Survival Myths That Could Get You Killed
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Don't trust these survival myths! We're exposing the ones that could actually get you killed...
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Here's a survival tip: if you find yourself in a tornado, do NOT take shelter under an overpass or bridge, while it may seem like a good idea to protect yourself from potential debris, in turn you have to deal with the wind tunnel that the overpass/bridge creates which can vastly increase the strength of the already strong winds of the tornado
Take shelter in a basement and if you don’t have a basement go to your neighbors or your closet
@lesilemccravy5172 what do you do if your in your car? Honest question here because I live in Washington state and, at least where I live, we don't have this stuff. I grew up being told to stop in an overpass. Well, now I know that was really bad info. Dang, what do ya do. Kiss your arse goodbye?
Would a cave suffice by any change?
@@jenette16go to a house
@@jenette16 and if there are no houses nearby, then next best thing (as crazy as it sounds) is to get yourself into a ditch/empty moat like area beside the road and lay your body as flat as you can, which means getting out of your car. Definitely wouldn't wish anyone to have to do that, but have heard of others surviving that way (and finding their car upside down further along the road) 💕
Fun fact: most people found dead in deserts have a lot of water with them because they were trying to ration it.
If stuck in a desert environment bury yourself as deeply as you can during the day and only travel at dawn & dusk! Use the darkness to detect glowing light off clouds that can lead you back to civilisation
True. Drink the water you have.
Ah yes. FUN fact.
Use rationing with the rationale to travel to a plan for survival !
Quicksand or Mud ! Lay down and carefully breast stroke Out of it !
Basic survival tip, make sure if you're going somewhere away from civilisation and without easy access to resources, you take basics with you. First aid kit, water, food, there are very few situations where planning for an emergency isn't at all possible. Have a pack with basic stuff in your car if you travel outside of cities, if you're going camping, have a small emergency pack that you can grab if for some reason you have to run. There are so many small, lightweight emergency extras available, mylar blankets, life straws, emergency shelters, compact survival kits... And of course if you're going somewhere remote, tell someone where you're going, when you expect to be back, and if you're in a vehicle that's broken down, stay with it. Its automatic shelter, safety from animal attacks and far easier to spot by people who are searching for you when you don't contact the person you told where you were going.
I would argue that you should keep an emergency pack in your car regardless of if you ever leave a city or not. A blanket, first aid kit, water, a jacket, maybe some rations at minimum.
@@gerble36 Water and food is not needed in a city. Having a first aid kit (usually containing a blanket) is mandatory in many countries already.
I agree with all and want to add that if you can and are FAR out often, contemplate having a satellite phone with you. There's also some devices that basically only send an emergency signal, with your position.
This was a parenting thing I was big on, and still practice myself... Always letting SOMEONE know how long I'll be gone, when I'm returning or where I'm going. Don't need to tell em all your business, but I think a friend/roommate/family member knowing something about your schedule or location is important.
OR I could go to Mt everest in my warm pj and nothing else😅
As a US Navy pilot who is trained for survival situations, the worst thing to do is to drink your water as soon as you are thirsty. You should wait until you eat. Basically, your body uses fluids to digest your food. When your body uses liquids, well, it loses those liquids, obviously, meaning your body needs MORE LIQUIDS. That’s actually why we have drinks with meals, cuz people get thirsty when they eat
Joke channel. It is smart because it is easy to believe as it hits the lower levels logic. However, most if not all of what is provided here is pure misinformation at its finest.
Exactly.
I don’t get THIRSTY eating food! I drink a little water to aid mouth to stomach consumption but I often also eat an entire meal without drinking water. I sometimes drink a flavored beverage after eating to complement the meal. But no way do I drink with meals like I do when thirsty!!
@@zeebest1004 I hardly ever drink while eating, but I drink a lot of water every day, usually about 1½ gallons. I feel like taking a drink ruins the taste of the food, unless it's something that complements the food like milk with chocolate cake.
I too thought the boy about water was poor advice. Sure, if thirsty, it's usually because one needs water, so drink a little. However, our bodies are not "the best place to store water," except in the very short term. Water can quench our thirst, but *only temporarily.* The part about alcohol in the cold, also seemed to completely miss the reality of freezing. If someone is freezing, alcohol could in fact save their life, depending on circumstances. Shivering may be a defense mechanism of the body, but it also expends energy, thought might be better used to facilitate a better survival tactic than just shivering. After all, shivering won't generate enough heat to save someone from freezing to death in extreme cold. A fire might though, or a phone call, or numerous other things which can become difficult or impossible under the effects of extreme shivering. The body will sacrifice fingers and toes, or even arms and legs, to keep the heart and brain functioning as long as possible... the problem is that, in many circumstances, sacrificing critical functions like walking and using hands to stave off brain death for an extra hour won't save someone, who might have survived if they could have walked an extra ten minutes or used their hands to make a fire or maybe even just work a zipper. Alcohol might keep someone functioning just long enough to change their circumstances in some crucial manner. The effects of freezing can be utterly debilitating, so if alcohol can reduce how debilitating those effects are, even just temporarily, in many instances, that could be the difference between life and death. Also, in case where the cold is uncomfortable but not life threatening, alcohol can change the experience from extremely unpleasant, to perfectly fine. While for someone who is freezing to death, feeling like they are freezing to death is probably far less helpful than a shot of brandy or rum, to get their blood flowing, to warm the fingers and toes, maybe just long enough to get a fire going, or find shelter...
Watching Avatar: The Last Airbender was more than enough to dissuade me from drinking cactus juice.
FrIenDlY mUsHrOoM!!!!!
Lmao yes that was my same thought aswell 😂
It's the quenchiest!
@@TheGrinningFox Nothing's quenchier!
@@theminingassassin16 it's so quenchy!
I always knew to set up a campfire just outside the cave, but my only theory was the smoke. I had no idea about the rock expansion and cave-ins.
