Survival Tips that Will Kill You (Part 2)

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Komentáře • 526

  • @Sideprojects
    @Sideprojects  Před 3 dny +10

    Thanks to Keeps for sponsoring this video! Head to keeps.com/SIMON to get a special offer. Individual results may vary!

    • @That.Guy.
      @That.Guy. Před 3 dny

      Well i guess there goes my “quick suck it out a snake bit my wiener” pick up line

    • @THE-X-Force
      @THE-X-Force Před 3 dny +2

      Please add chapters to the videos.

    • @hawkeye1776
      @hawkeye1776 Před 3 dny +1

      love your channel....your pompous tone is so endearing now....sounds like an insult, but i love your narration and thorough takes on things. i only say this after watching you weekly for years. thanks to you and your crew of investigators.

    • @deafviolinist
      @deafviolinist Před 3 dny

      art is a bad look.

    • @JonathanDuddy-oq6nv
      @JonathanDuddy-oq6nv Před 3 dny +1

      @deafviolinist yeah, the AI images are awful

  • @sindercalzer1532
    @sindercalzer1532 Před 3 dny +91

    With bears I've always gone by the rules of colors. If it's brown, get down. If it's black, fight back. And if it's white, say good night. Because there's nothing you can do if a polar bear wants to eat you lol.

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 Před 3 dny +13

      Probably because a polar bear's choices/opportunities of a meal are extremely limited, so a live human or (apparently) dead human is still a polar bear's stomach-filling human.

    • @joshjackson6064
      @joshjackson6064 Před 3 dny +26

      And if it's gummy, yummy

    • @kremepye3613
      @kremepye3613 Před 3 dny +3

      Same mantra applies to humans toi

    • @AniwayasSong
      @AniwayasSong Před 3 dny +4

      My .12 Mossy and .44 Magnum- "What, are we jokes to you?"
      ;-)

    • @danidavis7912
      @danidavis7912 Před 3 dny +2

      Not all brown bears are brown and not all black bears are black.

  • @orterves
    @orterves Před 3 dny +19

    8:49 there is no advice available for Australian Drop Bears as no encounter with one has ever resulted in survival

    • @swanclipper
      @swanclipper Před 2 dny

      lol drop bears

    • @novicemoviemaker
      @novicemoviemaker Před 2 dny +1

      Not true. A dollop of Vegemite behind the ears works as a drop bear deterrent. And always walk a few steps behind the tourists in the hope that they get eaten first.

  • @LBJedi
    @LBJedi Před 3 dny +19

    Another thing you can do to orient yourself in a survival situation:
    Put a stick straight up and down in the ground. Place a rock at the end of the stick’s shadow. Wait about a half hour, and place a second rock at the end of the stick’s shadow in its new position. A line you draw between the two rocks will be running West to East.

  • @DesiGalCrochet
    @DesiGalCrochet Před 3 dny +28

    8:38 yay I love that you shouted out @CasualGeographic ! He's incredibly funny as well as informative. And the dude has BARS too! ✊🏾

  • @firstreconboone
    @firstreconboone Před 3 dny +24

    Simon and Casual Geographic in the same video? the youtube gods have truly blessed us this day.

  • @radonato
    @radonato Před 3 dny +47

    SHOUT OUT MAMDOU!
    Casual Geographics rocks

  • @bradlevantis913
    @bradlevantis913 Před 3 dny +35

    That alcohol myth for hypothermia has been such a problem for decades, especially in the marine environment.

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om Před 3 dny +4

      Learned about this during my SCUBA diver training (in 1983)...

    • @dogmaticpyrrhonist543
      @dogmaticpyrrhonist543 Před 3 dny +6

      That there's some people who still believe this is a mystery to me. Anything that fakes the body's "I'm hot" responses is going to drop your core temperature. That's what those responses are for.

    • @stackflow343
      @stackflow343 Před dnem +4

      Yea I never got how anyone who's ever drank during the winter ever believed this. There's a reason everyone starts shivering quicker.

    • @QBCPerdition
      @QBCPerdition Před dnem +1

      ​@stackflow343 besides, what mechanism are they believing is causing warmth? Is the, presumably cold, alcohol undergoing some sort of exothermic reaction inside your body? That sounds unpleasant.

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om Před dnem

      @@QBCPerdition Alcohol dilates the capillaries in the skin, allowing warm blood to flow into the cold skin. That's what makes you feel 'warm', but it really is a death trap.

