5 Survival Myths That Could Get You Killed
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2024
- Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? These are common misconceptions when it comes to surviving in the wilderness.
Original reporting by Kevin Loria, Dragan Radovanovic.
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Lesson of the day:
Just stay home
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Nerfus I
nope
Nereusf
If a bear charges, simply decline his credit card :)
12th Level intellect Homerun Chippah!
12th Level intellect XD OML
xcaluhbration Dats not that fawkin funny, I could do betta. If a bear charged at me I'd just fawkin take his arms off, like da bill of rights says. 2nd AMENDMENT JOKE CAWKSUCKAH!!! Tss tss bill of rights, why don't they call it the bill of lefts? Is that like a left handed Billy Burr or sumtin? Pfffft homerun chippahson!
''If a bear charges, simply decline his credit card''
Why would the bear be the one paying if HE'S charging?
If a bear charges, use cash.
Stop trying
As a person who's taken many bear safety courses for jobs and lived in bear country all my life it is not a good idea to ever run away from a bear.They can run faster than any person can. If you see a black bear make yourself look larger by stretching your arms up and if it ignores you slowly back away facing it. If it charges you then you should remain still with your arms up. It is most likely a false charge (runs up to you but stops about 2 ft away) to test if you'd run. If you face away or trip infront of the bear it will see that as an oppertunity to attack. If it pushes on the ground roll on your back and cover your neck. If the bear is trying to kill you and you have no other option but escape,never climb a tree or run on a flat ground instead look for a steep hill to run down once at the bottom run far away. Bears take a few minutes climbing down steep hills and often avoid it. If no hills are near you and it is chasing you your pretty fucked you could try to throw food at it to distract it but at that point it probably isn't hungry and just wants to kill you. Another option is to attack it with a stick or weapon.
But to avoid bear ecounters completely bring bear mace, dogs with bells, or a bear whistle, don't bring that could attract bears and avoid areas with bear scratches in trees and possible bear dens
Nice
Captain Sparky because it is illegal to use a weapon or kill a bear without a license where I live? Also if your just hiking it is pretty ridiculous to bring a gun into a national park instead of just using bear mace
its not illegal when the bear trys to kill u. that would be self defense and im pretty sure thats not illegal. doesnt matter where u live
Just checked and yes it can be illegal to kill a bear out of season even in self defense (in Canada where i live) but if you report to a conservation officer or ranger you can be tried and most likely won't be punished drastically.
Another issue when shooting a bear is if you dont kill it it will might become aggressive in a situation where it was just defending it's territory. Also in certain work areas where you are at risk of encountering a bear like tree planting or firefighting you are not allowed to carry a weapon like a gun. Lastly guns might not kill a bear and can put you at risk but if bear pepper spray almost never fails and is more effective and you dont run the risk of being in trouble with the law.
(ps laws can be and are different in different areas [in the usa it's legal] so it's up but id recommend bear spray instead)
Josh Voelkner does this go for all species of bears like the grizzly and the black bear?
Never under any circumstances should you run from any charging bear. Running may turn a false charge into an actual attack and at any rate, you will never out run a bear.
The general rule-of-thumb is if you're charged by a brown/grizzly bear to drop to the ground, place your hands behind your neck and widen the stance of your legs to make it more difficult for the bear to turn you over. If its a false charge the bear will turn away at the last second. If its a legit charge and its going to attack, youre in the best physical position you can be to protect yourself while playing dead. These bears are usually known to abandon their attack when they've determined you're not a threat (e.g. dead). If they don't stop attacking then fight using whatever weapon you can find. Aim your strikes to the bear's facial area, specifically it's eyes and snout.
If charged by a black bear, make yourself appear taller and yell. If a black bear attacks, playing dead usually won't work. Fight back. Black bears have been known to abandon their attack when it's victim fights back.
You will never outrun a bear unless you're an Olympic runner and happened to be getting attack on a track.
