8 Common Survival Myths That Will Make Things Worse (Do NOT Pee on a Jellyfish Sting!)
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- Think you should pee on a jellyfish sting or suck venom out of a snakebite? WRONG. You might think you know how to survive in the wild based on what you've read online... but those tips from the internet might just make things worse! Hosted by Hank Green.
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Also, don't eat yourself. The energy cost of recovering from the wound is significantly greater than the energy gain of eating a limb.
i was just about to wonder why nobody knew that. then I remembered im getting old and young people are not going to think twice, so they would believe it. i actually told it to somebody who replied "that's not true" like he read it in a book. SMH...
thanks. It's something I've wondered about but didn't know the answer. I figured it probably wasn't worth it due to infection risk & death risk from that even if it provided more energy than it used. Plus of course the human body's pretty good at reabsorbing all the energy in limbs while still attached anyway
Another person though.......
Also your body is already eating it's self slowly when you're starving so eating your body parts is useless.
WarlandWriter yeah no that's not a good strat
Also you would die from shock.
Eating snow is much more controversial than implied here. I once had to walk 12 miles through a blizzard and eating packed snow both kept me hydrated and kept my body temp down so I didn’t sweat. Sweating in the cold is one of the quickest ways to get hypothermia and so eating snow to help with temperature regulation while your working hard can be very beneficial. People always bring up the eating snow thing like it’s a solid rule not to do it. Yes, it cools your body down, but even in a blizzard that might be what you want. Like most things, it depends on the situation.
Woah 🤯
true. you can also use little amounts to reduce the feeling of thirst.
@Wal Leece you don't know anything about survival tricks, because this one is real and maybe you can't think logically (assuming you'd know basic biology)
Wal Leece You have no idea how fast you get very warm when exerting yourself in the cold. That makes you sweat and your clothes get wet. And the moment you stop you start to rapidly cool out because of it. That has killed a LOT of people.
What the OP said about sweating is true. Being wet in extreme cold is a quick way to die. But, this really depends on what kind and how much clothing you are wearing and how hard you are exerting yourself. Generally, I would advise not eating snow and pacing yourself during strenuous activity to not sweat through your clothing.
I had mild frostbite as a kid, until explained, I thought it was odd they were wanting to ensure the water was as cold as possible before they put my feet into the tub. That ice cold water felt very warm, while I was too young to grasp the science, I immediately grasped their reasoning.
Immediately grasp their reasoning?
Which means if it is normal water, it would probably feel like boiling your frosted leg off.
Yeah you have to increase the temperature gradually. To avoid damaging tissue further.
Its the same for the opposite.
If you have a severe burn you put your hand in warm/hot water and slowly add ice to gradually lower the temperature otherwise the skin blisters and tears.
I made the mistake if running ice cold water straight on a chip fat burn. The blister literally exploded.
One of the few times I've full on screamed. Like someone was pulling my guts out or something.
It was so painful I pretty much blacked out. I was still standing but my brother said my eyes had rolled right back in their sockets and i was do a kind standing sezure thing.
Still got a couple nasty ring scars to show for it.
Taught me to pay attention to what I'm doing in the kitchen though. So at least I learnt my lesson.
Fat burns are a MF.
@adriansennett2861 I don't really understand tge science behind either the burn or frostbite thing.
@@davidgoldenroseThe theory with frostbite is that again you have those ice crystals in your tissues
If you put them in hot water they’ll shatter which as I’m sure you can imagine doesn’t feel great for your tissues
If you warm it up slowly they’ll melt which is much better
PLUS just as a general body temperature thing if you warm up a hypothermia patient too fast they could go into shock which generally results in death if you don’t know what to do
My daughter was stung by a jellyfish once. I remembered the vinegar trick and took off to the nearest store but they were out of vinegar so i bought pickles and poured the juice on her foot. It helped a lot
Good thinking! Does your daughter have now a special appreciation for pickles?
My Dad always used meat tenderize on our stings from jelly fish, worked pretty good .
@@tammyhall3144I was imagining a spiky metal hammer before I remembered that pineapple juice and other acids are also used to tenderize meat 😂
@@beplankingThank you for sharing this knowledge, as I was sitting here wondering if I was misreading the tone or why it would be a good thing to physically beat your child, let alone with a meat tenderizer. 😂😭
@@beplanking Probably a jar of powdered papain, or another plant protease from fruit, super popular mid-century, especially with Bar-b-que Dads.
Someone: Ouchie ouch I got stung by a jellyfish I wish there was something to make it stop hurting
Some dude with a piss kink: Oh you haven’t heard?
Also some dude with a piss kink: Go ahead and drink some too.
AWELLA BIRD BIRD BIRD, BIRD IS THE WORD.
Some dude shouts out, "Come on folks. Hurry up! Gather around and pee on him!"
you need piss boy...
Scottei that’s probably true
wtf sokka lied to me
gottem
Knowing this new fact, do you think you'll cover builds from the plant kingdom?
Yo, I never knew that TierZoo would be in the comment section of SciShow
I mean, peyote is a thing. But it's true that most cactuses don't have anything in them that will get you high. And intentionally damaging a cactus (for water or otherwise) may be illegal.
Dylan Daniel of course he does. he has to check the update page to see if the devs made any new changes to the meta
In Australia, unless you’re bitten by a snake in Victoria or Tasmania, don’t be overly concerned with identifying the snake. We have a ‘universal’ anti-venom for snakes found in the rest of the states/territories.
It’s still better to use the specific anti-venom if you are able to identify the snake, but it’s not worth risking another bite to do so.
That's very interesting and useful information to hear
if it bites me im biting back until its dead. No one gets a free bite.
also, first aid for our snakes is completely different to lots of the ones in North America. all of ours are elapids and their venom is systemic. you want to apply compression bandages nice and tight to the affected limb. it will actually help save a life. proper first aid for these bites dramatically increases chances of survival.
Sounds like you're a victim of systemic compression, m8 @@innocuousmerchant8766
@@neglectfulsausage7689Glad to see I'm not alone.