Actually I worry about gas, thinking that I would blow myself up
@@amandasmith308lol
Gotta say the rock expansion part got me too
same
And oxygen. I mean, yeah, the mouth of the cave is open, but depending on the cave system, burning a fire could use up the O2 that you've got.
20:50 Not to mention the more severe issue regarding jumping into water- if you find yourself in a situation you literally *have* to jump into it from any height that isn't safe, immediately make sure you cross your legs, cover your nose and mouth with one hand tightly, and wrap your arm around your other on the way down. If the fall itself isn't enough to break a bone or something, your biggest issue is going to be the massive splits you're going to do and the water shooting up your nose and mouth on the dive. Your legs will practically bend outward until you're doing the Starbucks mermaid logo on your own, and the excess water shooting up your nose and mouth is enough to make you pass out if it shoots up too quickly.
Not to mention the water shooting up your butthole..
This is the reason why I hate water slides, my nostrils will hurt like hell if I didn’t pinched my nose
What about covering your balls with your hand if you're male? 😮
@@dannydaw59 that's the point of crossing your legs- i dont mean in a pretzel style, i mean wrapping your legs around each other as tight as you can.
I forgot about this tid bit thanks for the reminder. 😏😉
I had mild frost bite in my fingers when I was a teen. I soaked them in warm water and it was some of the worst pain I’ve ever felt. Insane. Like thousands of red hot needles piercing my hands.
Were there any burns? Because that's technically more likely if the water is hot and not warm. Yeah, a thermal shock. That's also a similar concept to things like when materials are quickly heated or cooled. Like the lining of marble originally used for the Aeon Center, the temperate conditions of Chicago was causing the panels to become flimsy, making them warp, crack, and some of it broke off and smashed through a nearby building and it had to be redone with concrete.
?? If your hands or feet got frostbite, would wrapping them in Aluminum foil help? That would contain your body’s heat in the hands and feet, and also contain any sweat, which would become warm water!
Два роки тому, коли росіяни вирішили влаштувати нам кінець світу й пішли проти України з тотальною війною, я мусила на певний час утекти з дому (минулого літа повернулася, на щастя). У нас весна на початку березня - це зазвичай іще зима, сніги й холод. А я додумалася погано вдягнутися, а потім під час переходу кордону з Польщею не могла змінити одягу (та й не мала на що). В Києві я сіла в електричку, яка їхала до Львова 19 годин (так було треба, бо всі евакуаційні потяги мусили їхати не з півночі на захід, а оминати кілька небезпечних місць). Людей було багато, тож я вилізла з електрички вся буквально мокра, так там було тепло. Надворі нульова температура, зали очікування переповнені, волонтери забирають передусім жінок із дітьми, а бездітна я мушу чекати. Зі мною був тодішній хлопець (його випустили, бо він білорус із інвалідністю). Саме він мене врятував, інакше б я замерзла на площі перед вокзалом. Я мусила бігати туди-сюди по всій тій площі аж до ранку, буквально не відчуваючи ніг. Коли вранці ми знайшли автівку до кордону, то я була цілком певна, що втрачу всі пальці, й хотіла просто заснути. Нині, коли у нас оголошують повітряну тривогу через ракетну загрозу, наприклад, то громадський наземний транспорт (автобуси, тролейбуси, трамваї) не їздить, а метро їздить тільки на правому березі. Я живу на лівому березі неподалік від Дніпра, а працюю на правому, тож буває, що йду додому пішки майже 3 кілометри (з них 1,5 - над Дніпром через довжелезний міст). Якщо погода холодна, то до мене повертається те відчуття, коли хочеш просто лягти й заснути. А потім, коли вдома гріюся, то все аж болить... Отож я Вас дуже добре розумію!:((( Жахливе відчуття.
@@ChristopherSchreib-yn1vu The problem with Aluminum foil is that it is Aluminum. Aluminum is a thermal conductor one of the best out there so you would be loosing just as much heat as you would be saving. Now if you were to do something like aluminum foil thin a layer of some other material thin another layer of aluminum foil. It might be able to help as that way you would be making a insulation barrier some what how the metal cups work.
You should use, while not cold water, but about as cold as what comes out of the cold faucet. 50-60 freedom units is ideal for cold appendages. Warm, is not necessary.
My stupid brother hit a bees nest with a stick and they chased him so he jumped in the water. Yes, they hovered above him for a while but eventually left. He just kept coming up for air and going back under. Best bet... Leave them Alone!
I never understood the “don’t go in water when being chased by bees” tip. You could be a far distance from shelter and water is immediate relief from stinging. Whichever body part submerged in the water is also protected from being stung as well.
but if you're dealing with Africanized Honeybees, you'll have to come up for air. They'll be waiting@@willpomeroy7711
But they'll be more persistent if they're the more aggressive kind of bees. Those are willing to stay enraged for days and attack in greater swarms, and more easily enticed to attack.
I nearly disturbed a hornet nest while mowing the lawn once. I stopped about 3 feet from it as I noticed it and slowly backed away. Didn’t get noticed. Came back out after sundown and emptied a whole can of wasp and hornet spray on it from afar(not stupid enough to try to spray into the opening area the bottom, so saturation was necessary to ensure maximum results) Came out the next evening and burned the hornet nest with a propane garden torch. Turns out they are very flammable, with the exception of the “root” where it’s attached to the solid surface and extra thick
That wasn’t bees. That was yellow jackets or hornets, which are WASPS, not bees. Our 4000 species of native bees don’t nest communally. Most can’t sting you. Bumblebees do have a nest but don’t attack that way. Yellow jackets , a WASP, nest in large congregations under the ground and when disturbed by vibrations or mowers, will follow you as they boil out of the ground. Hornets make the big paper nests in tall grasses or trees. They, too are WASPS, and will attack when disturbed. Honeybees are not native and in the wild, nest in familiar wax combs hanging from branches or found in crevices. You could get stung if you destroy their hive, but unless you’re down south and there are Africanized bees in the hive, the whole hive doesn’t attack- they’re guarding their honey and a few will sting, but not the entire hive.
