Primitive Technology: Freshwater Prawn Trap

I built a prawn trap from lawyer cane, sticks and vine. Then I caught some prawns and ate them.
Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists of a simple basket with a funnel shaped entrance. Prawns easily find their way into the trap as they are funneled in, but have difficulty finding the way out.
I wove the main body of the trap from lawyer cane then made the funnel from sticks with vines woven between them. The funnel was then inserted in the top of the basket and was complete.
I put the trap in the water under some tree roots without any bait. About 10 minutes later caught the first prawn which I stored in a pot of water. I caught another one and made a fire.
I humanely killed the prawn using the splitting method which destroys the central nervous system (boiling alive is more painful). Then I put them back in the pot with water. I collected some yams that I planted years ago from wild stock and put them in too.
I took 5 hot rocks from the fire and put them in the pot boiling the contents. The prawns turned red after cooking. They were peeled and eaten. The yams were also peeled and eaten.
This method of catching prawns is easy with the only skill needed being basketry. In practice, a long stretch of creek might have several traps collecting food each day without any effort on the part of the fisherman. Bait is not necessary to catch prawns as they will be naturally be drawn to the fish trap out of curiosity. But scraps from previous prawns may be used to bring in new ones (they are cannibalistic) or other fish like eels. The prawn trap is easy to build and can be reused many times.
Edit: I originally called this animal a shrimp when technically it is a freshwater prawn. A prawns segments overlap the ones after it whereas a shrimps second segment overlaps the first and third segment. Shrimp have a distinct bend in the tail. It is definitely not a crayfish however which is basically a freshwater lobster.
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[wickywacky]

No clickbait, no ads, no annoying shit throughout the vid and above all of that educational and very interesting and amusing to watch. This guy is by far one of the best youtubers, keep up the good work!

[matthew]

There's literally no one on youtube who's even come close to making a fire from scratch as skillfully as this guy

[nicolassebastiansarnovalen]

No music, no speak, only what we need, good video.

[paulkersey]

I wish you'd do more stuff with food, while shelter and building material is all well and good, actually getting food on your stone plate is very interesting.

[EffToyz]

Finally our guy is getting something to eat.

[habnurdrehzeug]

Wow...this dude did more in one video than i have ever done in my life

[Randoom]

1 of the only channels that never made a clickbait video. you should be proud.




Thanks for the likes most ive ever gotten

[Phillip.E.Newmann]

Love how sufficient yet respectful this guy is. Harvested the prawn as quickly and humanely as possible. Also made arrowroot flower without killing parent plants. Awesome!

[saults]

I love how John has no fear of letting his fire die. He can make a new one in 45 seconds. Amazing.

[agate_jcg]

I grew up in Hawaii, and we used to trap these guys (with steel mesh traps). It looks like you're sitting by the creek waiting for them to go in by curiosity. We would bait the traps with a piece of coconut or guava and leave them overnight. We'd get lots of prawns in each trap, and it's a lot less work than catching them one by one.

[supramusic]

This guy is a natural YouTuber! He just does everything without saying any word, he never puts on shitty attention seeking intros and then it is entertaining even though it's quiet.

Edit: Wtf? I got a sick amount of likes

[jmain.m]

For those who dont know Primitive Technology, turn on the captions

[iamcornholiothegreat]

Best channel, no talking, no fancy intros and trasitions, no bullshit, just straight up interesting stuff.

[karicowo]

This guy is amazing. He does what he loves and doesnt even monetize his videos. This is what Youtube was meant for, pure entertainment.

[thegreatskinkpriest]

I really wish you would do more cooking and food related video. It’s so interesting to see how different life used to be, especially with food for me.

[TeeMee]

the vines in that shrimp trap are probably going to last longer than the vine app did

[GRSALAD]

Thanks to the people who added captions, they're really helpful for understanding what he's saying.

[whodudle]

These videos are so satisfying to watch.

[edram]

Best bit about his videos is he tells us all we need to know without saying a word.

[jamestrotman]

i rewatch almost all of these until the next one arrives