  • @daxleone
    @daxleone Před 3 dny +76

    I once got lost out in the forest at night. I could not, for the life of me, find my tent. It was summer and warm, so I just lay down to sleep a bit. I woke up a couple hours later right next to my tent. Survival tip: Don't drink whiskey when out camping ... especially at night 😇

    • @EziekKiel
      @EziekKiel Před 3 dny +7

      Yeah, I could see that happening lol! Too bad you didn't get so drunk you could see in the dark!🤣

    • @daxleone
      @daxleone Před 3 dny +3

      @@EziekKiel 😂😂🤣🤣

  • @lauren9667
    @lauren9667 Před 3 dny +14

    Worked out in the Mojave Desert for a while. The desert rattler liked our area in the winter because it was warm (they LOVED the photocopier). We were told that, if bitten, we had 20 minutes to get the antivenom or else. It was ok. The base infirmary at Edward’s AF base was about 20 minutes away - less if you did 100 through the desert. Our rule was no one stays there alone. Then we found out the infirmary closed at 4:30 pm. NO ONE stayed after 4 pm. You don’t mess with venomous snakes. 🐍

  • @PhilBertran
    @PhilBertran Před 3 dny +79

    Playing dead doesn't help you survive the bear attack, it just prepares you for the fact that you will be dead soon and might as well get used to it earlier.

    • @chillindave1357
      @chillindave1357 Před 3 dny +6

      Practice makes Perfect? 😂

    • @spjr99
      @spjr99 Před 3 dny +4

      It can definitely help you survive given context. If you have people near you who can scare off the bear or shoot it, playing dead can give you enough time to survive. If you're alone, no point in playing dead unless you are certain it is a mama bear with cubs. Honestly if a bear jumps me I doubt I would be able to do anything but fight back. Go for their mouth eyes and nose

    • @joemartin9207
      @joemartin9207 Před 3 dny +5

      Playing dead might and I stress might work. If its a brown bear with its cubs, its main priority is eliminating the threat to the cubs. That being said, could be seen as an easy meal😂

    • @roryjames-df3tu
      @roryjames-df3tu Před 3 dny

      HAHAHAHA

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 2 dny +2

      Yeah, but it didn't work for Timothy Treadwell and his girl friend.

  • @DavidBenner-cy4zl
    @DavidBenner-cy4zl Před 3 dny +90

    Last time I tried to suck the venom out the snake kept biting me.

  • @Captain.AmericaV1
    @Captain.AmericaV1 Před 3 dny +33

    *Make sure you bring a Towel!!*

    • @captainspaulding5963
      @captainspaulding5963 Před 3 dny +3

      How do you feel about Vogon poetry? 😂

    • @Captain.AmericaV1
      @Captain.AmericaV1 Před 3 dny +1

      @@captainspaulding5963 great film!! 😂🤣

    • @captainspaulding5963
      @captainspaulding5963 Před 3 dny

      ​@Captain.AmericaV1 absolutely!!

    • @Captain.AmericaV1
      @Captain.AmericaV1 Před 3 dny +1

      @@captainspaulding5963 Stephen Fry was brilliant as the guide

    • @VeneraBerens
      @VeneraBerens Před 3 dny +4

      😂🎉42❤
      I WISH YOU A MOST EPIC EXCITING DAY OF ADVENTURES 🎉😂❤(NOT YELLING ALMOST COMPLETELY BLIND CAPS HELP STAY SAFE)

  • @hanglee5586
    @hanglee5586 Před 3 dny +22

    Bring a. Compass or understand the sun’s direction.

    • @grindcoreninja6527
      @grindcoreninja6527 Před 3 dny +1

      Thanks to the "Red Hot Chili Peppers" I have that shit memorized.

    • @Muropfel
      @Muropfel Před 3 dny +5

      also try to bring a wrist watch or something similar, a clock helps me sometimes discern between morning and afternoon

  • @TheGeoffable
    @TheGeoffable Před 2 dny +4

    There's a few tricks with bears: black/brown bears don't like being surprised, so wearing small bells on your clothing will warn them from a distance. Pepper spray is also useful if they get too close.
    Knowing about their scat/faeces is also useful. Fibrous, not-unpleasant smelling means it's probably from a black/brown bear, while grizzly scat smells strongly of pepper and has lots of little bells in it.
    (No, of course you shouldn't take me seriously...)

  • @maranathaschraag5757
    @maranathaschraag5757 Před 21 hodinou +4

    my brother, when asked by tourists, which way the beach was, would reply that you just had to look at the trees, because trees always lean toward the water. We lived on an island at the time. They rarely made it more than 100 feet before realizing they'd been played. lol

  • @pattonmoore
    @pattonmoore Před 3 dny +13

    "Bad news, Kemo Sabe, the medicine man says you're going to die"...