I found a great way to find my way back to civilization if I were to ever get lost, find a creek or river and follow it down stream, eventually you will end up in a populated area
Are you being sarcastic? Because that's probably one of the oldest tricks there is.
There’s a better way, just go in creative mode and fly to one
Lol
@@MontymoleThe10080THbro
@@MontymoleThe10080THah, you’re the guy from the meme
I wonder about the "hide in the water to escape the bees" tip. It seems to me that if you are entirely immersed in water, your body is completely protected from their stingers. They may well be loitering overhead, but they have no idea where you might be surfacing. I would think emerging just your face to take a quick gasp of air and resubmerging would be a better survival technique. (By the time they figure out where you surfaced, you would have already taken a breath and be gone from view once more.) I'd imagine one could keep this up for quite awhile until eventually the little nasties get tired and get back to their day job. That certainly sounds better than letting them sting you all over, and you get a nice refreshing swim in the process. Just a thought...
There is no way that your head will be faster than the bees.
Maybe..?
@@Entity_67But since they won't know where you resurface, they will take a bit to find you first
I would gladly take the water option. You can easily raise your head take a breath and submerge again. Swim a few meters and take another breath.
Depends on the insect. Africanized honey bees (killer bees) have been known to chase for five miles and can swarm your last known spot for hours. Also, they are chasing the phermones being released by the stingers in your skin so as soon as you surface they can smell it downwind from you for miles. You have to get out sometime.
16:47 So true! I once stayed in a cave in norway for a week and made a tiny little fire. My "fridge" was some ice next to the cave, where I kept some food. When I woke up one morning and went to the "fridge", a boulder, the size of a tractor fell right in front of the entrance of the cave, split and two massive boulders rolled down the mountain, exactly where I used to climb it, taking small trees with it and dig a swath down to the lake under my cave. Boy was I lucky, had I woken up 5min later, I could not write any comments here today. The fire had also melted the ice above the cave's ceiling, day by day, which ultimately resulted in collapsing those boulders. 2. If you have really cold hands to the point where they hurt like shit, don't even use warm water once you are home. Drink something hot, but wash your hands with very cold water and very slowly increase the heat. I did the opposite once and also I think I was a though kid, this made me cry and shout for half an hour. You should even warm up your body slowly and not sit in front of a fire right away. My best advice would be: if you lost your way, just go back the way you came. Don't try any shortcuts, because this might make you get even more lost. Take the long, but save way. Because once the shortcut did not work, you have to go back even longer. Try 3 shortcuts and you are fu**ed😮
Будьте ласкаві, виправте свій текст: пити треба не гарячі напої, а саме теплі!
If you know the way you came, you aren't lost!
wow, i rather sleep in a tent, not only for that reason but also, what lives in that cave ? more south you start thinking about snakes, and yes, made that mistake, warm water very much ouch, and, best is, to me was, look always behind you when you move in, remember the landmarks, even some trees, anything, we made it out just before dark, because i had remembered,
I've always been taught coming across a bear "if it's black fight back, if it's brown lay down"
And if it's white, say goodnight.
@John_EMIYA_Miller if it's white, you won't get the chance to see it for you are dead. I've seen "not in real life" of growlers. Polar bears mating with the grizzlies and creating a crazy bear of interesting coloring and body.
some black bears have more of a brown coloring though, so this saying isn't always that reliable. Better to be able to recognize the difference between grizzlies and other bears
Vladimir Putin:"amateurs."
If it's white, you'll probably say goodnight. But if you ever have the misfortune of being chased by a polar bear, take off things like a camera, a glove, a hat, a phone, or whatever you have on you that you don't need and throw it behind you into the snow. Polar bears have short attention spans, so you might just escape if you can distract them.
The reason the dogs were sent out with alcohol and not water is because the water would be frozen by the time it reached the person
That makes so much sense
Very interesting
Didn't see that one coming
Thank you!
Excellent post, that should have been covered in this video, but still a great video.
There was a guy who'd jump from extreme heights into water with a technique where he'd lock his legs together really really hard, landing in the water feet first and the small impact area would break the surface quickly, letting him land safely. In the end though, he tried jumping off of a bridge with his technique, the wind on the way down blew him out of his position, and he ended up smacking the water hard, resulting in serious injuries and eventual death.
I jumped from only 5meters as a kid with feet fist to "split the water". I have large feet and landed them flat on the water. This worked literally like a cannonball dive and the splash hit my balls so hard, they turned blue. But despite that and being born 3month before the Chernobyl-accident, I became a dad 10 years ago. But I really had doubts about that being possible😂
I think be amazed made a video about that. Not sure though but I remember watching a video about that.
@@hannesaltenfelder4302I point my toes straight down and that helps a lot
@FirstLast-kr6ek The darwin awards included a guy who would jump off bridges as a demonstration that you can survive the fall (people in burning buildings were too scared to jump despite firemen setting up to catch them). He jumped off a particularly tall bridge only for the wind to blow him off position and the resulting landing led to his demise.
So, it's better to fight a tiger?
No no no, you never pee on a jellyfish sting, that's a common myth. You pee on the jellyfish itself. It won't help with the sting, but it will give you some revenge against that stupid jellyfish!
20:15 Camels (all three kinds) stores fat in their hump(s), not water. When needed the fat is broken down into usable water.
I wonder if camel hump fat would be a delicacy?
Трясця, верблюди взагалі круті! А люди вигадують про них усілякі дурниці...:(
Friends popularized the pee on a jellyfish sting myth. A very unfriendly act.😂
I've seen that in media like Surfs Up and The Heartbreak Kid.
The writers want people to think golden showers are normal.
