left, it could have eventually choked her.

Thankfully the woman's condition later improved,

but we're not sure about the leech.

[upbeat bright music]

So, we've seen the importance of oral hygiene.

Now, onto some people without toothbrushes

who are seemingly improvising.

Letting your pet rat lick your teeth clean

has to be an oxymoron.

[upbeat bright music]

Talking of morons,

this woman has upgraded to a squirrel brush, very posh.

[upbeat bright music]

From teeth we're going up in the world now to noses.

nd this mystery man is, Mr Lee.A

AKA the king of the snakes.

He has been practising the somewhat pointless

and downright stupid routine since he was 13 years old.

Has anyone told him,

the nose is NOT supposed to be for shoving snakes into?

[upbeat bright music]

This plane passenger is more of a king of the finger.

He seems oblivious to his fellow travel

as he continues his digital mission.

[gentle music]

Perhaps he's a golfer.

He certainly seems to have bagged a couple of bogeys.

And if you're actually worried

that you might be seen picking your nose,

just do as this guy does

and grab your girlfriend's finger instead.

[upbeat bright music]

I don't think she even nose what he's up to.

[upbeat bright music]

ule number one of face timing,R

is you don't want anything to interrupt your flow.

Ewww, that wasn't the kind of flow he was hoping for.

[upbeat bright music]

Full marks for the recovery though.

When it comes to nasal mucus kids produce the stuff

in epic quantities.

But if it becomes too viscose like this toddler's,

it needs a bit of help to shift things along.

[playful music]

Snot going to be a problem for today at least.

Nasal hair extraction now.

[playful music]

- Here it goes.

- [Narrator] Forget the tweezers though.

This fella's got other ideas.

[playful music]

Mainly stupid and dangerous ones.

He's going with a heavy brick attached via strings

to waxed nose bungs.

What could possibly go wrong?

This isn't gonna end well.

This is gonna be incredibly painful.

- Three, two, one.

[playful music]

- [Narrator] Some people

will film themselves doing anything.

Several reasons to not try this at home,

one being, you never know where that brick might land!

[birds chirping]

[upbeat bright music]

A professional extraction now.

And this guy's had something nasty in his nose

for two months.

[upbeat bright music]

t's clear he's in immense painI

as whatever is lodged up there doesn't want to budge.

[upbeat bright music]

That is a parasitic animal,

the doctor was heard to say as the patient left the surgery.

Bit unfair don't you think?

[upbeat bright music]

When it comes to our mushes,

you might as well face it some of us

re addicted to popping pimples.a

If people aren't popping their own,

they're sat watching some poor soul

get theirs popped online.

nline fans known as popolohics,O

get their kicks from squirting sebum or even liquid pus,

with the most popular getting around million views a pop!

[upbeat bright music]

But there are dangers to pimple popping.

If you push some of the contents inside the pimple

deeper into the skin, you increase inflammation.

This can lead to more-noticeable acne.

You also run the risk of getting an infection

rom the bacteria on your hands.f

Not a good look.

[upbeat bright music]

Here, a facial cyst from a blocked hair follicle

has had to be cut by a medic.

And out comes the fruit of the cyst,

a protein called keratin.

Mmm, squeezing is pleasing, don't eat it though.

[upbeat bright music]

We're counting up some of the outlandish

and often gruesome "Body Shocks 101" of them in all,

and so far we've seen our orifices

such as our nose and ears

have some unwelcome surprises, coming out of them.

[upbeat bright music]

We're now looking at what we put in to the body,

which can be just as shocking.

Like in the Far East,

where bugs are occasionally eaten as a delicacy,

hey are normally cooked though.t

[upbeat bright music]

Looks like this guy's game of pool has given him an appetite

and he's gobbling his body weight with fresh ones.

[upbeat bright music]

What's wrong with buying a packet of crisps

like most people?

[upbeat bright music]

The British equivalent of a pub snack is chips.

Most people have ketchup on their fries.

[upbeat bright music]

This hungry bloke seems to prefer ants.

