5 Survival Myths That Will Kill You

Think You Know How To Survive In The Wild? Think Again.

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[glamourgirl]

Also if you are stranded and you luckily see a helicopter fly by try getting its attention by waving BOTH of your arms!!! DO NOT use one arm, that is a signal meaning that you are fine and are just "hiking" or something and they will not help you. USE BOTH ARMS TO WAVE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE RESCUE! With all this is mind everyone stay safe and God bless you:)

[OneSkiWonder]

Remember the rule of 3's. 
You can survive 3 weeks without food.
You can survive 3 days without water.
In extreme environments, you can last 3 hours without water.

Things you need, in the order you need them most:
1: Water (flowing water sources, not stagnant ones)
2: Shelter
3: Food

[TheDrizzyArts]

Damn BuzzFeed, I've been on a "Recommended" marathon for 2 hours+ now.

[Supahh]

Remain calm and seek help for a snake bite? Wow, so dissapointing. You should make the affected area bleed so the poison dosent get to the brain or vital organs. So i guess i got to wait for help when im in alone in a desert.

[SuperOctimusprime]

In my experience the first thing you wanna do in these situations is pick up the phone and call dominos. Now it may be 10-15 minutes before they arrive so make yourself comfortable, got flappy birds on your phone? good use that to pass the time. Now after your pizza you're gonna wanna find shelter. I suggest a good hotel. It'll keep you out of the wind and rain. However a motel will suffice.. 

[quinnphillips]

Although you shouldn't suck the venom out of a snake bite, seeking help wont help. run cool water over it and bandage it. Having a snake bite doesn't mean civilization is near so seeking help wouldn't be anymore of a priority if you had a bite then if not.

[libera]

I'm so glad, I'm never going to need this survival tips

[cannonman]

Well for shelter you would need a roof over your head (from rain and spiders falling from the sky) and the bed would have to be elevated (to protect against cold and snakes [and spiders]) Also one would also need some bug killer, you know, for the spiders

[KOBUN]

Next you'll be telling us that duck and cover is useless in a nuclear attack.

[damaster]

1:18 xDD i first read: "Try peeing on a banana first.." xDDD

[fuckyougoogleplus]

IF you come across a bear, check to see if you are between it and its young. If so, that is your way out. As fast as you can, run to the cub and grab it. You can then use the cub as leverage in a hostage situation to get out of trouble.

[natashahoward]

I'm so sick of people always thinking that food is the first thing they need to find in survival when in reality it's water.

[thesniffysniffy]

how many hours can the body survive without wifi?

[HerculesMays]

In all honesty you SHOULD conserve your water. Rationing it to reasonable extent if your in the middle of nowhere only makes sense. For example, if you end up stranded in the middle of a desert you shouldn't go drinking all your water in one day when it could of lasted 2-3 days and you could still be fine.

[rinad]

This should be renamed, "How to survive the Hunger Games."

[AtarahDerek]

Another survival fact: Three is the universal distress signal. So whatever you use to signal your location and situation, it should be in threes if possible. Got a mirror with a search and rescue aircraft flying overhead? Signal them three times. Have a brightly colored piece of cloth that you can use to make a flag marking your location? Tear it into three pieces and make three flags. Need to write a distress message on the beach you're stranded on? Use debris to build three X's rather than write SOS in the sand. It creates a better, clearer, longer lasting effect, and it's a less calorie consuming task than practicing your penmanship with your foot.

"Thou shalt count to three; no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out!"

[richardpuusaag]

Anyone else having a BuzzFeed watching marathon?

[missym]

Remain calm and seek help...not so easy when your body is swelling from a snake bite. 

[myspaceuser]

Why do even some of us need this? We barely go outside lmao.

[EnderGirlV]

Okay... If im on an island alone and I get bit by a snake i seek for help with no one on the island. Seems legit.