@@willfilmon182 🤣🤣🤣
it was a pretty well known myth before friends
@@Zenkai76 true, but having it on the most popular tv show of the decade cemented it in millions of minds.
The quicksand advice to lay back and work your legs free is spot on. I've actually been in this situation here in our Florida swamps. 😎👍
I’m so glad that Be Amazed is around to tell me that I need to breathe to stay alive! I would never have known that if not for this video! Thank you! 🙏
Now you know it.
ye didnt now that
I have to breathe? Never knew that thanks for letting me now
Absolutely, and let's also thank God misinformation is helpful not to stir a pot that isn't ready to be stired.
I used to watch Bear Grylls when I was a kid and now it feels like my life is a lie 😭
Survivorman Les stroud is a much better person to watch when watching survival
@@EmillioMelendezI doubt it
@@darkphoenix2169 you didn’t watch him
@@EmillioMelendez i have watched him before but he wasn't really as good
I saw the hippie barefoot dude drink his urine on "Dual Survival" too.
I'm glad you hit the urine one. I watched an episode were Bear Grills drank his urine and that is when I knew he was a hack. Just like eating snow that is one of the WORST things you can do. BTW you get big with Griz too, you just don't want to punch them (or shoot them) because unless you kill them you will just make them angry, when they attack you play dead understanding that you will be gnawed on for a bit.
Don’t listen to hear grills listening to him will get you killed
Actually I'm noticing an issue with some of these myth Buster's... Yea if ur already dehydrated your f'd, people who drink their own pee know there's a point where it's useless. The idea is to plan ahead when drinking ur own pee... If ur lost your probably gunna notice ur lost very early on, when ur still hydrated and having a normal urine content, aka, higher water content.
@@mattmatt5864adding urine or sea water to your limited fresh water, can extend the fresh water supply. You want to be careful and not add more than 1 part sea water to two parts fresh.
Or just carry a airhorn makes them want to leave. It’s cheap also.
Some advice I've seen is that that "play dead" thing might work if it is a case of a bear attacking because it felt threatened, like maybe if you surprised a female with cubs.
Alternatively on the "alcohol warms you up if you're freezing," one of the big reasons they used Saint Bernard's could in fact be because if you have a massive pile of warm fur beside or on you, it will make you warm up a LOT faster. Chihuahuas, for instance, might warm the foot you kick it with for maybe two seconds, depending on.... jk jk, don't actually kick Chihuahuas. But seriously, they'd take forever to warm you up. Saints are built for cold climates, so their fur would be better at keeping you (and the doggo!) Warm in that kind of weather. The mead could even potentially make it faster to get to traveling temperature, for the same reason it'd be terrible to drink if you didn't have a warm, woofing furball with you.
Travelling during daytime in the desert is common thing in movies but if you have a tent you should sleep during day time and travel night time that way you wont need as much water and will be easier to spot settlement that have any source of light.
Always thought those would be good ideas except that most people's bodies will eventually want to sleep at night and that hot sand deserts often go into the low negatives (in celsius, at least) at night with accompanying strong winds. Could not having a good light source cause some problems with night travel? Are there nocturnal desert predators that might be hard to see at night, especially if you don't have a source of light?
Thank you. Idk now I'll wind up lost but, this is very helpful. I always thought rubbing your hands when frostbite made it better but, apparently not. Also, thank you for sharing evidence and not just saying, "Oh, this is fake". And moving on. Thanks Be Amazed!
He didn't provide evidence about the urine.
It's better to keep your hands against your body/crotch asin skin on skin..
you know what guys do that rly works for some reason
so tf what stop nit picking at the one thing u can get out the video@@onekerri1
wonder why u seed dudes with there hands in there pants in the cold cause it works@@2112SNEEK
I'm in the desert as I speak surviving in a small shelter and already gone through a liter of water. I'll be trying to hike and survive for the next 7 days. Totally awesome.
7 days to die ! I play that too
hope you get through alive. im rooting for ya. good luck!
woah, good luck out there!
You have cell reception? Call 911!
@@BeAmazed I think the whole drinking urine thing depends on whether the urine is clear or yellow. If it's yellow, do not drink. if it's clear its still mostly water so should be safe. Still wouldn't do it though.
I've handled prickly pears working in a produce department and they are not worth what you might get out of them. They have almost invisible barbs that are very painful and tough to remove.
I once got stung trying to bring a jellyfish from the beach to the water as a little kid. (Yes, I was a very dumb child.) I remember running into the house, crying, asking my auntie to get some vinegar to help with the sting. It actually did work, ngl.
Vinnager and salt water because sea salt is good for the skin
I’m obsessed with be amazed 😂,, they are always giving good advice
Yeah same
When I was in the Philippines I got stung by a jellyfish while swimming and didnt feel the pain. How you explained salt water eases the sting would of probably been why 😅😅 I didn't know I was stung until I got out of the water and dried off and seen the veiny lines of the sting. Gladly it didn't hurt as much as I thought it would 😂
Could you see the barbs/stingers? I thought that they're too small to be seen with the naked eye.
I've been stung. Vinegar deactivates the nematocysts. Urine does nothing. My friends were glad to offer to piss on me, though.🤣
This is such a fun channel .. awesome narrator, animations, etc. Keep up the great work!
5:11 Fire is important, but managing time is more important. when you're at a damp, wet environment you will need to collect first twigs and other kindling for building fire later on. you need to stack them up efficiently and dried if there is still sunlight or even just by air. you make use of time drying them while you are doing your shelter. if ever you messed up on your shelter, at least you will have dried twigs to start a fire. learned that the hard way.
Sounds like I should carry a bunch of dry twigs in a bag or something I suppose popsicle sticks would be less messy and more acceptable to society lol
@@pumkin610 while looking for a place to build the shelter, one should look for twigs while on the way. popsicle sticks are good if you have more stashed somewhere in the wilderness.