My grandma told me about her brother that came in from a blizzard and his wife put his hands in hot water breaking the bones in his hands. It was in the 1930s and he was almost killed by it. My grandma lived to be 100. She was born in 1905 and died in 2005 she had seen more in her life than a lot of people who live today will.
omg 😮
Okay but uhh... when did her brother die?
If you find a rock you can just ride it to the nearest town. The pioneers used to ride those baby’s for miles.
Not just a boulder though, but a rock!
Krusty Krab pizza is the pizza for you AND MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
what?
GibranRaptor72 yeah, what?
GibranRaptor72 oh I get it now.
Are you suggesting that Cactus Juice is NOT the Quenchiest? That it will not Quench me? What is next, the giant mushroom is not friendly?
Katrina Payne 😂💜
Katrina Payne
Looolololoool
Katrina Payne Why on earth would the giant mushroom NOT be friendly?
+Pandora Lupin
I know right... it would make no sense!
Katrina Payne exactly!
Considering this video advocates the completely passive approach (like that works either), I would like to insert one good survival tip for the 'moss on the north side' situation. If you are where moss is growing, there will be flowing water somewhere, however small a trickle it is. Find it and follow it. Water does not flow in a circle. Water leads to more water and ultimately to people where ever you are in the world. everybody knows this, but in this discussion, it bears repeating.
It depends, in the coastal mountains of BC. Creeks, often go into steep mini canyons. Ridges are better, when lost.
@@billpetersen298 Yeah, I know of one case like that here in southern Appalachia. there is a little creek in the Linville Gorge that goes underground. Right at the bottom in a thicket that hasn't seen the sun in a thousand years. Was a favorite area for moonshiners back in the day.
Also, if you are in the mountains in BC, dont ger IN any rivers to follow them. Bear Grylls taught me that. Fricken cold, he almost froze to death. ROFL
Good points...also, if you're not sure where north is, just look up. The sun and/or stars can guide you.
@@billpetersen298 don't go into the tight canyons, but you should still go in the same direction. or just generally go downhill, eventually, you will end up at a lake or the ocean, and you will most likely find a road before you get there.
"Cactus juice won't make you high like Sokka in atla"
Those bastards lied to me
It's like he has never heard of peyote or San Pedro
@@TritiumCupcakes you'd need 6 or 7 peyote, the size of your fist, to get a high.
If you boil the right ones and drink that juice you'll meet God. Or just experience very strong hallucinations for 12+ hours
San pedro was one of the best things I ever tried. Hank knows nothing, just has a nice voice.
I was so totally thinking of Soka also. This was the example I was thinking of. LIES!
I'm from the Pacific Northwest. Moss grows on every side of trees. I remember hearing that survival trick to follow the directions of the moss, and I remember laughing. You'd just go in circles, up here!
Use a compass !
Moss just grows in general.
@@erikk77 or you can just use the sun really, if you dont have a compass.
Same here and have always been like, ummm, the entire tree is covered in moss.
@photag216 it's easy actually and far more easy to remember. Sun rises in the east then sets in west. Much more convnient in places like tropical areas where mosses literally grows everywhere.
I was really hoping #8 was in there. When diving in the Great Barrier Reef (when it was alive), I asked the guide what happens if you pee on a jellyfish sting. He replied "Well nothing, but you gonna have a pissy leg, mate."
they recently discovered that the coral of the great barrier reef has cycles and at the present time is flourishing, possibly due to a reduction of visitors
@@KhanthiilasToo bad tourism is back up, doesn’t the coral know that some sacrifices have to be made for capitalism?
Surprised phase change wasn't explicitly mentioned regarding melting snow. Heating water one degree takes an enormous amount of energy. Heating ice one degree to turn it into water takes far more energy because of the phase change from solid to liquid (and now your body still has to heat the resulting cold water up to body temperature).
In Australia a lot of rural schools teach basic first aid including how to treat snake or spider bites. Since we are predominatly desert we also learn to take extra water, food and fuel for longer trips. The majority of fatalities are from city slickers who have no idea and just decide to go on a trip without preparation.
I was stung by a jelly years ago and the lifeguard had a spray bottle full of a mixture of vinegar and seawater. Completely eradicated the pain and I was back in the water a couple minutes later!
Rumors say Chandler's pee works much better
that lifeguard is a real one, hope he's having a good day wherever he is 👍
BRAWDO: THE PAIN ERADICATOR
EASTERN JELLYFISH I SEE YOU
Probably the most mild jellyfish sting ever then
Me: Woah, so I shouldn't eat snow.
Also me: *living in a tropical country
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Yeah i don't think you have to worry about eating snow, *Son of the Eastern Sun*
Somos dois
Honestly, though, it's the environments you have the least experience with that are probably the most dangerous to you. If you ever travel or head up a mountain it might be helpful advice!
Well don't eat yellow snow anyway.
During the winters when I was a kid, I'd often play in the cold and the snow, resulting in cold extremities.
My dad had a handy tip for "warming up" from working outdoors on building sites during cold weather. This was to fill a sink with cold water, perhaps adding some ice and snow, then to sink your arms into it up to the elbow. Despite this sounding like lunacy, I actually tried this once, after football (soccer) practice at school one particularly cold and icy morning and needed the use of my hands for the rest of the day's lessons, and found it actually worked! My hands did in fact feel warmer!
However, I have since learnt about how people suffering from severe exposure can feel hot (such as in cases of "paradoxical undressing"). My dad had actually taught me how to give myself hypothermia! Thanks Dad!
You may feel warmer, but you definitely won't *be* warmer. That's not a good idea.
maybe don’t add in ice and snow, but i’m pretty sure that trick is real. your body doesn’t feel absolute temperature, it feels temperature relative to things around it. so if you’re outside in the cold, warm water will feel 10 times warmer and cold water will feel warm
@@wren_. When I was a child in the 80's, I had stayed out in the freezing cold for too long, and fell through some ice into a shallow pond. I managed to walk home, and told my mom that I couldn't feel or move my fingers. She started the cold tap water, and I ran my fingers under it. I felt burning as if I had touched a hot stove, and started hopping around in pain.