  • @wesleyfarriss7684
    @wesleyfarriss7684 Před 3 dny +7

    If you’re in the Australian outback and are bitten by a snake, they have extremely well known compression bandage first aid (provided you got bit on an extremity). This is because almost all of their snakes have neurotoxins that don’t generally cause much local tissue damage and so the compression bandage slows the spread of venom in the body and gives you a great deal more opportunity to get your ass to a hospital.
    Now you can’t get away with this first aid in the Americas, Asia, or Africa unless you are enough of an expert to know what bit you and it happens to have a pure neurotoxin that doesn’t cause local tissue damage. This is almost never the case with American snakebite victims because all the venomous snakes except the Coral snake in the US are Vipers - and therefore have at least some myo/cyto-toxic venom in their bite. So, if you get bit in the US, fast-walk your backside to a car and get to a medical facility with antivenin.

  • @AdamtheRed-
    @AdamtheRed- Před 3 dny +31

    6:30 Never every trust anything from an article that refers to snakes as "poisonous". Snakes can be venomous, but they never produce poisons. If a publication cant make that distinction in the title, then they shouldnt be relied upon.

    • @AltonV
      @AltonV Před 3 dny +1

      True.
      However, some are poisonous due to them storing the poison from the prey.

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om Před 3 dny +2

      Rhabdophis keelback snakes are both venomous and poisonous.

    • @AltonV
      @AltonV Před 3 dny

      @@Chris-hx3om they don't produce their own poison which is what he wrote.

    • @myaldeade
      @myaldeade Před 3 dny +2

      Poisonous has to do with ingestion. Venomous has to do with being injected

    • @swanclipper
      @swanclipper Před 2 dny

      @@myaldeade exactly... poison is consumed, venom is injected. you can eat a venomous animal but you should never eat a poisonous one. you can get bitten by a poisonous animal but you should never let a venomous one close enough to get ya.

  • @scottmeredith3359
    @scottmeredith3359 Před 3 dny +31

    Apply the “leaves of three, leave it be” to wild toilet paper choice

    • @SV-je8mg
      @SV-je8mg Před 3 dny +3

      ALWAYS

    • @getsmart3701
      @getsmart3701 Před 3 dny +2

      Leaves of four, eat some more.

    • @dogmaticpyrrhonist543
      @dogmaticpyrrhonist543 Před 3 dny

      I'm usually trying to tell people Australia is a lot safer than they think. Yeah, we got snakes, but good luck finding one. Etc etc. But here I'll just suggest googling "Dendrocnide moroides"

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 2 dny +1

      @@getsmart3701 Leaves of five, stay alive. Leaves of six, pick up sticks. Leaves of seven, go to Heaven. Game over.

  • @roberthummell3701
    @roberthummell3701 Před dnem +4

    Very plainly: Don't wander around alone in the wilderness until you have familiarized yourself with local flora and fauna (plants and critters🤪). And always bring basic survival gear, and let someone know where you are going, and when you'll return! If you can't manage something that simple, stay on your couch and watch CZcams!

  • @Drpepperspray1010
    @Drpepperspray1010 Před 2 dny +3

    That sponsor is hilarious for hiring you to promote a hair product 😂

  • @wlam205
    @wlam205 Před 3 dny +3

    100% here for the Casual Geographic shoutout! 👌👍

  • @SmileyMack
    @SmileyMack Před 3 dny +8

    Bears:
    If its black, fight back.
    If its brown, lie down.
    If its white...good night.

    • @AnnaAnna-uc2ff
      @AnnaAnna-uc2ff Před 3 dny +1

      woah bear

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 2 dny

      @@AnnaAnna-uc2ff If it's a grizzly (nothing rhymes with grizzly - ask Timothy Treadwell).

    • @Esikvend
      @Esikvend Před dnem

      Cool to see that saying goes for bears too 😅

  • @pohldriver
    @pohldriver Před 3 dny +39

    Lost in the middle of nowhere? Walk downhill. Eventually you'll reach water. And, where there's water, there's humans. There's also animals there, including bears, so carry a big stick.

    • @CoffeeLoki67879
      @CoffeeLoki67879 Před 3 dny +6

      "Speak softly and carry a big stick"

    • @wtspman
      @wtspman Před 3 dny +9

      And when you reach water keep walking downstream.
      Entire movies have been ruined for me when the characters are too stupid to figure out that they should be going downhill/downstream to get un-lost.

    • @MDestron2282
      @MDestron2282 Před 3 dny +6

      You'll more than likely just run into more hills. And water can lead directly underground or into a rockface so this is a great example of more bad survival advice.

    • @roryjames-df3tu
      @roryjames-df3tu Před 3 dny +1

      in australia you are not walking far after a Death adder, taipan, king brown, copper haed or a few other of the ten deadleist snakes rips into you.