That being said, everything is circumstantial.. if you're attack outside your house that's twenty feet away.. well, I'd be making a run for it. If you're hiking in the smoky mountains, don't run.
what about taking my .45 out and unloading a magazine into the bear? you did not leave this as an option but I feel it would be my safest bet. I have encountered many bears and never had one try to attack me. They usually do the short follow and wander off.
Billy Davis bet usain bolt can outrun a bear
if you're preparing to defend yourself, bear spray is the way to go. Designed for the sole purpose of deterring an angry anything, and it makes a much wider spray greatly increasing your chances of contact. I've heard of bears taking far more devastating 30-06 and .338 win mag rounds and continuing their charge at least temporarily.
Billy Davis Besides bears are faster than humans
Running from a black bear will get you mauled; you don't run from any bear. Play dead for Grizzly Bears, and make yourself seem bigger for Black bears.
what if it doesnt work?
buy some hideous enlarger pump from spam folder in your email.
I was surprised to see few comments like this. If you know anything about wilderness, then you know the NEVER run from any bear because that bear is fast af and it will severely mangle you
True, I've never heard any expert even suggest that you should run from a bear and I don't think any person in the world can.
Not even big cats can fight bears. Imagine humans!
Basically if find yourself in a situation like that then you are totally fucked
a bear is too fast for an average human doe
brocklanders1984 but what if you are in this situation and you aren't the average human 🤔 guess you live to tell the tale?
What if you find a shark, you ain't outswimming a shark in the middle of the fucking ocean unless it's a special ed shark
Sombra really?? Seriously? Special ed shark? That was an incredibly ignorant argument.
I think the joke went over your head. Someone said you should run, but if you find a shark in the ocean, there is no way you're swimming faster than it. I said the only way to do it was if the shark was in Special Education, because the internet views people in Special Education as stupid, and only a stupid shark would either miss a prey/threat/whatever it sees the human as that causes it to attack it in plain sight or swim in such an innefective way that a human (a creature whose hands and feet were not made for specialized swimming) is able to outspeed it (a creature that has fins and lives in the water, therefore being able to easily manuever underwater). Got my argument now?
Bear attack advice:
If it's black, fight back
If it's brown, lay down
If it's white, say goodnight
Cool
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@John wick Hug It, And Give It Some Honey
John wick *looks at winnie the pooh plush*
*grabs honey*
A magical place where you never get harmed a magical place with magical charms
....indoors indoors INDOOOOOOOOOOOORS
WOW THAT WAS SO BEATIFUL *wipes off a tear*
FireWolfu
wipes off a bear* FTFY
no friends no friends NO FRIENDSSSSS
I sang they exactly how spongebob did
Don't forget our friend spiders they can come in☺
I'm sorry, if a fucking big ass great white shark attacks you, you are dead AF..
Lmao ikr ..with such blinding speed u ptobally lost an arm or leg already..n most likely u won't see shi.t with the water splashing up..I think there talking about small ass sharks lol
Not neccisarily true there's a great white shark attack about every couple years here in Oregon. Sometimes more ,and there's yet to be a fatallity.
Knock on wood.
Don't go in the water. Problem avoided.
That's no fun.
what do i do when i encounter an angry platypus though?
Deandre Chitay you call it by its name which is Perry
+Zed The Master of Shadows Be sure to save some pussy for the rest of us
kick it? they aint very fast on land :p
U need ninja skills cause you might interfere perry the platypus
Deandre Chitay you're straight up fucked!
if the bears chase you...call your homie winneh the poo
"Bear pepper spray is a good idea." Bro i'm going hiking at a creek, not living in the woods like bear grylls.
Okay, I don't see how you can outrun a bear because they are fast as hell
Ibrahim Chakir or climb a tree and pray
bears climb trees
Oh, I know that story.. It later turned out that the bear was a gay in disguise. I bet he didnt tell you that part :v
U don't have to outrun the bear in a 100 metre track. U are the runner, u have the advantage of changing directions and planning in advance where u have to go. Bears have large bodies so they will abandon the chase once u start changing direction rapidly. I have seen that many times where I come from.