She filled the sink with cold tap water, and added some ice. I put my hand into the water and told her it was still too hot. She kept adding ice until I told her that the water felt warm to the touch, but wasn't hot anymore. When I later told her that the water was getting too cold, she removed the ice. It was around that time that I could move my fingers again, and I could see the tension that I didn't know she was suppressing leave her face.
Eventually, the cold tap water felt cold, and she added some warm water. I was back to normal with no permanent damage.
So yes, our bodies feel relative temperatures, and DEFINITELY start the warming process with cold water to prevent tissue damage. And warming frozen blood (which is what I had) too quickly can cause ice crystals to break off in your bloodstream. If these get to a crucial organ (such as your heart), they can kill you. My mom probably saved my hands, and my life, by warming them very slowly with very cold water.
Good job, Mom!
@@anthonyobryan3485 Yes! Your Mom knew and showed the proper procedure to warm a body part that got cold damaged: by starting with cold water, ice added....
It makes a little bit of sense. If you have frostbite and there are ice crystals in your flesh, they're at 0 °C. The 10 °C or whatever cold water is warm enough to start melting the ice without causing damage from rapid warming.
I remember the alcohol one being to only drink the alcohol AFTER you are in a warm place.
Like if you got home, and you are sitting by a fire, or have your feet in hot water, etc, THEN drink the alcohol, to relax the veins, and allow the outer heat to enter your body quicker.
Never drink it while the outside is colder that you are.
At least that how I remember the alcohol method.
That makes sense.
Or you can use it to feel warm while not being in danger. Just don't drink if you are at risk of being out in the cold for prolonged time.
The value of the information in these 11 minutes totally redeemed the two hours of Russian dash cam crashes I just watched.
ME 2!!! lol
@Probably Buddha I just can't not watch them.
lmao
You're a military guy. You can handle it.
@@MasterOfViewership You're right. I should be more disciplined than this
"Don't try and catch the snake to take to the hospital. No one is gonna like that."
Can confirm. I work in an ER & a surefire way to scare the hell out of the staff is by bringing in a live venomous snake.
@@justintyler9134 correct
My brother used to work in an ER and a couple years ago someone brought the snake in with him. Drunk moron had been wandering around in the desert and caught the creature, then was promptly bitten three times in the face. He had to get intubated and flown to a larger hospital. The snake was let go in the desert outside the hospital.
My dad was once bitten by what he thought was a harmless grass snake and we took the snake back to the hospital in hopes of them helping us identify what it actually was and it was actually fine with the nurses, because we'd killed it beforehand... Not very great for the snake, but we did find out it was a viper and my dad got the treatment he needed
Idk why everyone is either "catch the snake" or "don't ever try;" just cut its head off and bring the body. No having to deal with misremembered details, no extra bites, it's the best of both worlds.
Yup. If someone had time to "catch the snake" pictures are also great... lol
Eating snow depends on the situation. If you're not freezing to death and you can't melt it, then by all means, eat small amounts of clean snow. You will burn more calories, but you can go weeks without food and only a day or two without water. Spending calories to melt the snow will even those two out some, you'll need food sooner, but you won't die of dehydration.
Absolutely not don't eat snow under any circumstances even small amount will burn ur tongue better store it in container and let it melt and ur body will burn calories faster if u don't find shelter and heat source but if u have shelter but no heat source then u r still in danger
@@suryakisku3895 friend, I've lived in Minnesota all my life, I've eaten gallons of snow over the years, and never once "burned my tongue". And most people don't carry a container with them at all times. Eating snow is mostly harmless, just a little cold.
Yes as far as eating snow when your out of water. Science can't calculate the good it does for your phsyce to get that water. If dehydrated and feet of snow everywhere and no way to melt it. Eat it my God eat it all.
Correct. If the cold is not a threat, knock yourself out. You could even use it to chill you down while making effort in order to not sweat. Thus reducing the risk of hypothermia when you.ll stop doing the effort. You know... You sweat, you die.
No, don't eat the snow. Melt it first.
The moss on trees has taught me that, in the Pacific Northwest, ALL directions are North!
Me:**dying in the wilderness**
Hank: simply go to the hospital
You're not the boss of me, _Hank!_
*dies*
Lmao
True lol. Sometimes in survival situations, there is use for some of these. Obviously, if you are gonna die of thirst, the damage done by the acids in the cactus water will be far less than the damage done by dying of thirst.. Also, there have been several documented cases of people nearly freezing to death, and drinking whiskey as a last resort (which then increased circulation to their limbs and hands, allowing them to move freely while staving off frostbite.. Which allowed them to functionally build a shelter or fire that saved them for the night). Always gotta consider all the conditions and options in the moment..
Caveman problems require modern solutions
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"You are technically correct, the best kind of correct"
Rofl, thank you for this comment. When he said that I wanted to punch my phone. Yes, you are stranded in the wilderness, just go to a hospital, seems ledgit.
My favorite thing about watching Bear Grylls is not only will he drink his own pee, but he will also boil it to "sanitize it", allowing all the water to escape as vapor and leaving himself with more concentrated piss. What a smart man.
… you’re kidding
(-)100 iq
Now if he captured the vapor and condensed it into more pure water that could be useful, but it would still lose too much
give me survivorman over that hack any day
Funny part is, Urine is sterile when fresh
Thanks for this. Most of these I already knew, but that "urine on a jellyfish sting" is actually taught in scuba diving first aid, along with vinegar.
I did get stung by a jelly once when scuba diving & opted for the vinegar over urine treatment. The vinegar did the trick.
Coast Guard Family here.. always was taught throw fresh pee on it..
It works. I dont think this guy has actually been stung by a jelly.. thats like saying pee doesnt help Atheletes feet.
