Survivalist Answers Survival Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

Survivalist Donny Dust answers your questions about primitive skills and surviving in the wild from Twitter. How do you start a campfire without any matches? If igloos are made of ice, how do they keep you warm? What is the most nutritious insect to eat? What does it mean to die by exposure? Answers to these questions and many more await—it's Survivalist Support.


Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Josh Bane
Editor: Cory Stevens
Expert: Donny Dust
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production & Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Freddie Ochoa
Sound Mixer: Carlos Hernandez
Production Assistant: Chloe Smith
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward

00:00 Survivalist Support
00:13 Drinking Urine
00:32 No Compass
01:45 Die By Exposure
02:12 How to Make a Knife
03:49 Dental Hygiene
04:41 No Matches, No Lighter
07:07 Beaver Fever
07:36 Grizzly Attack
08:53 4 Types of Knots
10:18 Most Nutritious Insect
11:00 Sharpening Machetes
11:25 Core Four
12:43 Lake Water
13:35 Cleaning Clothes
14:41 Treating Injuries
15:30 Hunting Rabbit
17:00 LifeStraws
17:26 Fish Trap
18:28 Falling Through Ice
19:34 Igloos
20:35 Natural Shelters
21:08 Combatting Loneliness
21:47 Vegetarian Survivalist
22:34 Safest Game
23:06 Only One Item?
23:33 Lost on a Hike


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[TheMattFernandez]

Dude looks like a vendor in a video game who sells you arrows and magic axes.

[jessicafern]

I listened to him like my life depends on it

[taylorh]

"Can you make a knife in nature?" has to be the most insane question I've ever heard earnestly asked lol

[trailcarver]

This mudafuka is smart. I've never seen an expert in this field be both knowledgeable AND concise. He should run a course.

[boopbamboozler]

Never has there been a more fitting background for a guest

[torinkyifh]

These "ask an expert" videos are quite possibly some of the best contnet on Youtube.

[usernamenotavailablee]

I've never seen Donny talk so much for so long. This feels unnatural but satisfying. I love this guy.

[Comicsluvr]

This has been the best no-nonsense video about survival in the wild I have ever seen. No crap, no raving about his own skills, just good information.

[cleverusername]

I'm literally 1 second in and I'm already like "yeah this dude knows exactly 100% wtf he's talking about"
He doesn't survive nature, nature survives him.

[camdenshirey]

is no one concerned how "unstable employee" asked how to sharpen a machete

[thomasdawicki]

Because when you make the ice house shaped, you trick the ice into thinking it is a house and it forgets it needs to be cold. I hope this helped

[Jonathannovak]

Absolutely zero concern for Unstable Employee looking for machete sharpening tips lol

[bullish]

Cool that he looks the part but also clearly knows science, biology, tech, etc. Great guest!

[elgatorado]

I worked with Donny for close to 3 years, maybe more. One of the coolest dudes I've ever had the pleasure of knowing during my time in the military.

[gracel]

The fire demonstration also shows really well how little it takes for a (wild)fire to start. A tiny little piece of ember can light up some dry leaves, they light up some twigs, and bing bang boom the forest is burning down in no time. It's difficult to harness the power of making fire, but it's even more difficult to control fire.

[blastard]

I showed this to a grizzly who attacked me, now he's making knots for hare traps. 10/10 would recommend.

[makatron]

This gotta be top 3 of people that looked the part in this whole series. Got zero doubts this dude knows what he's saying.

[kaze]

I'm not really an "outdoorsy" person and yet I found this entire video extremely interesting and enlightening. It helps that this guy so obviously knows what he's talking about; a true expert in his field. Seriously, he spends most of his free time in the wild, and yet he has to be one of the smartest people I've ever heard speak. I could listen to him talk about this for hours. Truly goes to show, it's not what you do that stands out, it's how well you do it.

[dylanhuculak]

I like to imagine that he actually knows absolutely nothing about survival, but he's so incredibly good at looking the part that he's even convinced nature itself to adhere to his beliefs.

[jasmineray]

Wow, this makes me think of how much knowledge our ancestors had about nature that we've just lost and will never know.