    • @limhan3209
      @limhan3209 Před 3 dny +3

      ​@@roryjames-df3tu no one was talking about snakes pal

  • @Joe_Dirt82
    @Joe_Dirt82 Před 3 dny +3

    Casual geographic reference! Hell yeah!

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 dny +2

    0:45 - Chapter 1 - Moss always grows on the nort side of a tree
    2:05 - Mid roll ads
    3:25 - Chapter 2 - Wet matches will work if you dry them out
    4:45 - Chapter 3 - You can suck the venom out of a snake bite
    6:50 - Chapter 4 - If you get attacked by a shark, punch it on the nose
    8:20 - Chapter 5 - During a bear attack, you should lie on the ground & play dead
    10:00 - Chapter 6 - Drinking alcohol will help warm you up & stave off hypothermia
    11:35 - Chapter 7 - If you are stranted out in the wilderness & in the need of water, just follow the birds

  • @jasoncallow860
    @jasoncallow860 Před 3 dny +2

    Fortunately, where I live in Sussex, we've eaten all the polar bears, grizzlies and sharks.

  • @maddiethomas5892
    @maddiethomas5892 Před 3 dny +4

    9:22 I will add, (we have encountered black bears often in the New England, USA area), black bears are small and relatively timid... for a bear. They are much likely to run away if you look big and are loud. If it's really hungry and comes after you, a few punches often send them packing... but it IS a bear. You will likely lose if it's hungry enough.

  • @toddavis8151
    @toddavis8151 Před 3 dny +1

    In the Australian outback your best chance would be to find a way to contact the flying doctor, which in itself could be a cool topic for your Mega Projects channel

  • @ImpalerVladTepes
    @ImpalerVladTepes Před dnem +1

    "Look for the Big Dipper or use the compass app"
    If I may: consider bringing a compass.

  • @Jason-fm4my
    @Jason-fm4my Před 3 dny +2

    The nice thing about deadly snake venom is the time it gives you time to reevaluate your choices.

  • @ApothecaryTerry
    @ApothecaryTerry Před 2 dny +1

    To summarise: stay at home, drinking whisky while watching Sideprojects videos that tell you what to avoid just in case survival skills become really necessary.
    The number 1 survival skill though, is the same as it's always been: knowing the location of your nearest supermarket, restaurant or food delivery app 🤣
    Against bears,, there's a much simpler method: never get to a distance where you can no longer hear Sir David Attenborough's commentary. If that happens, you're no longer near the TV and that's always a mistake.

  • @thesjkexperience
    @thesjkexperience Před 3 dny +2

    In the 60s we dipped the kitchen matches in hot wax to waterproof them for camping. Works great as long as the stick isn’t waterlogged.

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 2 dny

      But how do you strike the first match?

    • @thesjkexperience
      @thesjkexperience Před 2 dny

      @@ferociousgumby Off your teeth, at home. You need to be prepared, not have wet matches first. But, many of today’s kitchen matches are not “strike anywhere “ and may not do well dipped in wax.

  • @curtislindsey1736
    @curtislindsey1736 Před 3 dny +4

    I'm in Knoxville, TN and there's literally a black bear in my backyard! 😂

    • @bannankev
      @bannankev Před 3 dny +1

      Been to tenn a couple times and often see black bears 😂 so I do not doubt you been to Gatlinberg and another smaller touristy place. Very beautiful in tenn and the weather is amazing compared to texas 😂

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 2 dny +1

      We had to take our bird feeders down. The bear literally walked on our fence and pushed it over. Then when it was done eating, it leaped up nimbly on an eight-foot fence and strolled away to scope out more feeders.

    • @martinmoot7048
      @martinmoot7048 Před 17 hodinami +1

      Is this a euphemism 😮

    • @curtislindsey1736
      @curtislindsey1736 Před 12 hodinami

      @@martinmoot7048 😂 no there was literally a black bear (the kind that hibernates and shits in the woods) roaming the neighborhood last week.

  • @swaggery
    @swaggery Před 3 dny +3

    For the bear one you have to know whether it's an offensive or defensive attack. If they are protecting their young chances are they will leave you once you are no longer a threat. Another tip for avoiding bear attacks is do not bring a dog with you. Having a dog present will increase the chances you will be attacked.

  • @philiphumphrey1548
    @philiphumphrey1548 Před 3 dny +2

    I remember checking out the one about the moss facing north when I was a kid and it does work, at least in English woods. The bark on the north side of trees is definitely greener than on the south side. It's not very precise, but it is good enough to keep you going in a straight line until you reach the edge of the woods.