@@janboblarryi think the way he said it meant that he would rather die than getting pee on a jellyfish sting 😂
are you a chinese/russian bot? because you sure love spreading lies @@janboblarry
My scariest hospital experience was when I was bitten by a bat. Nobody at the hospital knew what to do at first. Pro tip: don’t pick up bats, even if they’re sick.
You gotta get them when they're sleeping
Why would you want to pick up bats?
@@myriamickx7969 to throw them into the girl's locker room :S (I was young, k? XD)
@@myriamickx7969 he was sick and I wanted to take him to a rehab center. I’m an animal nerd.
@@zwenkwiel816 you sound like you’d be a dope person to hang out with xD
Anyone who has ever experienced extreme cold will tell you dipping any part of your body in even warm water is EXTREMELY painful.
I would run my hands under cold tap water and gradually increase temperature.
Getting the cows in for milking at 5am on a clear winter's morning.
Canadian here, can confirm. If you're cold enough, cold water feels warm, or even kinda hot, and warm water feels like LIQUID FIRE. It's the difference in temperature that you feel.
@@KarisMajik Yep, as someone from Northern Minnesota, I can confirm. And if you get frostbite, definitely do not warm it up quickly; when my sister got frostbite, her first instinct was to jump in the sauna for some reason, and her injuries ended up being quiet a bit worse, they took way longer to heal than they should've.
Extreme cold being anything below freezing?
Yeah, Winters shoveling even with gloves makes hot water feel like satan's cat tongue licking your skin raw.
Here's the Australian version:
1: IF you can actually find snow, don't eat it.
2: WTF is a cactus?
3: Don't drink your piss. It looks like VB and smells like VB. On the plus side, probably tastes better and won't make you as abusive.
4: If you find moss then you're probably not in Australia anymore
5: Drink PLENTY of alcohol. God knows, you need to cool down somehow
6: How does one get frostbite whilst living in a kiln?
7: Snakebite? Sit back and spend your final minute and 30 seconds contemplating life and how much you hate the Eastern Brown that just bit you 72 times.
8: Don't worry about pissing on the Box Jellyfish sting. You'll be lucky to piss in your own wetsuit before total paralysis causes you to drown.
😰i learned so much from this 😬
@@doyouevenwarpbro8674 What did you learn? Never to go to Australia?
@@Jluyoungzone they have no catuses r moss
*+Farmer Cyst*
Here's the New Zealand version:
1. If you're in the mountains in late winter, and the snow has actually settled, then don't eat it.
2. A cactus is a plant in the back yard that teenagers steal to do something called, "go tripping"
3. Don't drink your piss. It looks and tastes just like DB. Refer to Australian instructions.
4. If you find moss, it will be on the opposite side of the house to the cacti garden.
5. Drink plenty of alcohol. Why? Because that's just what NZers do.
6. What's a snake? Eels will not hurt you.
7. Eels do not attack you. You've also found something to eat, if you can catch it.
8. WTF is a box jelly doing in NZ waters? Grrr.., global warming.
@@annakeye yessss
Credit cards are for removing embedded bee stingers, the idea being that if the venom gland is still attached, using tweezers could squeeze it and inject more venom into the wound, while scraping with the edge of a card can theoretically pull the stinger out without putting pressure on the venom gland. No idea if this works at all, I've only been stung once by a bee as an adult (I've had more wasp stings), and I used tweezers because they were available.
As a beekeeper I can confirm that it works. But only for honeybees. Won't do a thing for wasp stings, spider bites, or snake bites.
@@joecope9935 Nor hornets, yellow jackets...
Stings from bees etc do nothing to me I built up a tolerance from being stung many times.
The bark always grows on the outside of trees.
Wife: I was just stung by a jellyfish quick pee on it!
Me: *peeing on jellyfish* this is for stinging my wife!!
Me peeing on you: this is for writing the joke correctly!!
i love that meme
miniman 000001 Nice joke, Dad.
You, sir, deserve a thousand likes.
That's a lie .. It actually helps , it's like , from 100% pain , it goes to like 70%
When I was a kid, quicksand seemed like a bigger problem.
The video game/documentary Pitfall taught us that the biggest dangers in wilderness survival were quicksand, pits, and crocodiles.
No giant rats in the fire swamp are a much bigger problem
haha, I remember that age where you thought quicksand was going to be an ever-present danger in your life 😂 I miss being a kid
I know!! And it could be ANYWHERE! At the beach! In the middle of a sidewalk! In the teachers' parking lot at school! On Mars! Even on the slopes of an erupting volcano! And that's why you should always carry string!
@@Skedge Well don't tell Me that! Tell all those directors from the 60's and 70's! I suppose next you're going to tell me is that you can't knock a man totally unconscious with a single, well-placed judo chop to the back of his neck!
I have seen some ER doctors recommend taking a picture of the thing that bit you (snake, scorpion, bug etc) if you have the chance to do so. They also say that if you can safely catch it (dead or alive) you can bring it with you. But if it's a 20 kg snake this may not be so feasible.
There’s not a single venomous snake that gets anywhere near 20kg. If it’s that big it’s not venomous. Most will weigh less than 1kg. A huge king cobra might weigh over 10kg, but that’s it and very easily identified.
@@neilgunns8391 Thanks, I don't know about snakes much, I just wanted to exaggerate the circumstance
@@neilgunns8391 Yeah, a 50 lb snake is some huge constrictor.
3:01 "Drink cactus juice! It'll quench ya, nothing quencher, it's the quenchiest!!!"
xD
If you get bit by a venomous snake pee on a rabbit.
That way you wont be the only one having a bad day.
D Gray 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ol
Took me a while to like your comment, it's really hard to click on the little hand while laughing.
Poor bunny haha
Best comment ever 😂😂😂😂😂
3:01 "Drink cactus juice, it'll quench ya! Nothings quenchier! It's the quenchiest!"
🌵🥤😵
I am sokka and i will rock ya
OHH MUSHY GIANT FRIEND
4:11 Trouble with drinking blood is mostly vomiting. You can only drink small portions at a time cause if it fills up your stomach, you will puke. It is not enough to stay hydrated.