KARTIKEYA007 oh, that is similar to crocodiles. Crocodiles are very fast but turn VERY slowly so zigzagging is the best escape strategy.
now I can fight jaws
si yoi *jumps into Atlantic ocean* Yaaaaaaaaah
i would rather die than touch eyes
*i know i'm stupid*
what did the jews do to you
I see my mistake
lol... I read this and my brain said "jews." XD
I'm sorry but there's NO WAY YOU'LL FIND ME LAYING DOWN WHEN I SEE A BEAR CHARGING ME, NOPE I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES WITH RUNNING, MY BODY WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME MAKE A DECISION LIKE THAT
mcrews44 lmao so true
Well then you would die, it's a lot faster then you and if you run it will see you as lunch so don't run from a bear
that's how a prey's brain is constructed, and this is the reason they get eaten alive.
Depending on the species, bears can run in short bursts of 30-40 MPH meaning that a bear will always outrun you. If you are being mauled and attacked by one, make no noise and play dead, otherwise it will keep mauling you, and then your fucked
Bears are much faster than humans though, you'd definitely die.
How many people do you know would fight a bear or shark??
Dani F some people get stuck in those situations
Dani F uh almost every person in Russia
Dani F ernest hemingway
Ivan I agree ....... i totally can see Fearless Russians beating the crap out of sharks and bears
If u can fight great white shark...
How about megalode?
If a shark attacks you just play dead... on land... after escaping it.
Lol savage..!!
if a shark attacks you it will eat you ayway because it's hungry so playing dead will even make it think your death is going to be peaceful
use the spray!!
You confront it (don't try to turn your back and swim away), open your arms and make yourself look big, the shark will not attack because in his mind he will think he cannot swallow you
How will #4 get me killed?
OverLordGoldDragon Getting more lost in the forest and die..
Dildo
+JoMomma239 I think you meant "ditto."
Nope, I meant dildo. Thank you though.
JoMomma239 Oh my bad.
Yeah.. if i'm in this situation..
i'll Forget everything this video told me..
Me too probably
I love how he said "sometimes". Encountering a bear is very dangerous, and you're most likely going to get mauled. "Playing dead" "Tip toeing away" "Making yourself look bigger" and that nifty "bear spray" is not a 100% solution. Read the situation carefully, act cautiously, remember these "tips"('cause they help, but they don't solve your problem), and hope for the best!
ye like im going to lie right in front of the bear in a flight or fight situation
Pharsyde if you try to fight or run from a grizzly, you're dead.
And lying on the ground whilst it mauls you to death is a much better approach
LewisOhhh there's a man that survived doing this but he got fucked up hard tho
bring a gun, kill the bear, cover up the bullet hole, grab a stick and shove it through the eye into the brain, then take pictures and brag on social media about how you killed that bear with a stick.
???
Profit.
Pharsyde ok here are the codes for bears.
Grizzly, play dead
Black, fight back
Polar, say good night before u ded bruh
pff, don't make me laugh, if a shark attacks you the best thing you have left to do is to fucking pray.
Agree. When shark attacks, there is absolutely nothing to do at that point. You could try to claw at its eye if it makes you feel better when you're dying.
Clawing at its eye probably increases your chances of surviving versus praying so...
Dude, it's like saying "when a lion or a bear attacks you, try to go for the eyes". Did that advice ever save anyone? No, you know what? Scratch that. It way worst cause if you encounter a shark then you must be in fucking water where the shark outclasses you in every single possible way. Save intelligence maybe. Now, that's an idea, try to claw the shark's eyes with your brain.
...So you're saying in any scenario where an apex predator is attacking you to just let it maul you?
Sharks of all species and sizes hate prey that fight back, it is as simple as biting its nose if underwater or punching it in the eyes your being dragged while on the surface. Sharks also prefer meatier prey so your more likely to have a shark bump into you to test how fat you are than it attacking. Plus majority of shark attack cases involve the shark just having a taste before letting go of the victim.