    • @Chris-hx3om
      @Chris-hx3om Před 3 dny +2

      Yeah, it's completely wrong where I live (Australia) 😂😂😂😂

  • @MrSmeagolsGhost
    @MrSmeagolsGhost Před 3 hodinami

    Funny thing is, in Australia we get taught in primary school how to make improvised bandages for snake bite and how to wrap the limb to prevent the venom spreading.
    Does my head in they left out the next step, which is apply your snake bandage.

  • @mringasa1848
    @mringasa1848 Před 3 dny

    Love these videos! Keep em coming!
    -
    That whole lie down and play dead thing with bears always cracks me up. I can't help but be reminded of the old Looney Tunes cartoons where the protagonist/antagonist tries to play dead when being chased by a bear, and the bear sniffs them, then buries them to amusing consequences. Pure entertainment gold there.

  • @BigMobe
    @BigMobe Před 3 dny +2

    Bears:
    Brown lay down
    Black fight back
    White good night

  • @andrewramsey4259
    @andrewramsey4259 Před 2 dny

    There is an easy rhyme to remember how to deal with bears. If it's black fight back, if it's brown lie down, and if it's white good night

  • @LunaWingz
    @LunaWingz Před 20 minutami

    The statistics of a shark attack reminds me of that surfer who got attacked by a shark and then got attacked by a lion all on the same day 😂

  • @terrafirma5327
    @terrafirma5327 Před 3 dny +19

    Why is anyone surprised he is using AI images... he loves ChatGPT and adopted it into his family. ChatGPT Whistler is the full name now.

    • @grindcoreninja6527
      @grindcoreninja6527 Před 3 dny +10

      It's a little irritating in my opinion,
      he doesn't write or edit, he uses AI art.
      I hope he pays his contractors well, because all Simon seems particularly good at is reading at an 8th grade level, and he occasionally struggles at that.

    • @terrafirma5327
      @terrafirma5327 Před 3 dny

      @@grindcoreninja6527 that's a fair assessment

    • @RawbeardX
      @RawbeardX Před 3 dny +2

      Pretty sure Simon will use AI as intended and replace all his staff as soon as possible. Creatives are a libertarian's worst nightmare.

    • @terrafirma5327
      @terrafirma5327 Před 3 dny +3

      @@RawbeardX But can the AI roast him as hard as they can? We are all here for the roasts and the writers. I am going to follow them wherever they go, for the excellent writing.

    • @enadegheeghaghe6369
      @enadegheeghaghe6369 Před 3 dny +6

      ​@@grindcoreninja6527if that's your opinion of him, I am forced to wonder why you are even watching or commenting on his videos. Wierd

  • @Metadasius
    @Metadasius Před 3 dny +1

    Thumbs up for plugging casual geographic!

  • @wtspman
    @wtspman Před 3 dny +2

    You don’t need to wait till dark to get your bearings. If you know what time it is, and you can see the sun, you have everything you need.

    • @ApothecaryTerry
      @ApothecaryTerry Před 2 dny

      I feel like a major component of the scenario is that you don't know what time it is - which is also something missed in the video by the phone compass suggestion, since obviously in that case there are a fair number of options even without signal that are basically cheating.

  • @Spooky_Platypus
    @Spooky_Platypus Před 3 dny +8

    Ain’t no persuasion if the bear is Caucasian!
    Polar bears are looking to unsubscribe you from life and put your face on a shirt.
    HELL YEAH FOR THE CASUAL GEOGRAPHIC SHOUT OUT!

  • @orazha
    @orazha Před 2 dny

    I remember, in the '50s, being told what to do if you got a snake bite. I even remember snake bite kits being sold in comic books or other publications geared toward young people. From what I gather, these kits had a razor blade inside a rubber container. So you'd cut a cross on the bite and use the rubber container to suck the blood out. I was more stressed out about what I'd have to do after getting a snake bite than the snake itself.

  • @jrmckim
    @jrmckim Před dnem

    One piece of advice I received in the event of being stranded in a remote, forested area was to follow a stream or river as a means of seeking assistance. The rationale behind this strategy is that human settlements often develop near water sources, increasing the likelihood of encountering civilization by following a watercourse.
    While I cannot definitively confirm the accuracy of this advice, it appears to be a logical approach based on the tendency of human communities to establish near water sources for various practical reasons.

  • @aaronsmith7817
    @aaronsmith7817 Před 14 minutami

    I thought that sitting brandy when you're freezing to death was so that you quit caring that you're dying.

  • @wikyWargaming
    @wikyWargaming Před 3 dny +2

    As a snake parent, chapter 3 was already known. Also, thank you for annotating your AI images!

  • @Andrew-ix6ni
    @Andrew-ix6ni Před 3 dny +2

    Tip number 1, don't listen to someone about survival who couldn't even set up a tent...