Not just vomits but the entire gastroenteritis package with melena. Also spontaneous bacterial peritonitis if you have cirrhosis.
Some of the worst nausea...had a severe nosebleed one time that would not let up (partly thanks to prescribed anti-coagulants) and swallowed about a couple pints throughout the course of the night as I tried my best to stop the flow. Eventually, my stomach just suddenly and violently caved and I spent the remainder of the night ejecting the iron-flavored punch into the porcelain bowl.
On hypothermia, in a pinch, strip em down and share a sleeping bag or similar blanket. Back to back or face to face, whatever you're comfortable with. The idea is to share body heat with skin to skin contact.
Yes. I got hypothermia hiking in a March in snowy Grand Canyon. Day after a cold rain where I'd invited a soggy couple in to tent. Heavy pack trying to hike out. Ranger (female) made me (good idea) strip naked at an Outlook platform, partway up the trail; while other hikers and mule riders looked on. Then put on fresh dry clothes: some still dry in my pack, some donated by a mule rider. A mule took my pack up the trail. I walked the rest of the miles up the trail. Topside, met up at a lodge to exchange clothes and pick up my pack.
I for one choose death
Depends on how good looking she is
@@josepetersen7112 what if its your dad?
Me, dumping the entire bag of salt and vinegar chips that I always take to the beach on a stranger’s jellyfish sting: “don’t worry I saw this in a CZcams video”
I was badly stung once amd someone on the beach not only had a bottle of vinegar, they also knew that it would work and was incredible, immediate pain relief.
Lol, I always bring vinegar with me to the beach. My friends think I'm crazy, but I like to be prepared. I'm thinking of including a heating pad now. Just incase. I already have a full first aid kit in my car and everything needed to survive for at least a week incase I get stranded in my car due to bad weather or car failure. I've been slowly adding to my emergency kit through the years as I learn things. Haven't had to use it yet but I've come really close a couple of times. It was terrifying.
@@jaggerra7 Sounds like my hypochondria.
The salt in the wound would make it worse tho.
@@jaggerra7 The vinnegar sounds useful if there're jellyfish nearby or salads. The Heating pad would only help if there's electricity. There are instant-cold packs (I have some in my car/ as I have chronic pain). Instant cold packs get cold fast when activated. Gel ice packs can alternatively be heated, when heat feels better.
"You don't have antivenom in your back pocket, and if you do, that should be refrigerated!"
Made me laugh lol
And a refrigerated back pocket means we're back to the frostbite issue again. It's like a nightmare! Now should someone have to pee on my butt? Not like I can do that myself. Or do I mix moss with cactus juice and make a compress? I know alcohol isn't recommended but it would really help right now!
All my antivenom is in bloodstream. You see, I've spent the last ten years building up an immunity to iocane powder.
The only thing that was particularly surprising to me is that you shouldn't use a tourniquet on a snake bite. You would think that you want to localize the damage until you can get proper treatment.
Localizing the venom causes really bad damage from such a high concentration in a small area. Treatment at a hospital can make evenomation basically reversible if all goes well, but using a tourniquet makes it more likely for the affected area to become permanently destroyed.
The only way that would be a good idea would be if the venom is extremely deadly and you might not be able to get help in time. Then losing a limb would be more preferable to your life, but it still might not work.
Yeah, definitely wouldn't follow this tip if I was bitten by a poisonous snake. Snake bandages save lives by giving you time to get to the hospital.
You want to bandage the entire limb firmly, about as tight as you would for a sprain. Snake venom travels mostly through the lymphatic system, not the blood, and using a tourniquet will cut off blood flow and do lots of damage.
In regards to the cactus, I imagine you should view it like a pool of stagnant, dirty water. If you have anything else drink that first, but if it's been a day or two since your last drink by all means go for it. Dysentery is bad, but it takes longer than the dehydration that was about to kill you. I don't know how bad the poisoning would be from the cactus, but I'm willing to bet it's similarly better than the day at most you had to survive from dehydration.
Yeah, I feel he was being way too black and white. I'd rather develop kidney stones over time than die of dehydration in a matter of days. Also, prickly pears taste perfectly good! They're sold at the supermarket where I used to live, and many restaurants had them on the menu. Not just the fruits, either; the paddles, too, which are usually called "nopales".
@@phoenixpinkmyn5535 That Arizona type of cactus has very acidic juice, but the prickly pear tastes good and does not harm you (if you use it moderate I guess). Other succulent plants also contain a lot of water and some taste sugary. Just start with a little test and see if it does something to you.
I was always told to do that when I lived in az
Ever since I was a kid the moss thing has bothered me. I mean I grew up kind of in the middle of nowhere and spent a lot of time in the woods and in the water. And sometimes family members are friends would say that stuff about moss growing only on the north sides of trees and I would always think to myself but I've seen moss grow on everything. The sun though only goes one direction.
Same here. I grew up on a farm with a lot of forested areas on the property. Even as a young child I noticed that there didn't appear to be any particular direction moss would grow on trees (or elsewhere) despite adults telling me that it only grew on the north side of trees.
It's not that it only grows on the north side, it's that it grows heavier on the north side, which is true in general. Occasionally, you see a tree in shade, like a canyon, where it grows on every side, but it should still have heaviest growth on the north, or check a group of yrees, and you'll get a better idea.
Where I live, most moss is growing on the west side of trees, because that's where usually the rain comes from.
And if you observe a solitary, older tree, the heaviest branches are pointed to the south (most intense sunlight).
@@mariatorres9789 I'll stick with the sun. It's easy to find and a reliable way to discern East or West. And you can extrapolate north and south out from there
I like moss.
Sokka: **”DRINK CACTUS JUICE! IT’LL QUENCH YA! NOTHINGS QUENCHYER. IT’S THE QUENCHIEST!!!”**
Hank: No don’t!
It depends on the type of cactus, just as Hank said himself.
You're not the boss of me, Hank! Not unless your Hank *Hill!*
Tea
Best refrence
8:49 "that should be refrigerated" was an amazing bit and got me properly chuckling. However you can not bring up Sokka's cactus adventure without quoting it! I would have loved to here John say don't drink cactus juice. It wont quench ya.