And more worryingly, it oesn't seem to be bugging him.d

[upbeat bright music]

A balanced diet requires protein, carbs and of course, fats.

This woman is getting her whole month's supply,

right here, right now.

[upbeat bright music]

Swallowing something this big,

she could get the butter stuck in her throat or windpipe,

blocking the flow of air.

[group jeering]

A big risk to take, for a stupid stunt.

[upbeat bright music]

Butter is a relatively sensible diet

compared to our next strange, Snacker,

who appears to be lining up a nice tasty light bulb.

[upbeat bright music]

I'm not sure this is the brightest thing to do

[upbeat bright music]

Our digestive tract cannot process a diet of glass or metal,

o most of us tempted by a lights snack like this doing this,

will probably end up in A&E.

So, definitely do not try this at home.

hink that's as bad as it gets?T

Step forward Liaqat Khan who loves nothing more

than a good chewing on stones.

He started years ago and now eats them all the time.

He knows it's not doing him any good,

but admits he is totally addicted to the hard stuff.

Another earthy eater is Kusma Vati, a 70-year-old from India

who swears by her unique diet.

She's been stuffing her face with kilos of sand and gravel

every day for six decades.

n spite of the risks of gastricI pain and internal bleeding,

she says she's never had to see a doctor,

and credits her long life to her gritty diet.

Recon, she's got room for dessert?

ver to the US where BasketballO Champs, the Cleveland Cavs

are celebrating another successful season.

Time to celebrate with a nice hearty meal.

Oh no.

Doctors warn that this fan's crappy diet

could actually lead to potentially lethal infection,

so avoid the poo and have a hot dog like everyone else.

[upbeat bright music]

Still in the US, with this cute family scene.

Maybe not that cute,

getting the baby to clean the father's stomach,

and filming it.

[playful music]

- [Woman 2] Urgh!

- [Narrator] Urgh, that is not definitely not cute.

- [Man 3] Oh my God.

[playful music]

- [Narrator] Nothing that gross

can happen in England, surely.

- I'm gonna eat my wife's placenta.

I don't think anyone's done this in a long long time

and certainly not husbands have done it.

I've got wee more bit there,

which I have already garnished with some salt and pepper.

I've tried it already and its not too bad.

Here it goes.

Here is the raw bit,

and this is as good as the umbilical cord spaghetti

by the way.

- [Narrator] This stomach-churning

scene shows new dad,

Ross Watson tucking into his wife Heather's placenta.

Each to their own.

[upbeat bright music]

But after birth, after-effects are probably nothing compared

to some of the stuff that ends up in people's stomachs.

- Cheers.

[gentle music]

- [Narrator] This patient has been complaining

of abdominal discomfort.

[gentle music]

So when surgeons operated on him,

they were surprised by the source of the problem.

[gentle music]

Eventually they dug out 22 needles,

which they guessed had been there for years

causing, as presumed, quite a sharp kind of pain.

It's not known if he ate them or not

but he should have stuck to the local delicacies

of chicken heads and feet, not to everyone's taste.

So this guy has turned his back on tradition

nd opted for something hotter,a

the black object in the scan is a cigarette lighter.

The lighter was no laughing matter

and even though it had been lodged there for years,

it still had to be surgically removed.

It's easy to see how you might accidentally swallow

the occasional coin in the Christmas pud.

But Indians doctors were totally gobsmacked

when they found this lot inside a patient.

[upbeat bright music]

Not only were there coins, the 70 minutes op,

produced necklaces, bangles, anklets, earrings,

nose rings and even a watch.

It was an astonishing haul weighing over 3 1/2 pounds.

It remains a mystery as to why she'd munched all that metal.

Who knows, maybe she needed more iron in her diet?

Usually what we eat doesn't resemble

what comes out the other end.

But normally we do need to make quality toilet time.

[water splashing]

One obsessed Chinese computer gamer

has decided that to skip the loo break

so he can carry on playing the game.

[gentle music]

But with the help of that bucket,

he can carry on while doing a bit of downloading of his own.