I had minor frostbite and it was hell. I still have nerve damage on my hands and feet
my kid had frostbite and he hated it!
@@user-jz4td8vx2x poor guy. Any permanent damage?
So watching Bear Grylls all these years was just fake and risky if I tried any of those survival tactics 😮 such as eating raw meat😢😂
All those episodes I've watched of The Monsters Inside Me just blasted parasitic images through my brain. 🤯
@@TH-hy9krMonsters inside me made me realize how many dangerous bacteria there are and could be on your hands right now
Yeah, he's pretty fake.
The cactus with the fruit is called nopal, and its fruit is called tuna (no, it's not tuna as the fish) and only grows in nopal, is very sweet and juicy and cause no harm at all, just have to peel it and its possible even with bearhands.The rounded cactus is called Bisnaga and is listed as endangered species, it's also sweet and juicy and very safety to eat, just have to peel it. Regards from Mexico.
Familiar with the nopal here, though this was in Texas, so we call it prickly pear. The fruit isn't bad, and peeling it can, as you said, be done with the bare hands. The barbs on the skin are an annoyance to deal with, as is the fact that the juice will stain and takes thorough washing, and time, to wear off from the skin. The juice from the fruit was used as an ingredient in dye, after all.
As a Norwegian that enjoy the wilderness, the best tip I got when it come to cold, is that if you ever feel warm and comfortable in multiple degrees below zero, you should not sit down in the snow and watch the moon and stars, contemplating the amazing, endless universe above. Death by frost is amazingly pleasing, that's the most dangerous thing about it. So start moving, and instead use the light of the moon to get to civilization. If civilization is not available, the best tip is to dig down into the snow, making a little snow cave, with a rounded roof. In such an abode, even a candle will heat up the cave to a survivable shelter. But also remember not to sleep directly on the ground. Liquor like whiskey or similar is brilliant, not if you're in danger from the frost, but if you need a quick "adrenaline rush", a couple of mouthful's, to get out from a warm lair where you sleep, and head out to collect firewood and water. It don't last long, but it's worth it if things are bad, but not emergency.
Bear habitat is not just Alaska to Norway. What is shown on the map would mostly be polar bear territory. Bears are also found in most parts of North America as well as South America, Europe, and Asia. As well if you think of escaping by climbing a tree there's a big chance it will climb up to get you bears are able to climb.
And that's assuming you even have enough of a head start to clamber out of the bear's reach before it gets to you.
There a great video of a mother grizzly chasing a black bear up a tree that is a perfect example of why not to climb a tree. She goes 60+ feet up like its nothing multiple times. The video also dispels the bizarre myth that bears can't run downhill.
@@moshunit96 The what myth? Do those same people also believe that dogs can't look up?
What was shown on the map would mostly be Grizzly Bear territory, not Polar Bear.
For bears,carry a airhorn. That loud earsplitting piercing noise seems to work best. It’s cheap also.
As someone who has jumped from 10 meters in the air into water multiple times for my sport, you will be fine so long as you hit the water feet first and keep your body streamlined. Also make sure the water is deep enough, if its not it will hurt.
Yea totally.... cause jumping in the water and putting pressure on your spine is worse than fighting a tiger 😂 yea okay
@@mattmatt5864 this is complete BS it truly depends on height
@@Un1ucky13 there's a rock jump at my lake that's 160 feet... And I've been doing the same jump since I was like 12 which is 60 feet... There's examples online of people jumping from insane highs like helicopters, when someone suicide jumps off the bridge they respond by having a boat underneath "breaking" the water so you just go in, if it's 'still' water sure it's like hitting concrete, but if your in a jungle and your at Cliff edges and there's a river below you or a waterfall beside you, your fine.
@@mattmatt5864 how to see hidden rocks who might be underneath ?
Something I've heard from multiple professional deep sea divers is that if you see a shark you should also position yourself upright since it's seen as strange behavior by sea creatures and it'll HELP to deter sharks from getting closer. (edit) I should also note that it is suggested to be on the sea floor if applicable since it could help you pass off as being coral or debris if they come close. Beyond that just enjoy the experience since most species of shark are just curious and fascinating creatures that, with professional supervision, you can interact with and even pet in some cases. WILDLIFE IS AWESOME!! 😄👍
I have swum with hundreds of sharks. There's virtually no way they will bother you. Only 2 ways--if you're in their territory and they make the threat display, or if you're in shallow water and they don't know what you are. Or if you're a surfer. A friend, diving Cocos Island, alone, was surrounded by Galapagos sharks, they started bumping him, knew he was in trouble, so he touched them, then they would not come within arms distance of him. He was a professional dive guide on a liveaboard dive boat. True, many nuances to shark behavior, but if you shout Shark! on a dive boat, everyone will jump in with their cameras. They are precious, beautiful creatures.
@@BobJohnson-xg9ngМені розповідали, що людину може з'їсти (і з'їсть із задоволенням) так звана сміттєва акула (ото назва, трясця...). Натомість білі акули нападають, бо просто цікавляться: а що то таке пливе? Й така акула здатна відкусити людині руку, а потім виплюнути її, бо розуміє "Ага, це людина. Вона несмачна!" і пливе собі далі. Акули справді можуть так поводитися? Це дивно!
The moss trick works IF you do a cluster of trees. Better than not having any idea at all of the direction of travel. Some survival is kind of common sense but common sense can be very lacking during hypothermia, high altitude, or dehydration.
The moss trick is worthless. You're much better off checking the position of the sun in the sky. During Summer wherever you are, it rises in the northeast and sets in the northwest. During Winter it rises in the southeast and sets in the southwest.
Respect to this man for giving so much knowledge to the people watching.😊😊😊
I actually thought peeing on the jellyfish sting was actually just a long running prank. lol
It's just some guy's way of convincing girls to pee on them.
no you do it ur seld .......some ppl r fuked up frfr@@bfelten1
Yep.