Actually about the jellyfish sting, I saw on the episode of Bondi Rescue that hot water worked on a kid screaming agony in pain though they were saying that it's not yet scientifically certified but kinda works to neutralize the pain.
Can verify. Wife got stung. She was getting worse and worse. We already had heard peeing doesn't help anything, but she was really in a bad way. So we figured we'd at least test it out. Buddy went to bathroom, peed in a jar, came back, poured it on her legs, and 30 seconds later she was totally fine. So yeah, maybe it won't neutralise any venom or whatever, but it brought her instant relief. So if relief is your main priority, feel free to try out the whole pee thing.
@@timeless8 The most troubling thing about this is that you let a buddy pee on your wife... If I let anybody pee on me it would have to be an intimate lover!
hot water works best... pee is just easily acessible hot water
I was stabbed by a stingray and they have venom on their barb and the lifeguards also used hot water, totally worked. It denatures the protein in the venom.
Not all hospitals carry all antivenoms. So if possible, as soon as you have cell service and are on the way to the hospital, give them a call with all the detail you can. This gives them time to contact hospitals to get what you need or direct you to the hospitals with the antivenom you need.
Most do in Australia. ...
Not in the states, especially rural areas such as Montana. A rancher I know died last fall waiting to be airlifted. He was several hours from the closest hospital with the antivenum. It was just a rattler, the local should have had it
They defiantly should have had that. That is the most common snake to be bitten by out there. Even the not so well know hospital my girlfriend used to work in had that antivenom.
Amy Singer that's terrible I'm so sorry
That's insane! Like Sandra says, not an issue in Australia. To be fair not all hospitals will have all venoms, but they certainly will all have all venoms for all local snakes and a generic one for a non-identified species, covering all possible bites. Probably only 1 or 2 doses of less common venoms, but enough to get them by while the helicopters or flying doctors get more anti-venom to the hospital you're at.
How can the US not have anti-venom for the most common snake in a particular area??????? :'(
A: Thank you for refuting so many of these myths. I used to teach combat survival in the military and so many of the Bear Grillis tips make me crazy. The drink urine thing in particular. B: Much appreciation for the jellyfish stinger info. I knew urine didn’t work but was unaware of vinegar as treatment. Will add small bottle to the go-bag. Great video!
I LOVE when ole bear squeezes water out of a pile of elephant crap like YYYEEEAAA I got water but a whole other bunch of nastier stuff that'll probably kill me quicker than being dehydrated OHH and when he tried to get honey from a bee hive...I knew that one was gonna literally bite him in the ass ;-)
brown scott
He exists on 14 different websites
I think Grillis had to add a disclaimer to the beginning of his show after the first season since he was giving really dangerous advice.
I do think people who have cleaner diets like maybe more vegetarian type can drink their urine because it has way less toxins. Meat eaters should not drink their urine since it is very briny and more toxins.
Makes sense. I will say that the first tip should be thinking ahead and avoiding situations that might get you into trouble. These bogus reality survival shows have been known for spreading a lot of bad info for entertainment purposes.
Very true that. Emergency situations tend to be unpredictable and inconvenient. People watch those shows and feel confident. Not many have seriously tried to light a fire with just what they find in nature.
Hmmm, does any of this really happen to people? I have been lost and severely dehydrated in a desert in Mexico - the saguaro cactus was also dehydrated, bitter and nasty - so don't try. I have had minor frost bite and it had me in tears. I've gotten hypothermia swimming more times than I want to admit to - you would think once was enough.The worst time it was glacier melt lake, but I though the day was warm enough. I had such severe spasms from the cold that my joints hurt for days. I have gotten stung by a jelly fish and tried household ammonia and vinegar - the vinegar worked. Fortunately I have avoided being bit by venomous snakes so far...
In lieu of vinegar a salad dressing may also work nicely
So far… Adventure is fun tho.
You never learn, do you?
Maybe you should not endanger yourself and swim in sketchy places?
Let me guess, your friends call you "lucky".
Instantly earned my like the second you made that Avatar reference.
"It's a... GIANT MUSHROOM!"
Man, how I miss that show...
Emre S. Who do we have to pay for them to make a seasons of the aftermath or adult seasons of that show. Legend of Korra does not count
i just have to rewatch it every so often, don't know what'll happen to me if i don't, but i'm not risking it.
Ironwill Steelton Whoever it is we have to pay, count me in. Korra was good and all, I actually enjoyed it, but it doesn't compare to the original.
“SQUISHY GIANT FRIEND!”
Korra stunk.
Yes well here in New England moss grows on the whole damn tree
LMAO
Yeah...same here in the Netherlands 😑
Here in the Arizona Sonoran desert, I find myself asking, "What's moss?" ...hell, what's a tree?"
@@VTSifuSteve 😂 gold
That's nothing, in WA State heavy duty moss will grow on your car
Really interesting and factual advice! I'm watching more of your videos because it clarifies things we've heard all our lives...or rather, old wives tales!
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
Can confirm #8. We use vinegar in Hawaii to treat ppl who get stung by jellyfish. Works great!
Me: Oooo, survival myths that's useful!
Also Me: Hasn't been outside in days..
I mean, we need to know what to do, IF we have to go outside.
Corona
Shiloh Vanderkooi this means something entirely different now 😔
This hits different now lol
These videos are fascinating and well done. Love it!
This is very informative and hilarious. I love this video and this host guy. New subscriber!
How to survive a snakebite:
get to a hospital
Well thanks, that will help me when i'm stranded in the wild.
Would you prefer "make peace with your own mortality and give yourself to whatever, if any, god/s you hold"? Because if you can't make it to a hospital, your options are "death", "wait it out in severe pain because it's not lethal anyway", or "get lucky, punk". Lower the bitten part below you heart, remove all tight jewelry and clothes, treat it like a puncture wound -- let it bleed for ~20 seconds before cleaning, with soap if you have it. The next step is "get to a hospital" but without that, it's "settle down in shelter and wait it out". You make it through or you don't.