This group are intently studying the work

of a tattoo artist, so far, so good.

[man farts]

So fart, so bad!

I wouldn't get that close,

there may be more where that came from.

[man farts]

[gentle music]

[man farts]

et the air freshener, somebody!G

When it comes to letting it all hang out,

these things are best done in private.

This guy forgot about the security cameras.

[gentle music]

When he throws caution to the wind for a good itch,

and a crafty sniff.

[gentle music]

The store car park is even more public.

[indistinct]

We're still below the belt

but around the other side of things

and this is a truly shocking scene

that will get every man's eyes watering.

Chinese battered balls!

Those Kung Fu guys really are gluttons for punishment.

If you want to do a job properly,

better to do it yourself.

Students of Kung fu pride in toughening themselves

with a trial of the testicles.

And if those look like testing times, bring on the big guns.

[metal clings]

f any guys at home are thinkingI of trying this yourself,

I'd just sack it off.

Well, it will never make the Olympics,

ut you have to hand it to them,b

those guys certainly are nuts.

[gentle music]

Also, risking keeping his manhood intact,

is this Chinese guy who has perfected the art

of lifting cases of beer by the power of his penis.

[gentle music]

Okay, genitally does it.

[gentle music]

Apparently, the perpetrator of this penis party trick

has been practising it every day for years.

I hope he doesn't work as a barman.

Possibly the oddest way of getting brewer's droop.

[gentle music]

If you thought lifting three boxes

of lager with your manhood was the definition of machismo,

this guy has taken things to the extreme.

OK, he's a monk so that penis is probably showroom new.

But it does beg the question, why?

That coach is a staggering tonnes!

The martial arts enthusiast

is said to have been honing his skills for decades

in order to perfect this ultimate,

if recklessly dangerous, display of his manliness.

I'm sure afterwards, he was praised for pulling it off.

The stunt, not the penis.

Another eye-watering moment ow and we're at a stunt schooln

in Pakistan's Balochistan Province.

People have always tried to walk on nails despite the risk

and there seem to be enough people crazy enough

to enroll for the training

on these pointlessly dangerous stunts.

Like any physical activity,

you have to start with a good stretch.

Risking life and limb for a role in a Bollywood film,

this is peacocking at the extreme.

It's unclear when this kind of feet

would be needed on a film set, not in the age of CGI!

Unusual body skills are found all over the world.

ost of us can hang by our arms,M

but can we perilously swivel them around 180 degrees

in their sockets like this woman can?

Probably not and nor would we want to, ouch!

[gentle music]

These young students at the world-famous Shaolin Monastery

have discovered the perfect way to pass the time

between prayer sessions,

by hypnotically contorting their bodies.

And practise has paid off.

See, dedication and meditation is all you need.

[gentle music]

This man has a dislocated arm

Which has become a deadly weapon.

- [Woman 3] Let see your tattoo, tattoo is the best part.

Human nun chuck.

[air wheezing]

- [Narrator] Some people's entire bodies

have the astonishing ability to bend and stretch

like it's made out of rubber.

[gentle music]

This young guy has managed to perfect the art

of bodily contortions over a range of manoeuvres

here fine almost bends double.w

[gentle music]

There are two different types of spinal contortionists,

ront benders and back benders.f

But this guy's back bending looks more backbreaking.

[gentle music]

Some people's body skills are so out there

that they are off the scale to us mere mortals.

This guy has such control over his should blades

that he can use them to do all sorts.

[gentle music]

Crumbs, that's one way of sorting out your biscuit base

for a cheese cake,

what did happen to those cheesy toenail,

scrapings from earlier?

This Nepalese bus drive's extraordinary face

can do some weird and wonderful things.

Not only can he curl the bottom half of his face

over his nose, impressive, but super long tongue

can touch his chin.

Even more impressive!

And when he's bored of that, he can touch his forehead.

He claims that when he does his party tricks,

people either pass out or wet their pants.

[gentle music]

Is it normal to be this attractive to bees?