21:59 Draw, trick then dodge so the attacking *beast* is the one who misses you [by Republic serial inches] then plummets into the The River of Death themself!!
If you’re ever going hiking in a forest you’ve never been to before, be sure to bring something brightly colored string or ribbons. By tying the string/ribbons on tree branches at regular intervals, you’ll be marking your path. Making it easier to find your way back in case you get lost (Edit) Out of all 400 known species of sharks in existence, only 5 like to munch on people. These species are: The Mako, Oceanic White Tip, Bull shark, Tiger shark, and (everyone’s favorite) The Great White. The other 395 shark species really don’t want anything to do with humans
Or, when in a strange forest, at least keep your eyes on your surroundings the whole time so that you actually SEE what the route you went in looks like, including looking backward regularly so that you see what it will look like when walking the other way. There aren't that many areas so uniform that there would be no features unique enough that you can use them as markers, provided you just pay enough attention to them. I have never gotten really lost in a forest, and I did spend a lot of time in them when younger, because of that. Now I did, most times, also have a topo map and a compass, but I rarely used them when not working (I spent several summers during the 1980s doing geological mapping) because I remembered the route I had used going in well enough to backtrack the same way when going back. Yes, even when there were no paths, not even animal ones (reindeer... I worked most of those summers in Finnish Lapland). Now I already had that skill to more fully see what I am looking at when I started doing those mapping summer jobs because I have been drawing since young, and truly seeing every detail of what you are looking at is what you need to learn first if you want to try to draw or paint as close to photorealistic images as possible (even if I still can't do that nowhere as well as I'd like to). Most people actually really don't see what they are looking at, they just get some sort of general impression. A rock, a tree, the shape of the land, and then all they can remember is that general impression, and everything looks the same. But the fact is that everything, every tree, every outcrop, every big stone, the shape of the land in that spot, is unique, and if you can even partly see those features that make it so, and remember at least parts of them, you will not get lost. Because then you really can't.
Also, dolphins can do this better than us. They can ward off sharks by doing ramming attacks into their cartilagenous bodies.
@@WilliamDearthwd while the rest of the pod circles and protects the young
@@crimsonmaelstrom573 So yes. The eyes and gills, as well as the body below the head, are susceptible to physical blows
Don't go hiking in a strange forest without thorough precautions!
I'm somehow drawn to these videos so that I can get tips for if I was ever in a crazy situation....but I know that, if I was, I'd just panic and forget everything I'd ever heard anyways.
Dont use water on frostbite. Put the effected area on your warm skin, like your crotch or armpits. That is the best way to cure, if it is not too far gone.
Exactly! Water will eventually get cold and freeze as well and then you're back to where you started!
I think he meant if you can get into somewhere warmer soon enough though I could be wrong
Boy scouts taught me you're supposed to both get nekkit and climb into a sleeping bag together. It's not gay if it's for survival (and if the balls don't touch).
3:45 Don't Bee-lieve This "If you've angered them , why would the short time that you can hold your breath be enough to dissuade them. They'll simply wait above the water for ya." 🤣🤣🤣
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Your note at 17:00 - wow! I was expecting it to be about CO2, and as an Eagle Scout have been nodding along to many of your notes. Great stuff. But of course heat also would expand the rocks - thanks for sharing!
I love your videos, Be Amazed!
If I ever get lost in the woods I've got the perfect idea to survive. I'm gunna run to the nears tree and join the kebbler elfs in the tree
I love the "logic" of bees and wasps..they want to protect their hives so they will chase you for a mile and leave the nest unprotected..
It's called retribution and grudge ya know
I'd bet they leave some guards in the hive.
WRONG! Bees have 5 roles: breeding drone, queen, scout, caretaker, defender. The caretaker surround the queen. The scouts act as lookouts, the queen runs the hive, the drone mates and then his manhood explodes, the defenders attack. no matter how many defenders chase you, the scouts, caretakers, and queen stick around.
Who'd have thought insects wouldn't reason like a human?
I will say, that since I noticed alopecia areata happening on my scalp, you've really helped me. It's only been 3 mths so I'm still a newbie, but I really appreciate your videos. Thank you very much
Fun fact: camels actually store fat in there humps but for some stupid reason they think its water
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They?? Who's "they"? Who thinks its water? The camel? I don't get it
this video is just BS. He is debunking other myths while making his own.
Well no he's saying the truth
any who completed basic school know its fat.. Not water
idk why, but every time you upload a video, i always watch it for some reason.
Your presentations are great! Informative. And, sometimes humorous. I luv your voice, too. 😊
BTW You showed a drawing of a camel's hump full of water. That's a fallacy. They're not.
WIth regards to snake bites, simply sucking the venom doesn't work. In the old army first aid manuals, we were instructed to take a knife and make a cut horizontally along the bite holes about half an inch deep. Then you were to suck the blood/venom and spit, rinsing your mouth out with your canteen after each mouthful. And this instruction had clear warnings that this was a stopgap measure only. The cut encouraged external bleeding flushing the venom out with the blood from the wound. The sucking was the empty the wound and prevent clotting thus encouraging more blood flow. This was in the manual all the way up until the early 2000's last I checked.
Might be good to try if there's no way to get to a hospital. Here in Australia we were always taught not to cut or suck or wash, just bandage the whole limb firmly to slow the lymph system, avoid movement as much as possible, then get to a hospital asap for anti-venom. Obviously that's no good if you're in the middle of nowhere with no hope for help, just bandaging will only slow your demise not stop it. So maybe your way would be a DIY option worth remembering, better to try something than nothing.
My son is showing me your videos for the first time. Hilarious and informative, love it! Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks for stopping by!
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I also have to add when jumping off a cliff you also don't know how deep the water is and what is lying directly under it. Also, something someone told me a few years ago before going into water where sharks might be located; make sure you don't have any open cuts and wounds. Sharks can be attracted to that smell.