You will never out run a bear and punching a shark has saved many lives
6 weeks without food; can I even survive 6 hours
How about 5 million years without food can you do?
WhiteTigerDinosaur You'd be a skeleton
Germio and maybe disintegrated
My tip when u encounter a bear:
Try to look like a sexy female bear. I mean bears have poor eyesight...
What if the bear is female? ;)
They have a great sense of smell, soooo....
Everyone: ahhh! it's a shark I should attack it !
Me: you just have to tame it everyone
Guess.. this may increase the problem other way around 😜
yeah because i just have some bear pepper spray under my bed no big deal
fiske lol
Myth 10: Half of these won't work and you're totally dead
This animation was absolutely hilarious for some reason. Especially the bear charging at you (and the bear with underwear lol) + the music. Very informative as well though, thanks :)
If you want to learn more about how to survive, read this book called "Don't Get Eaten" by Dave Smith
I don't see how thinking moss is on the north side of a tree gets you killed.
Because you would walk in the wrong direction, away from civilization
1)Hold the limb below or close to the heart level for the poison to prevent from reaching the heart or get to the hospital as soon as possible
3)Another survival tip is that we can bring food
5)Some sharks if punch and nose work
I think I will go on a marathon of videos like that. Even if those situations are very unlikely to happen in my life, I can still brag on my knowledge :D
How to survive a video on UA-cam with incorrect information: exit!!!
Robbie Clipperton it may our mind that's invorrect
The thing about sucking out snake venom never made any sense for me, not even when I was child.
I mean, if you got the smallest notion of how venom works (that is, that it's injected into the bloodstream), then common sense alone should tell you trying to suck it out is simply impossible.
Yeah you can always try it
Thanks sir
Thanks for the info.
1:02 so your being racist between a brown bear and a black bear?
Polar bears are superior
MonkeysAreLyfe youre so fucking dumb
MonkeysAreLyfe and don't say the r word
Then how much privlage does a polar bear have?
(If you unintelligent people would have known, this was a bad joke)
😂😂😂😭😭
I'd rather have venom in my mouth than bloodstream
so...you're a spitter?
Good Content. New Subscriber. I have a question, Why is this channel called tech insider? what's with the tech?
Great video.
Poison and venom are two completely different things.. This video is a joke
if you play dead when a grizzly bear attack's you won't he try to eat you still?
Sometimes - yes if it is a predatory rather than defensive attack. If you surprise the bear and especially if it has cubs it is more likely a defensive attack. If the bear follows or attacks your tent it is most likely a predatory attack in which you should not play dead but fight for all you are worth.
The logic behind it is that if it does attack, you're fucked. So your best option is to protect your head and neck. My dad knows a guy who survived this way. One of his arms was broken and he was ripped all to hell, but he managed to weather it out and get to a hospital.
Very interesting!
I love the animation 😊 Especially the black bear running, haha!
thnx
u just saved my day
wont do any of those mentioned things in my life
Just one simple question, why do parents put backpacks on their kids in bear country, then fill them up with sacks.
If you ask then you don't have kids...;)
Night Hiker did you mean snacks?
Night Hiker Look in the vid, when they ever encounter a brown bear or grizzly, they (if all else fails) are forced to play dead and curl up. Backpack keeps them safe from bears claws when they touch them with curiosity. Something like that, check our Brave Wilderness
I love it how nearly all of these are wrong?😂
this is so Informational.
Yeah, good luck outrunning a bear.
Now how can I survive my dad's leather belt
LMAO. I remember when my step dad used to beat the crap outta me. Thank God my mom got a divorce and I can (almost) live peacefully with my 2 brothers and my mom (it's hard being the only girl.)
CallmehKatrina ฅ'ω'ฅ That's why you need a nice guy like me /niceguys
I don't know what to believe some videos say to do this and some say don't it could kill you
My grandfather lives near a forest in Maryland. He told me, when I was little, that hikers should always carry pepper spray and wear little bells when they hike in bear country.
