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Desert Island General Survival 

300 Days alone… – The Movie

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it was only upon my arrival at the Geneva Airport that I realized it was over. over there it was difficult physically but mostly psychologically and if I had to do it again well… I don’t think I would. in September 2008 I left Switzerland and it’s comfort to spend 10 months alone in the archipelago of Tonga in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to live, I brought with me a machete and my swiss knife I also had a medical kit satellite phone, solar panel and battery to…

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Desert Island General Survival 

Desert Island Survival Shelter | THE FIRST FEMALE CASTAWAY (2 of 6)

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where exactly are you going to sleep? This are you gonna make a shelter? No, no shelter just… …just sleep Like this.. No… Yes Shelter… …tree is the shelter The tree is the shelter? So no rain coming? No… ..no problem… I can sleep I see… But if big rain? …maybe is 2 days raining… Big rain? if… …a big rain… …I should… I don´t know… …but… …I think in… …that time… I don’t… …think.. now Ok You just… …improvise something Improvai? You just thing something… …when the rain coming……

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General Survival 

Stuck on a Deserted Island in The Middle of a City With Only Garbage to Help Him Survive

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Welcome back to Movie Recaps. Today I will show you a comedy, drama film from 2009, titled Castaway on the Moon. Spoilers ahead! Watch out and take care. In the city of Seoul, Kim Seong-Geun is having a bad time. He has lost his job, his girlfriend broke up with him, and he’s drowning in debt, so he decides to jump into the river. However, instead of dying, he ends up washing ashore on a coast near the city. Seeing as drowning didn’t work, he thinks it’ll be more effective…

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Desert Island General Survival 

How to Survive Being Stranded on a Deserted Island, According to Science

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So, you’re stranded on a deserted island, no fast food or coffee within reach. Do you have a pet volleyball like Tom Hanks had Wilson? Do you imagine that living creatures are food, like in cartoons? How will you approach the physical and mental demands of being all alone, and without the modern comforts of home? How do you endure being stranded on a deserted island? Well, here’s how you survive, Hey, don’t try to wing it. You’d be best to borrow a tip from the Boy Scouts. They use…

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How to Survive Arachnophobia

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An old cabin in the woods. Cozy, and wait. What is that? Is that a spider? Agh. The walls are covered with huge spiders. Your quiet retreat is now the perfect setting for a horror movie. Fear paralyzes your body, you can feel their creeping legs crawling all across your skin. Your chest starts to hurt. You’re choking. Arachnophobia is an anxiety disorder that affects more than 420 million people around the world. That’s more than 6% of the global population. If you’re affected by this phobia, you can experience…

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How to Survive the Most Dangerous Snake Bites

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The sharp, piercing pain came from out of nowhere. Your throat tightens as you stare down your attacker. The World Health Organization says snakes bite about five million people annually, causing 81,000 to 138,000 deaths. Your best chance of surviving these fatal bites is with antivenom, but you would need to identify what your potential killer is. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back. Here is our list of the top five deadliest snake bites. Knowing your enemy can help you survive. To avoid snake bites, be especially careful in places…

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What If You Got Caught in a Giant Spider Web?

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Do you hate spiders? “Oh, little babies coming out of it!” “Ahhh!” “Ahh, look at them.” Their legs, their eyes, and, oh man, their webs. Well, it turns out that they don’t like you much either. Imagine that you’ve stumbled into the belly of the beast, and now you’re trapped in the sticky, horrifying webs of a giant spider. It looks like you’ve gotten yourself into a sticky situation. Spiders’ webs are not something to take lightly. Especially if you’re caught in one. Each strand of spider silk is 1,000…

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How to Survive an Anaconda Attack

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Hearing someone scream “snake!” can cause people to panic. And when you’re in the shallow, murky rivers of South America, home to the deadly anaconda, you realize this is not a garden snake coming towards you. It’s a green anaconda. These are not small snakes. It’s often said that green anacondas can grow up to 9 m in length (30 ft,) and they can weigh as much as 225 kg (550 lb). Anacondas’ prey ranges from 10% of their body weight all the way up to 146%. So, humans are…

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General Survival Navigation 

Map and Compass (Simplified)

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Welcome to corporals corner today, we’re going to talk about basic land navigation using a map and compass so stick around Last time we talked about land navigation. We kept it simple and discussed the basics using a Suunto mc2 So I thought today why not continue that discussion and keep it simple – a quick review I’m going through a topographical map into that equation So here we have our basic Suunto MC to start here at the top we have our signal and sighting mirror It can be…

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How To Survive A Snake Bite

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(rattlesnake rattles) [Narrator] Uh oh, you’ve just been bitten by a snake. So, what do you do now? [Indiana Jones] Snakes, why’d it have to be snakes? [Narrator] There are about 3,000 different species of snakes in the world, both venomous and non-venomous. While they can be deadly, most snakes are only likely to bite you in self defense. Frank Burbrink studies snakes at the American Museum of Natural History. [Burbrink] The most venomous snake in the world is the inland taipan from Australia. But it really doesn’t envenomate that…

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