I actually expected that to be covered in this video. Especially if you're jumping to escape pursuit, you're not going to have time to gauge what's actually at the bottom of the cliff. You may know there's water while approaching it, but you'll likely have no idea how close or far the water's edge actually is to the cliff until you're falling. Or if there's any protruding rocks, or anything else about where you'll be landing. Not to mention I've also heard that if you dive into cold water like that, you can wind up drowning yourself as you submerge at the same time your lungs gasp from the cold.
@@gurvmlkand that’s if your lucky enough not to jump into shallow water
That pool might be six inches deep.
Found quick sand at the beach once. Looks like typical wet sand and could also be hiden under shallow water. It can also be on a scale that can determine how fast you sink or get stuck.
You can't sink completely in quicksand - its heavier than you. Can't go deeper than your thighs. But you CAN get stuck, and if the tide is coming in.....
"humans and animals have different diets" my dog who eats his own puke/turds: *yes*
the effort this man puts is insane he never fails to disappoint me in any way
Meaning he disappoints you all the time? Interesting..
@@josmclove4426😂😂😂 Right
@@josmclove4426 😂😂😂
Same
You seem like a real person despite making a comment that sounds like the standard bot-like comment
When I was a kid I used to go into woods and ate random fruits off trees without all the testing this clip shows, never got sick, must be very lucky.
Me and my friends used to eat mulberries and never had any problems, but then one day I noticed worms in them and we never ate them again.
I used to drink water from a random stream in the woods and eat blackberries all the time That stream was full of fish and other random animals and even beavers. Idk why i didn't get sick
@@The_Roach_Hiding_In_Your_Room You are like me, we had divine blessings while younger and depleted the blessing. We do that now, we probably go 6 feet under.
why the hell would mulberries get u sick maby from too in the stomach lol......i ahte this but sadly the black berries r taking over mulberries running them just gone and now blackberrys@@GTSN38
u rly dont know why?@@The_Roach_Hiding_In_Your_Room
Thanks Be Amazed. You see I’m sick this week with a cold. Your videos are helping
As a disclaimer in this video they did say jumping off a cliff into water is not a smart idea but jumping off a couple story tall ledge into water that you can see that is not shallow to get away from a wild animal can be done. Anything over around 100 ft you should think carefully about jumping off because it could give you serious injuries and that distance you would not know how deep the water is most likely
20 ft is plenty. 100 ft would be insane.
Awesome tips! Thank you 🙏😊
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@@kristinazickiene4209Huh?
Always like to learn about these, especially when your fox unit medic reads misinformation. Dammit Paramedic that plant was poisonous🤢
Even during the summer time you want to get off the ground because that's where most of the creepy crawlies are and you don't want everything passing over you while you sleep. The higher you can get off the ground the less you will have crawling on you. As someone who camps out *a lot* I can ensure you, you don't want to sleep on the ground if you're not in a tent. As soon as the sun goes down things start waking up and the forest floor is covered in every insect you have in the area. There is nothing like waking up and being covered in centapeds and I am telling you from firsthand experience. It's not a fun way to wake up.
And everyone knows insects can't climb up the legs of a bed.
8:14 Damn, bro! 💀💀💀 Did you *have* to be that harsh? 😭😭
For the whole urine thing, what I learned is you need to evaporate the pee with something to catch the vaporate and condensation will turn THAT into water. But again, it will be comparatively little
Hmmm... well, there is one way and only one way for you to get any moisture from your pee into your body, (this works for swamp water, stagnant water, and soupy mud) you take the "liquid" analy. Much safer than drinking as you will not get "the shits"/diarrhea from it. The mucus membranes in your colon absorb the water. This WILL help to keep you alive. However, this is done as a last resort, for example... You've been without water for just shy of 2 days, and the only water you can find is nasty (lots of rotting vegetation a bug or three) stagnant water. Take a bottle fill er up and get er up there, repeat till you're full as you can comfort helps. Get yer butt in the air. Take a nap, you'll k own its working when your hand uncramps and other cramps ease up
If your in a desert walking sitting in the sun waiting for pee to evaporate will kill you. If your on an island you have better options. That pee thing is like that 1 hypothetical augment that only works if you bend reality really hard.
Was about to say it’s probably not enough to make the effort worthwhile
For some reason I thought I once did drink a bit of my pee but I probably am remembering wrong and likely never did - I’m sure if I had to it would not be a pleasant experience
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On the subject of eating snow: If you're eating a relatively small amount, but still enough to outweigh the water loss from all the activity your body needs to do to process it, it's generally fine. Like, a few fistfuls, for example. If you aren't stuffing your belly so full of snow you risk throwing it all back up, then the reduction to your core temperature is going to be very minor. Minor enough that if it's enough to push you into danger territory, then you were *already close enough to danger territory* that you have much more immediate worries than hydration, anyway. Also, it's not just yellow snow you should avoid entirely. Snow that's *any color besides pure white* is snow you should avoid. Also also, no, don't bother melting the snow with an external heat source so you can drink the liquid water. Unless it's *absurdly* tightly-packed, snow is (on average) 80% air. So, if you fill a bucket that's big enough to fit ten units (whatever unit of volume measurement you prefer, for the part of the world you're reading this from), and then melt that snow into liquid water, you'll have two whole units of water to drink. And if you pack it in tightly enough to make it space-efficient, that creates an insulating effect that makes it take WAY more energy to melt the snow. So, getting five buckets of identical volume and filling them loosely with snow, then melting it all separately, takes much less fuel than packing all that snow into a single bucket and trying to melt it all in one go. Lastly, because snow is rain droplets that froze mid-air after leaving the cloud, and a rain droplet requires a tiny speck of debris to form around, that many snowflakes lead to a much larger amount of total dirtiness in the resulting water, than people tend to expect. Pair that with small amounts of dirt if you dig too deep, as well as animal hairs and other bits of nastiness the snow will have been exposed to if it's not *super* freshly-fallen, and survival experts recommend that if you're gonna' go the "melt snow to drink" route (which they don't recommend unless there's *literally no other option,* anyway), then you should treat it the same as you would river or pond water: Filter and boil it before you even consider drinking it. (While I'm on the subject of boiling water to make it safe, lemme' just quickly add: "Bring it to a rolling boil" is not good enough. You need to *keep it* at a rolling boil for at least five minutes! Needless to say, you should make sure you have a good bit of water before you do this, or the boiling process will lead to sufficient loss as to make it not even worth bothering. Having a water-proof lid to stop the water vapors long enough that they condensate and drip back into the container, will help reduce water loss from the boiling process.) tl;dr: Yes, you should, indeed, avoid using snow to hydrate yourself if *at all* possible...but it's for completely different reasons than you said. Your best option, if available, is to gather a bunch of icicles, and melt those.