How do you know that you're in bear country?
Check for droppings. They smell like pepper and have little bells in them.
I wonder if they have a Mcdonalds in the woods?
If you have to watch a youtube video for this advice, dont try any of it!
i like how he is walking under water like he is walking on a sidewalk lol
awesome!
The odds of surviving a shark attack are slim
The odds of even being attacked by a shark are worse than dying to your toilet. Not kidding.
if a bear charges ,simply decline his credit card
Thankd for da tips
Here's advice from the National Park Service: www.nps.gov/subjects/bears/safety.htm . Note that it says there is no single strategy that works in every situation. I have encountered bears before, and I found that walking away slowly and calmly worked. But as the Park Service says, there is no guarantee of safety.
we need to growl if a bear arrives
The black bear one is also false. Not even Usain Bolt can outrun a bear and bears are extremely good at climbing trees so that's useless as well. With a black bear you're basically fucked.
Why is this channel called Tech Insider but there's very little about tech here? And why am I subbed? And why can't I stop myself watching these videos? :-/
I like how its a video of myths that can get you killed while in this video their answer for bears is actually a myth that can also get you killed.
Easiest way to survive bear attacks: Bring a gun
ReturnTrip Or don't be an idiot and try to run or fight it
ReturnTrip True
Sing baby baby at the top of ur lungs
when a bear charges you're dead.
Unless you're an assassin "Gamers will understand"
Gamerbooy_36 nope
Gamerbooy_36 I understand
SwapSwapFell Sans oke tell me biatch!
Mas Crasy nah I am kidding XD
Name of the music used?
Does anyone know the name of the musical theme?
Of course the black bears are more dangerous xD
No they aren't
no they aren't. you can't outrun or fight a grizzly but you can however fight and run from a black bear because black bears are easily spooked
Dino Zoid it's a joke
Dino Zoid "black bears are easily spooked"! 🤣🤣 you sneaky douche!
Do you see the world in wide screen?
Know the difference between venom and poison next time (regards from a 11 year old).
ok i see they edited they snake poison to be snake venom you aint fooling me
whats this song
N°1) First off, venom, uncontrary to poison, needs to be injected into the bloodstream to carry it's effect but it's impotent when ingested into the mouth straight to his way into the stomach (excepted when wounds are present in the mouth.)
Second off, since the bloodstream is connected to the whole body through the heart, once venom is injected by biting it is impossible to prevent it from further progressing into the body as long as the heart beat. The only theoretical method of "protecting" yourself from a venom bite would be by using a piece of cloth or anything that could be used as a belt to be tightened around the base of the affected limb, as to shut down the blood circulation and thus stopping the venom from spreading. And i emphasize the term "theoretical method" because, at best, you got a couple of second to carry that out and, in the heat of the moment, when you've got a creature with sharp long fangs biting deep into your flesh, rationnal survival thinking becomes pretty much a foreign concept.
N°5) Sharks are fishs. And like any fish, they suffocate when air is blowing into their gil - it is akin for humans to having water poured into their lungs. Though dangerous and difficult to pull out, it is more practical than clawing at it with human nails which would simply result in making it even madder.
Also, despite being predators, Sharks are not overly aggressive creatures. They're "professionnal" hunters : they'll first look forward to ascertain the nature of the objects in their vicinity, differenciating living things from objects, animated or not, before going on the attack. Sharks have bad eyesight and relies more on heir sense of smell and touch to find out preys. The nose in particular is a very sensible part of their anatomy that acts like a second tongue, probbing the thing they hit it with as to differenciate what they can eat from what they cannot when they find something that doesn't move in the water, like we'd use a stick to see if something is dead by poking it. That is why, though you could send a rubber ring/life preserver in at a location filled with Sharks in unturbulated waters, they'll never attempt to eat it because they'll find out that it doesn't move and it's texture isn't flesh. As such, if you spot a Shark away from you, *do not make any sudden move* and instead try to take out everything and anything metallical and/or artificial upon you, as slowly as possible, and hold it in front of the Shark's nose for it to sense it, but also take EXTRA care as not a single part of your flesh touches it (otherwise you're as good as dead.) IF done correctly (i insist on the "IF") the Shark will take you for an inanimated object and not potential food and will simply be swimming away from you.