  • @Sniperboy5551
    @Sniperboy5551 Před 6 hodinami

    All you have to do to make waterproof matches is light a candle to get some liquid wax and then dip the match head in it. You can always peel the wax off before striking.

  • @kelliesaunders4905
    @kelliesaunders4905 Před dnem

    I LOVE Casual Geographies!! It is the only channel I watch as much as I watch Simon’s videos ❤

  • @alaskansourdough7602
    @alaskansourdough7602 Před 2 dny

    I'm glad you did the bear one and you were spot on with the advice. As someone who does encounter bears often because of where I live, have had them sleep on my porch, I can tell you that they are not that bad to deal with unless it's a polar bear. Most polar bears live in areas where they don't encounter many humans so that is good news. Most bears are more interested in avoiding you than they are in attacking you. Most of the bear maulings I have heard of are results of the bear being surprised and going into defense mode. So if you can best to make noises as your hiking or whatever so the bear knows you are there.

  • @seasonallyferal1439
    @seasonallyferal1439 Před 3 dny +1

    I swear Keeps sponsors Simon so much just for the irony.

  • @angelashoson8900
    @angelashoson8900 Před 13 hodinami

    I just watched the Casual Geographic video on how to survive animal attacks lol I love the shout out to his channel on here.

  • @mwolkove
    @mwolkove Před 3 dny

    Very cool to see you shout out casual geographic! He has an awesome sense of humor and makes very entertaining videos.

  • @darksoul479
    @darksoul479 Před 2 dny

    I didn't realize I know so much about survival. I know every one of these.

  • @danieljones7843
    @danieljones7843 Před 2 dny

    6:43 one thing to properly research, I was told that indigenous Australians when bitten would just go and fall asleep beneath a tree. Granted many would not get back up again but the lower heart rate and therefore slower blood circulation of a person when they are sleeping/relaxed means more chances that the body will be able to process the venom enough for the bite to be survivable.

  • @jacobmoeller5345
    @jacobmoeller5345 Před dnem +1

    How about tips about surviving a sea bear attack?

  • @brandonwise2636
    @brandonwise2636 Před 3 dny +1

    My ol lady has nothing to worry about...she's been refusing to " suck it out " for decades .😢

  • @scottbubb2946
    @scottbubb2946 Před 3 dny

    One thing that always makes me mad is when bears don't abide by the Human-Bear Rules of Conduct. I won't hesitate to take a bear to court for violations of this code.

  • @bakalakastan
    @bakalakastan Před 19 hodinami

    Even as a child I thought the idea of sucking venom out of a wound is absolutely ridiculous.

  • @benm3382
    @benm3382 Před 5 hodinami

    I was walking in a path recently and ran into a small black bear. I didn't have much time to think. I've always been told to stop and back away slowly. But my instinct was to do a U-turn and walk away at the exact same pace I walked toward it. I just felt like the worst thing I could do was to suddenly change my behavior. But I hope not to test that technique out anytime soon

  • @_PITBOY
    @_PITBOY Před dnem

    All outdoor wildlife professionals, enthusiasts and bear experts appreciates that you clarified between responses towards polar, black and Grizzley. Most dont go that far, and it matters.
    * In every case ... pick up children first, then dogs. If your holding a child, let the dog go after the bear or let the bear attack the dog. It may give you time to escape or back away with the child. Priorities.
    * In every case again, talk to the bear so it knows you are human and not a prey animal. This might work on its own, bears know humans are not worth the trouble, they will likely want to just leave. How they respond to this and your follow up behaviour depends on the variety of bear.
    - Yes a polar bear is the hard exception to everything ... with a polar bear its up to the bear if you survive, full stop. They have no fear and you are lunch. Doesnt matter what you do. If you dont have a concrete box, a helicopter or a howitzer, be prepared to fight the good fight, if they dont get bored of you and wander away because they are already full of seal blubber. You cant make the situation better, but you can make it worse.
    - A black; you scream, yell, wave, throw rocks, appear large, aggressive and threatening and obviously fight if necessary. These are the easiest to dissuade, as they have no interest in a meal of your size. More interested in fish, rodents and berries. If you are between a black mom and its cub, grab the nearest weapon or stick and be prepared to fight like its a polar bear, this black will not stop until the threat is over.
    - A Grizz ... yes, cower and hide your parts as much as possible, remain quiet and still, and only fight for your life if you have to ... yelling and being big like a black, will only antagonize a Grizz and make it attack, they can not be frightened. They will only eat you if they are very hungry. A mom will also immediately attack you if you are between it and its cub. It will be instantly angry.
    - A brown ... can be very tricky as there are different kinds, many are just brown coloured black type behaviour bears, so those rules apply, but some others are more aggressive, and people might mistake a Grizzley for a brown and act wrong. Its hard to provide one line of advice for a non Grizzley brown bear, but the default is the same as Grizzley's.
    *If any bear actually attacks, fight back hard, use strike weapons or a gun aimed at the eye or inside the mouth, do not ever stop.