Oh, also...Source: I live in one of the states that are as far north as you can get without being in Canada (or Alaska), so frozen conditions are nothing new to me. And I went through the Scouts program growing up. So, *my whole childhood* was filled with lessons on how to survive, including how to do so in frozen conditions.
I have never really paid attention to these vids and they actually help THANK YOUUUU
Thanks for the tips, no more death on day 1
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Drink Cactus Juice, i'll quench ya. Nothing's quenchier, IT'S THE QUENCHIEST!!! -Sokka
Or brawn from the film idiocracy It’s got electrolytes!
This is real interesting. I learned a lot!
Nowadays Saint Bernards will carry hot chocolate instead of alcohol.
If I was lost in a dessert I would wait until it was night because I get over heated easily even if I drink a lot of water!
Yummy dessert!
If I was lost in a desert HOW THE HELL DID I GET THERE!!!
Another one you should have mentioned is hydrogen peroxide for wounds because it also kills the healthy tissue like alcohol.
And can cause bubbles in your blood which can in turn cause blood clots... not healthy
Well if you are lost in the wilderness saving water is a way of prolonging things. Which can be both good or bad. I would only start with a moderate rationing and attempt to move as much in the cooler times of day than in the heat of the day. Also if you are lost by a car stay with the car it’s larger and more likely to be spotted.
And if it is an EV it could catch fire and that would help you get seen. :)
Plus you're probably on a ROAD! They tend to lead to places.
@24:00 as a Northern Hemisphere resident I can verify that moss can grow in any direction besides North. In fact, I have a big oak tree covered in moss, on the south and east side of the trunk. Why? Because there are trees and shad all to the south and east of it and open spaces to the north and west, even if less sunny. Thank you for pointing this out!
Thank you now i finally understand why you cant just fall out of a plane and land in the ocean and be perfectly fine.
Notice how Polar bears isn’t mentioned because anyone can’t survive a polar bear attack, unless your built like Yujiro Hanma or Zangief all your family will have to bury are memories.
There's an old saying: If it's black, fight back If it's brown, get on the ground If it's white like snow powder, it's gonna be your final hour
Those you mentioned wouldn't survive either!
Seriously... we need more of these videos. At least half of them are things I would have done, given the situation. Thank you VERY much!
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Alternatively, you could boil it and funnel the steam into a different container and then you kill two birds with one stone. This is because unlike liquid water, water vapor can’t dissolve very many mineral toxins, so when it evaporates from the pot and condenses inside the container on the other end, preferably a reusable water bottle or something like that, it’ll leave all the toxic minerals behind as well as killing any bacteria that was once in it 11:02
That's a crap ton of materials u need to have on hand to pull off though. A water bottle will most likely leach toxins in the water cause it's plastic and boiling hot steam & water too
It is of course the last resort. Even though destilled water is not dangerous to drink it should not be too much. Since it does not contain any salt you will eventually get sick when the balance of electrolytes in your body gets fucked up.
A decent way to get away from a bear is to run downhill. While most bears can run fast, due to their weight they can't run downhill fast
You could always try blasting it with a massive gun.
So, the shark thing, this blew my mind but while punching won’t do anything, you CAN “guide” them away with a hand to the nose. It’s the most insane thing I’ve seen; look for videos of Forest Galante - not the biggest fan in the world but gotta admit he’s pretty badass. Note that this is NOT to defend against a strike, it’s more about not letting them get too comfortable. It’s insane. Also, I think their eyes have a protective layer that has to be slid out of the way to get to the actual eyes
I knew about half of these, but the other half I didn't. Yet on consideration and thanks to your tips, they all boil down to logically considering your situation, knowing your basic anatomy, and taking sensible action armed with that knowledge.
I want more content like this
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I knew the one for frostbite because I got frostbite before and the doctor that treated me told me what to do if I got frostbite again. I also know all the other tips related to the cold weather because I'm in Canada
This is a great and 9nformative video...thanks for posting it
The only reason a St Bernard would have had alcohol in the barrel is because it won't freeze, and water will.
One correction.....You may recycle your own urine once but that's it. After that the concentration of impurities are too high.
If you've gone inside, thaw your hands with COLD from the tap water first then move to warmer water. Avoid HOT water. It'll cause too much damage to quickly and be very painful. I suffer from a medical condition that causes frostbite symptoms year round so I have to do this all year long.
I’ve been stung by a jellyfish, it’s definitely memorable!
No wonder it's known as Tomb Stoning (in the UK) when people jump off cliffs into the sea or other bodies of water 🌊🪦 Fascinating video as always 😊
jellyfish u can use vinegar too
Brilliant as always
22:25 I've dived with sharks before. You don't punch them. You just place your hand in front of their snout and push away from them. They give up pretty fast. We did have people with harpoons in case they wouldn't let up, but I personally tried it 3 times and it works.