And before someone replies me with comments of the likes of _"that doesn't sound like those methods are very reliable at all"_ , i'll answer : who, in their right fucking mind, would either go into a forest trip filled with venomous creatures *_without_* any form of proper medical preparation, or go swimming at sea *_without_* consulting the local rescuers' bulletin to see if there's any danger they should know about and/or be looking for before going !?
When people make pointless videos...seriously these are no myths
There are no myths? What?
THESE are no myths
I don't understand what you're saying. Are you saying these are not myths? Because they are... i've heard them before....
Yes they are. I'd heard all but the moss one
But...I've heard these all before ? On numerous occasions.
Interesting!
I have read that "playing dead" when face with a grizzly bear only works when actually being attack and just falling down would have little effect. But running won't work but backing away, nose, and large numbers will deter a bear.
I saw one of these technique in brave wilderness (especially myth #2)
what's the music?
For the snake venom thin some people first coat their mouth with Olive oil so does that help?
oh and by the way tech insider YOU JUST EARNED YOURSELF A PROBABLY LOYAL SUBSCRIBER I HOPE YOU READ THIS!!!!
nice channel
Thanks for the advice. Now how do you stop a angry koala again??
Nice info! But they forgot to add the "draw a circle to get rid of the sea-bear" it worked! But it attracts sea-rhinos
Who did they get the shark advice from??? LOL
John Mayer: "Like punching underwater, you can never hit who you're trying for."
Dwight Schrute: "The eyes are the groin of the face."
I subscribed
So is no one going to mention how lit the music was?
omg thank you I have been attacked by moss multiple times and i didn't know what to do.
What kind of music is this?
And advice on polar and cartesian bears?
These may have been cartoons but the second that shark popped on screen I was TRIGGERED.
Knew all but the shark... good tip!
what about preventative measures for sea bears and sea rhinos?
If you get lost in the woods or any other secluded area remember the rule of fours
On average, you can last about:
4 minutes without air (ability to breath)
4 hours without heat (shelter and fire)
4 days without water (fresh drinking supply)
4 weeks without food (fresh and edible food)
When I heard the moss one as a kid I was like "sure, and hedgehogs will grown unicorn horns"
For a snake bite its best to encourage bleeding, or to use a form of tourniquet to prevent the poison from spreading from the site where you were bitten. A snake bite is also much more likely to inject the venom intramuscularly, not intravenously so it is not going straight into the blood stream. Holding you hand close to, or below heart level is going to do jack sh*t. Your feet being below your heart doesn't stop blood from flowing all the way back up, so it wont work with your hands either. Avoiding raising your heart rate will reduce spreading though, which might be difficult because you're probably panicking about being bitten by a snake.
People have told me the moss one, but i never believed them. I saw a tree with moss covering the entire trunk
1:18 do not try to RUN they can run up to 30 miles per hour and they like the cardio as well as climbing tress so don’t do that either. Wave you hands and yell to assert dominance if it howls back don’t flinch keep going make yourself bigger. And don’t look at Its eyes if it does attack you and doesn’t back out aim for its eyes and snout don’t punch it their claws are better weapons use anything you have to get and advantage
There , some facts that I don't even use .
I stay home lmao
sorry for my ignorance, but it is six weeks, or six days?
when in the wilderness, food is very important; without food you are left without energy, without energy all you can really do is sit around awaiting starvation. Food is actually a bit more important than water.
For the first one about snake venom, all it could do is give the wound an infection. It actually wouldn't matter if the venom got in your mouths. This is because venom has to enter the blood stream to do anything. So just ingesting it wouldn't do anything.