  • @bobthegoat7090
    @bobthegoat7090 Před dnem

    6:25 It is actually best to keep the limb slightly below heart level. Not a lot below, just a little to balance circulation.

  • @christopherhughes-hh2yp

    Simon been hitting them dumbbells

  • @user-vg6ux1xp3h
    @user-vg6ux1xp3h Před 3 dny

    Snake venom usually travels through the lymphatic system and the best way to treat a snake bite is to use a compression bandage. Australian first aid training and we have 19 of the top 20 venomous snakes

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos99 Před 3 dny

    I bought a survival book written by an ex-SAS soldier. I stopped reading it when he said if you're stuck outside for a thunderstorm, lie completely flat on the ground. WRONG! That's the WORST thing to do! If you feel the hair on the back of your neck start to stand up, a lightning strike is imminent. You want to crouch down on the balls of your feet, touching as little of the ground as possible, and put your hands over your ears to shield them from the crack of thunder about to go off.

  • @AGnorTheChannel
    @AGnorTheChannel Před dnem

    When Simon quotes Clint Emerson, maybe listen.

  • @L1vv4n
    @L1vv4n Před 4 hodinami

    Alcohol can help a little in situation of cold, if you drink it like 5-10 minutes before getting to warm shelter. It would increase heat loss, but increase peripheral blood supply reduce damage to skin and fingers. So if you know that source of heat is close (probably you see it) it might be useful, but in any other circumstances it would harm chances of survival in cold.

  • @Murphthemick
    @Murphthemick Před dnem

    To find north. Look for the sun, if its rising to your right go strait, from your left turn around, its easy to get directions from the sun. Although its a vague direction, but its a mich better bet than waiting for nightfall

  • @ericthompson3982
    @ericthompson3982 Před 2 dny

    I always carry the heaviest pepper spray I can when I go out. Even if it doesn't stop an animal, it might give me some important seconds.

  • @Asher0208
    @Asher0208 Před 3 dny +2

    One of the best ways of avoiding a bear attack is moving to Australia. We don’t have them.

  • @dogmaticpyrrhonist543

    OK, Survival tips from survival video games;
    Alcohol keeps you warm.
    Spicey food keeps you warm.
    If chased by a crocodile, jump in the water
    If chased by a large cat like a leopard, climb a tree
    There are stupider ones of course.

  • @Wreckz_Tea
    @Wreckz_Tea Před 3 dny

    You can also tell which way is north just by looking at the sun for a little while and seeing which way it's going

  • @timleber2257
    @timleber2257 Před 2 dny

    Actually good advice for what to when you're lost is to walk downhill. You are more likely to find a stream or river that way and people tend to live near running water. It is not a 100% certain thing as flowing streams also make gorges and waterfalls which are dangerous to traverse and could lead to injuries that will kill you too.

  • @jrmckim
    @jrmckim Před dnem

    There's this thing I read when I was a kid that's been on my mind. It was either in a book or a magazine, and it was set in the early '70s in the Southwest US. There was this young guy who ran out of gas in the desert and managed to survive for almost two weeks by drinking water from his vehicle's radiator. Now, I know antifreeze is super poisonous, so how did he not kick the bucket? Or maybe they didn't use antifreeze back then? Since he was in a region where it hardly ever freezes, I thought it might be possible. What do you think?

  • @SquatchStomper
    @SquatchStomper Před 3 dny +4

    There's a joke about two cowboys and a snake bite

    • @thumpyloudfoot864
      @thumpyloudfoot864 Před 3 dny

      Quick! Don't say it because CZcams will delete your comment, like super fast...

    • @donaldwert7137
      @donaldwert7137 Před 3 dny +1

      "He said you're gonna die."

    • @SquatchStomper
      @SquatchStomper Před 3 dny

      @@donaldwert7137 yes indeed

    • @donaldwert7137
      @donaldwert7137 Před 3 dny +1

      @@SquatchStomper I've always loved that one. It's so... unexpected. And it can be amped up or down, depending on the audience.

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby Před 2 dny

      Was this in Brokeback Mountain?

  • @danieldeaseweitzelwalker

    I'm confident that the chances of being killed by sharks would be so much higher than being killed by vending machines if the same, not very smart people, went up to sharks and began shaking them violently.