With a Sidewinder
I thought that too, but 95%+ of all snakebites in the US are rattlesnake and copperhead, both of which are likely to bite without injecting venom (dry bite). In any event, you'll know in a minute or two...
Survival tip... get to a hospital, well thanks that will help when i get stranded ;)
especially when you can't get to a hospital.
Djarms67 yes that was the joke congrats
SciShow advice for Survival... Call a doctor or a professional. Do not try to do anything yourself, because really there is nothing you can do. Sit tight, or get help from someone else. Thats 99% of this video.
Well you can't do anything useful so might as well give up. Sorry, I mean eat lots of lemons, onions and kale, great for removing toxins from your body right?
Yeah not a great video. But it's kinda true, if you get hurt while stranded you're pretty much screwed, don't bother staying with someone to "save" them or trying to fix them yourself just focus getting rescued.
I had previously unlearned a few of these "tips" but it's always good to add even more, thanks!
In Hawaii we used Lawry's seasoning salt on jellyfish stings. I don't know why, but I can attest that it almost immediately stops hurting afterwards.
I was expecting more tips for dealing with quicksand.
What about tips for landing an large aircraft because the pilot died?
Don't squirm too much, apply as much horizontal body surface on top, slowly make your way to the edge, and then jump out of the plane's escape doors.
Jo Goddammit you have me laughing
You wont sink deeper than ur waist im quicksand. just wiggle and get horizontal when you can
They already made a video about that.
*Moss always points to civilization!*
-Spongebob
I always loved that joke but the "moss always grows on the north side of trees" because i live in Washington, which is basically moss's ideal environment and it grows _everywhere._ I left a truck sitting for a few months in a spot that stays shaded all day and it has moss and algae growing on it, all around.
Haven't tested the "moss grows towards civilization" one though.
@@arthas640
Since the world is round, technically, it's true.
Offcourse, how FAR that civilisation is, is another matter entirely... XD
@@PerfectAlibi1 but since the world is flat and moss points in every direction then it might lead you over the edge of the planet and youd fall into outer space
@@arthas640
Flat Earth-er or joke?
So do empty beer cans
3:19 Prickly pear cactus leaves taste like a more bitter version of green bell pepper, but if you're lucky enough for the fruit to be in season, that is actually quite good when fresh-picked. When camping as a teen in an area with a lot of prickly pear. It was producing fruit at the time, and I snacked on it regularly. The main thing to watch for is that you don't injure yourself on cactus spines while gathering it.
About snakes and venom, you forgot to say that sucking the venom makes it go into your mouth, and no matter how much you spit, you'll still swallow some, so... DON'T DO IT.
It also DOESNT WORK!!!!!!!!!!
DO NOT TRY
That's not really an issue unless you have some sort of open wound in your mouth or stomach. It's venom, not poison.
The peeing on a jellyfish skin might have come from the fact that hot water (as hot as you can handle) can help box jellyfish stings. I believe it essentially cooks the compounds and neutralises them. This information was delivered to you by an Australian first aid officer.
Did not expect the Avatar: The Last Airbender references. Made this video even more epic!
I really thought cactus juice would get you drunk
I was really expecting it from the start and when he did, I smiled.
@@jxswager2197 sokka obviously found a peyote cactus.
Oh Beavis and butthead do America.
Thank you for all this!
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So if I'm going to Australia, I *should be bringing* vinegar and refrigerated antitoxins?
And a knife. A REAL knife.
They are helpful everywhere. Even bbq's.
Well. Maybe not at the airport.
@@mailasun
True.
My mistake.
On most beaches with jellyfish they have these stations with bottles of vinegar you can use :)
No. 1 thing you should bring is other people who can help in an emergency situation. So many tourists think it's safe to wander around the wilderness alone... not a good idea.
prickly pear is your best friend in the desert compared to other cactuses. they have prickly fruit that is perfect for both food and water (considering you get all the thorny bristles off of them), the pads are also edible but you would need to scrape off all the needles and also cook the pads themselves, the pads also work as storage containers if you clean the inside out.
Agreed.Prickly pear isn't harmful. Google all the recipes. Lol
I live in Tucson Arizona prickly pears everywhere it's good
I used to live in the rural SW. Yes to prickly pear, esp the fruits. Kids showed me to, wearing gloves or wrapping it in a hand towel: rub the prickly pear fruit or pad piece on a rock, to scrape off the thorns.
i like this guy so far. great presentation. thanks for the info
I remember when I got stung by a jelly fish when I was a kid, people were telling me to me pee on it. I was grossed out by that so I had some vinegar poured on it instead and that made the sting feel better. It is amazing how many of these survival tips are false even though we think that they are true.
I know a guy who used to do mountains rescue and when he or others got hypothermia the first thing they'd do when back to safety is throw them into a freezing bath of water, and they're so cold that it feels warm.
'Better drink my own piss.' -Bear Grylls
I'm pretty sure that Mr. Grylls had "Scary Spice" Mel B. urinate on his jellyfish sting wound in a 2016 episode of Running Wild { en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_Wild_with_Bear_Grylls#Season_3_(2016%E2%80%9317) } . I believe that episode can be found here on CZcams.
Great vid. Informative and great explanations of why they don't work.
Thanks for the video! Definitely all good myths to bust! :)
3:03 Drink cactus juice! It will quench ya! Nothing's quenchier! It's the quenchiest!
Goddammit yes
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I made a 10 hour version of that!
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CGabo Hg @7
CGabo yes!!!1!1!!
Science Hank makes it hard to make good jokes cus he already has the good lines.
Dank Hank YEEEESSSSSS!!!!! MORE HANKSS!!!
MORE HANKS
MORE HANSK!
Good info. Thanks. The vinegar application for jellyfish sting is right-on, by the way. I know from experience.
Always interesting, thanks.
1:58 *a distant voice can be heard*
"Drink cactus juice!! IT'LL QUENCH YA!!"