Mr. Liru works as a beekeeper

but just can't get enough of them in his spare time too.

They're like, "Well, bees around a honey pot."

Wherever he goes the 50,000 little friends go too.

They never sting him, he says,

but good to see he's wearing protective head gear anyway.

Safety first.

[gentle music]

Someone else with strange attraction skills

is Zulfikar Ibrahim.

He amazed his family when he realised that metal objects

stuck to the surface of his skin.

It started with spoons and knives

but his mysterious magnetism

means he has now moved on heavier items.

On the plus side, you'd never lose your keys

with him around.

[gentle music]

Another who defies the law of physics

is 42-year-old, Naresh Kumar, who is able to withstand

large surges of electricity to his body.

It started by accident after touching a live cable.

Anybody else would have been killed doing this,

so Naresh must be one in a billion.

Before long, he found that a quick lick of a live wire

could reduce his appetite.

Not something that should ever be done.

A stunt that may have reduced his food costs,

but played havoc with the electricity bill.

This is "101 Body Shocks,"

a show not for those of a nervous disposition.

A revolting round up of some of truly astounding

and downright degrading things we can do with

and to ourselves. [man farts]

When it comes to medical care, common sense dictates

t is best left to the experts,i

but sense is sometimes in short supply

when some people decide to do their own DIY doctoring.

[gentle music]

After a hernia operation, this patient decided

to remove his own internal packing bandages.

They are there for a reason, just leave them.

I don't think matron is going to be too happy.

[gentle music]

When you have a deep arm cyst, what is the best thing to do?

Go to a doctor, obviously.

s that what this guy is doing?I

Obviously not.

He's doing his own DIY doctoring.

And he's roped his son into helping him.

Talk about responsible parenting.

Try not to cut your arm off with that thing!

- [Man 4] Sit down there, I can't let go,

lets keep going, lets keep squeezing it.

[audience laughing]

- [Man 5] All because you like cottage cheese.

[indistinct]

- [Narrator] Note to self,

never to go to a wine and cheese party at their house!

[men chattering]

- It's so gross. - But-

- [Narrator] This next DIY doc got the hump with a hard lump

resembling an Epidermoid cyst in his upper lip.

So, of course, he decides to dig into it.

But once he starts he just has to carry on.

[beep]

In go the tweezers and...

You should never do this.

Now get yourself down to accident and emergency!

[beep]

- Oh [beep] that hurt, and now I have a gapper, oh buddy!

- [Narrator] That's the least of your worries.

What's happened to your voice?

- Oh!

- [Narrator] This next guy has located a mystery lump

blocking a salivary gland.

And he's using muscle power to squeeze out

a long calcified mass.

[gentle music]

You've got to gland it to him, that took guts.

Now this retch-worthy moment is a man draining

his own abscess using a knife,

while prizing his jaw wide-open with mouthpiece

from the game speak out, as said no-one, ever.

Slicing open a spot with a scalpel

is not on my list of fun-filled activities.

t's both stupid and dangerous.I

Now cue the river of pus and mucus followed by blood.

He won't be able to speak out for quite some time.

ow, when a grease-filled pimpleN

is in a hard-to-reach location, you need help.

In this case, from some friendly, family fingers.

his one is putting up a fight.T

[playful music]

Finally, the definition of true love,

when your family are prepared to get behind you

and assist with a cyst.

Bad idea to use your nails as a surgical instrument, folks,

but hey ho, looks like there's been a happy ending.

Now swab it with antiseptic!

Sometimes body shocks are self-inflicted.

his bizarre and gruesome stuntT

nvolves a so-called suspensioni practitioner, Doug Smode.

Quite a crowd has gathered to watch him dice with death

in suspending himself in the air with metal hooks

inserted through his face.

There's got to be better ways to spend an afternoon.

Very sensibly Doug warns thers not to try this at home.o

I don't think we will be, thanks Doug.

[gentle music]

Another well hung body shocker

is German artist, Christian Prinz.