  • @michael30736
    @michael30736 Před 2 dny

    I go hunting regularly. Don't count on the compass app on your phone. Carry an actual compass. Also before you go into the woods figure out the direction to the road. If you know the road is east from where you are going you it's a big enough destination that just heading east should get you there. I know there are exceptions. The point is have a plan for when you get turned around because you will get turned around and that's when your battery will die. If you are counting on your phone and the battery dies chances are you don't make it.

  • @truebluemiata
    @truebluemiata Před 2 dny

    Use an analog watch to identify North using the watch hands.(Only works in the middle latitudes.)

  • @libertarian1637
    @libertarian1637 Před 2 dny

    There are such things as strike anywhere matches, they contain the phosphorus mix on the match head itself.

  • @alexhurst3986
    @alexhurst3986 Před 3 dny

    After watching this, the 100% best survival tip. DO NOT leave your house. Last I checked, there are no bears, snakes or sharks in my house, I have plenty of blankets, food, and water.

    • @ApothecaryTerry
      @ApothecaryTerry Před 2 dny

      Thankfully there are none of those things in supermarkets either, since it's still useful to go there. Sure you could just order food but delivery drivers are a little more likely to kill you than going to a supermarket, plus running out of cash within a month because of the prices is a surefire way to be needing real survival skills!

  • @GH0STH0ST
    @GH0STH0ST Před 2 dny

    you dont punch the shark's nose after they attack you. you gently push their nose BEFORE it becomes an issue, to disorient and get it away from you. if its already attacking, you jab it in the eye with your thumb - no large motions required.
    😂 just didnt know the advice properly on that one.

  • @Rocket_Man232
    @Rocket_Man232 Před 3 dny +1

    🔔 It would've been a hoot if you'd left out the picture of a snake (but kept the rest) in the thumbnail! 😅

  • @TheTee5231976
    @TheTee5231976 Před 2 dny

    You can dip the matches in wax to coat them and make them waterproof

  • @darksoul479
    @darksoul479 Před 2 dny

    No one knows for sure how far geese can fly, but we do know that they can fly 1500 miles a day or more.

  • @JessieHTX
    @JessieHTX Před 2 dny

    There are only black bears in my area. You even look in their direction and they run off. I feel like you'd have to steal a cub or something to get them to actually attack.
    Note: Their population died down to nothing here, but we get some who travel from nearby. I don't know if theyd be more aggressive if we were in bear country.

  • @darksoul479
    @darksoul479 Před 2 dny

    They taught us the lesson about alcohol and the cold in the military.

  • @Maxtyur
    @Maxtyur Před 24 minutami

    Maybe try reasoning with the bear? 🐻

  • @DG-jq7il
    @DG-jq7il Před 3 dny

    Your Navy Seal will get folks killed, no, don't attack the shark. Guide it away from you. Sharks are usually inquisitive, and are likely just investigating you... yes,sometimes by biting you. What you should do is stay calm (sharks are attracted to rapid movements and splashing) and try to guide the shark away from you by pushing the bitey part down and away from you, and yes leave the water calmly and as quickly as possible

  • @charisanna4914
    @charisanna4914 Před 2 dny

    I grew up in Thailand... Heard the 'fact' about moss, looked at the jungle, and went, "wut?"

  • @TheJMBon
    @TheJMBon Před 2 dny

    1:51 orrrrr...wait until its close to sunset and the position of the Sun will be West...face that way and now your right side is North.

  • @R0bobb1e
    @R0bobb1e Před 3 dny

    You are the first CZcamsr I've heard use "disorientated", which is corrected, as opposed to "disoriented" which means not pointed "The East" (towards the Orient).

  • @Cysubtor_8vb
    @Cysubtor_8vb Před 2 dny

    As for the moss one, if you know the time of day, couldn't you just go by the sun position? There's also a watch dial trick for a slightly more precise method.

  • @jdecar1
    @jdecar1 Před 3 dny

    If you know you're venturing into bear country, you should be taking a personal defense firearm, and keeping it accessible on your person at all times. This bit of preventive planning will be far more effective than laying face down, ass up, and hoping Mr. Griz won't f' with you. Guns folks. This is an excellent use case for guns.

  • @johnsekhukhune1730
    @johnsekhukhune1730 Před dnem

    Wow Simon, I was looking for more information, on how to extract venom from a snake bite. And all you tell us, is that if we are too far out then were on our own. Wow Simon wow real funny 😂😂. There must be more

  • @chuckbell
    @chuckbell Před 2 dny

    The moss on the north side of trees only applies in the northern hemisphere.

  • @manuelportilla6092
    @manuelportilla6092 Před 3 dny

    Seen sharks break boats with their noses. Don't think they'll care if you punch them.