NOTHINS QUENCHIER ITS THE QUENCHIEST!
My favorite bit of useless but profound advice....
Army arctic survival training
"Don't eat polar bear livers...they're toxic due to high levels of vitamin A"
Alone....in the arctic....the least of my concerns is being killed by a polar bears......liver
But....it seems like a good place to start negotiating
I have to imagibe that there's a story behind that advice.
@@naverilllang why do you think we know that 2 belladonna (deadly nightshade) berries are enough to kill a child? People knew that, but children are stupid and they taste deceptively sweet. Living during the times where you used home remedies (consisting of poisonous plants, the danger being accidental overdose or simply being straight lethal. And most people lacked the knowledge of what plants can actually be used) and or the doctors prescribe you other drugs in lethal form is not the safest environment.
If you've killed a polar bear you have hundreds of pounds of meat. Why would you go straight for the liver?
@@madtabby66 the liver can have a lot of nutrients packed into it since it is one of the main processing areas in our bodies. That basically means it is one of the most nutritious areas in an organism. Of course it is also the easiest area to overdose on nutrients for the same reason.
If you're suffering from extreme hunger, you'd need a lot of quick nutrition. So it would normally be a good idea to go for the liver and other similar areas first, to quickly regain your energy.
Disclaimer: I AM NOT A DOCTOR OR BIOLOGIST
@@TheCoLDKanadian you killed a polar bear
You now have 800 pounds of meat.
But you're worried about running out of food?
My new favorite channel
thanks for clarifying a couple things I questioned myself.
"They still don't taste good"
My ass. Prickly pear buds taste great! Cleaning them is no fun, but they literally sell them in stores, that's how good they taste.
And they make great jelly
Taste delicious its true. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Wtf. Ouch.
Prickly pear punch, cook them Peel them enjoy. throw them in a fire that's the best way to clean them burn off them nasty spines
Like strawberrys and watermelon had a delicious angry baby
For anyone unfamiliar...the fruit is covered in those nasty like jokers that get into your skin like splinters. They are delicious but it’s some damn work getting to the good part.
At the hospitable:
“What did the snake look like?”
Well funny you should ask I actually brought it along with me!
Wanna have a look?”
“No”
Lolll how tf doesn’t this have more thumbs up
This is actually hilarious lmao
A man actually did this. After being bit, he grabbed it, put the snake in a container, drove to the hospital, walked up to the counter, put the container (I think it was a metal bucket) on the counter, and said he was bit by said snake, and told the receptionist "I have the snake right here." No one else was bit, but it was still interesting.
Get bit, kill snake if you can that's the only time you take with you. Some kind of special..
The doctor always tells you to bring your medications because you're too stupid to know what you're taking. I don't see why a snake should be any different. Hard to confused about which snake bit you if it's right there to look at.
Thank you for helping people to stop doing dumb things bc they heard about it one time somewhere.
in ireland, poitin was used to keep warm when working in the winter. while counterintuitive, it could actually help to bring heat to the extremities to be used in work (on the field or in the house), especially since most skin would be covered during the winter in insulating wool or even leather. so while it may overall make you use more heat, if you can make the heat (while working for example), you can actually stay or feel warmer, especially in ur hands n feet. (on a similar note, i get frostbite on my toes much faster when i am sober than when i am drinking!)
Bottles of high % alcohol is common in Norwegian mountain rescue huts. It's great for when you quickly need to do some action, such as starting a fire or making food. It's also extremely useful to have a mouthful when getting out of a warm comfortable sleeping bag in the morning and you plan to do preparations, like collecting water, firewood etc. Not to a point of getting intoxicated though. Was great to learn how it it not useful to keep cold away. A sign of getting to the point of freezing to death, is a comfortable feeling of warmth.
Agreed, and high proof alcohols like rum or absinthe will also reverse the shock condition, allowing blood to flow back into the limbs. Good for getting someone that has gone into shock back to mobility, but not necessarily the best for preserving body heat- a tradeoff you are likely to want to take advantage of in an alpine rescue situation. If all else fails, at least you have something to wash down the taste of the Saint Bernard lol.
Don't listen to this guy, the cactus will quenchya!
It's the quenchiest!
Also you get lots of helpful visions from some of them.
edit:
Dang, he made the avatar reference himself.
I made a 10 hr version
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Just find the peyote cactus. You’ll be sure to have a good time
Did you comment before you finished the video?
Alaskan Psyche clearly
Get to the choppa!
Thanks, SciShow!
Thank you for correcting the misinformation.
Always bring partners when going into the wild in winter. If you get lost give them alcohol before getting in a group hug so the body heat will go from them to you.
hahaha
No, you gotta cut them open and climb inside for warmth. Like a tauntaun.
+Bruce Dunn
But if your companion is that much bigger than you are, how are you supposed to beat them in a fight so you'll be able to do that?
Jascha Bull
All it takes is a sharp rock and the ol' "Hey, look over there" trick and you'll be snuggling in your buddy in no time.
Jascha Bull that's what the alcohol is for.
2. "Don't drink cactus water. You may get kidney stones."
Yeah... if I'm thirsting to death idc.
Says the man whos never had a kidney stone....if you had, dehydration would look like the better way to go. I'm probably not going to have flomax and Percocet in the desert.
@@tinaw.5538 Kidney stones are not worse than death.
The idea is that you worry about living first, *then* after you get back to civilisation, worry about kidney stones.
@Dr. Krieger Yeah... No you wouldn't. Otherwise you would have done yourself in to avoid passing the second one. Key word here is "several."
@@Aliandrin no sense of humor on this one, huh?
Thanks again for showing me how believing myths are dangerous to people who don't research. I wasn't aware of all the effects of drinking cactus water, what happens if you try to use snow as hydration and what can happen if you blindly follow myths. This video taught me something that I didn't know before resulting in me wising as a person to not always believe what I either see or hear. You taught me a lot today, along with others that doing research can help and come a long way.
3:05 "it wont get you high like sokka"
Peyote cactus: "am i a joke to you?"