This shocking stunt sees him suspended with flesh hooks

in his back and knees in order to freak out

his fellow Berliners on a local underground train.

This is all part of Prinz's self expression.

But not something you'd want to be forced to look at

on the Piccadilly Line during rush hour.

[gentle music]

And just when you thought you'd seen it all,

here's someone who takes skin penetration

to even greater heights.

Instead of stowing his parachute in a pack,

this reckless Finnish jumper

as attached it with metal hooksh

directly to the skin on his back.

Now he's going to jump.

[playful music]

The medical implications of suspension base jumping

are a grey area, largely ecause it is next to impossibleb

to gauge how much force the canopy exerts on the back

from different heights.

With only a handful of thrill-seekers

having claimed to have done this,

it's clear to see why this risky sport

isn't exactly taking off.

On that chilling note we need some light relief

in the form of some more pus and goo.

Here, a fat-filled sebaceous cyst in the neck

is laser lanced and squeezed gently to produce

grease is the word.

Or to give its medical term, sebum.

[gentle music]

Oodles and noodles of it.

Of all the awkward places to get an abscess,

under your arm must be the pits, what!

This man has a rare infection of the sweat glands.

The huge build up of pus produced by his immune system

means he can milk himself to get rid of excess.

[gentle music]

This woman's armpit has eveloped a large infected cystd

from a blocked hair follicle.

And she needs it surgically lanced.

- [Doctor] Are you ready?

Let me know if you feel any pain, you shouldn't.

- [Narrator] A little nick from the scalpel

[suspenseful music]

and out comes jets of pus.

Lucky he brought that shopping bag.

[gentle music]

Now in go the scissors and out comes the last

f the yellow bacterial residue.o

Lovely, not.

[gentle music]

Talking of big things,

this is an extremely infected abscess.

They say abscess makes the heart grow fonder,

the poor guy has had to take this whopper on the chin

to the medics, well, he had no choice, or so he thought!

[gentle music]

And what are the chances that a tiny spider bite

on the arm has got so infected

that this guy has ended up in the emergency room.

There's only one thing for it, cut into it.

What a relief that must be to see rivers of the green stuff

and still it comes.

Well, that's a shocking lot of pus.

And we are nearly at the end of our roller coaster ride

through the most shocking and revolting back waters

of the human body,

so to get us over the line to 101,

here's an assortment of offbeat individuals

who are embracing their body shocks

and daring to be different.

Ted Richards doesn't look like somebody

who follows convention.

[upbeat bright music]

Clearly he got bored with the normal look

nd had a range of modificationsa starting with tattoos,

piercings, a split tongue and eye-watering tattoos

directly into his eye balls.

He was clearly prepared to ignore the risks of infection

to his eyes in order to achieve his unique look.

And the inspiration?

His beloved pet parrot.

Though, it's unclear whether he's polyamorous.

[gentle music]

Model, Natasha Crowns, attempts to look different

started when she was just a regular 19-year-old.

But to hit the big time she decided she rearly needed

o bag herself a bigger bootie.t

Millions of calories and three Brazilian butt lift

operations later she boasts an 80-inch ass.

But this is not the end for Natasha's rear end

as through a strict pizza and Nutella diet,

she's aiming to achieve her ultimate dream,

the biggest bum on the planet.

This guy's influences seem more off-the planet.

His modifications are almost extra-terrestrial,

with state of the art ultra violet tattoos

and silicon horn implants.

He describes himself as a trans-humanist

ho is evolving with technology.w

Whatever you say, buddy!

ut prize for most modified manB

must surely go to Columbian tattooist, Eric Ramirez,

who has spent two years making himself into a skull,

as you do.

After years of tattoos and piercing

he decided to up the ante and had the lower half

of his nose removed and most of his ear lobes cut off.

Then hollow shading inked around his eyes

to complete the job.

He claims to take inspiration from death

as a natural process and he certainly has succeeded

in looking dead shocking!

We can't top that one.

So, that's your lot.

[upbeat music]

[upbeat music continues]

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