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How to Survive a Cobra Encounter - EDUCATIONAL

How to Survive a Cobra Attack 

Surviving a cobra attack can be a real squeeze. This will be a shorter post, but very informative.

To begin, we will make a list of things you can do if you see one.

• Back away if you see a cobra in the grass. They usually warn by rearing up before they strike

Wear tall boots and large socks. This may help deflect the bite.

• Be careful when hiking in tall grass and around rocks. These are prime sunning spots for the snake.

Now it's time for some fun facts!

• Cobras only inhabit Indonesia, Australia, and some of South America
• Their venom can kill within fifteen minutes
• Their neck bares out as a warning sign, so watch for it

Now, the only thing you can do if you do get bitten is stay calm. A pounding heart spreads the venom. Send another person for help.

Rabies-Infected Dog Info

Rabid Dogs

Rabid dogs are extremely dangerous. Heck, anything with Rabies is dangerous. To survive a dog attack, you'll need a taser, some dog spray, and a whacking stick.

Interesting Facts About Rabies

When dealing with a rabid dog, all you can do is not let it bite you. People who are infected by Rabies usually die. Some parents and grandparents have been known to chain themselves to a tree to defend their children or grandchildren from them after they go mad.

That is, if they can't reach a hospital in time.

Science Special - Human Skeleton

Human Skeleton

How to Hunt Deer with Bow & Arrow

Bow Hunting

Bow hunting is fun and exciting; not to mention quiet enough to not scare the rest of the herd away. If you want t hunt deer, this is the place to learn. It is quick and painless if you hit them in the eye, but quieter than guns.

Finding and Killing Your Prey

To begin, you must find your prey. If you live in the Appalachian Mountains, this will come easy. There are plenty of deer and game to catch. Scout out a deer or a deer herd.

Aim for the eye or the heart, and make sure your aim is precise; then fire.

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How to Build a Shelter From Natural Resources (Re-Run)

SHELTERS

In any survival case, a shelter will be the main thing. Shelters protect you from wind, rain, heat, cold, and animals. Here we will demonstrating how to build one.

Building Your Shelter

This is the frame shelter. I will show you how.

Tie cordage between two trees very tight. This holds the shelter. Next, drape your tarp over the cords and secure the bottoms with rocks to the shape of an A.

Then, place whatever bedding you want for warmth.

Any evergreen like pine or spruce should do (you can also make tea with them).

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Komodo Dragon Special

Komodo Dragon Info

Komodo dragons (also known as Komodo monitors) are a species of lizard found mostly in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang.

They are a member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae. They are the largest species of lizard, and can grow to 3 metres (10 ft).

Their unusual size has been attributed to island gigantism, since no other carnivore animals fill the niche on the islands of which they live. 

As a result of their size, they dominate the ecosystems where they live.

The lizards ambush and attack their prey using strategy, and bite with poison bacteria inside their mouth.

This bacteria can kill animals and humans, even, if bitten. It works slowly, but a pounding heart spreads the venom. Stay calm and go for help.

Mating Season Info

Mating begins between May, and August, and the eggs are laid in September. 20 or less eggs will be laid and abandoned in a megapode nests, or self-dug nesting spots.

The eggs are incubated for 7-8 months before hatching. They hatch in April, when insects are buzzing about. Plenty of food for the young monitor lizards. Young Komodo dragons are vulnerable, and live in trees. Safe from most predators.

They take 8-9 years to mature, and can live up to 30 years if not killed before then.

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How to Survive an Alligator Attack - EDUCATIONAL

Alligator Attacks

In the unusual event that you find yourself in the jaws of a gator, you will need to fight back hard. In this post, we will show you how to survive the attack of an alligator.

How to Survive a Gator Attack

It is very rare for an alligator to come out of its water and attack, but you will still need to know how to get them away just in case.

• Run

Don't try to go around. Alligators will attack humans entering their territory. Run away quickly.

• Fight

If an alligator grabs you, dig fingers into its eyes. Punch, kick in all directions. You just need to get away.

• Smack its nose

Their snout is very tender. If you hit it hard enough, you may not get torn apart.

If the gator lets go, but grabs you by the ankle, thrash your foot around. This may make it let go of you.

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How to Survive a Tornado - EDUCATIONAL

How to Survive

If you want to make it through a tornado, you have to be ready. Watch weather reports on FOX News, CNN, and WYMT. Also, if you know a bad storm is coming, get ready by getting stuff like:

• A flaslight and batteries
• Generator and 3 cans of gasoline
• Battery-powered lanterns
• Bottled water and lots of food. Poptarts, candy bars, stuff like that

Places to go during a bad storm can include:

• Basement
• Tornado cellar
• Bathtub

Bathtub may sound a little weird, but that's what you're supposed to do. If you can, drive to a house who has a basement if you don't.

Guys, this was a short post, but I'm busy and I don't have time to really brainstorm. My apologies.

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How to Build a Shelter From Natural Resources

Shelters

In any survival case, a shelter will be the main thing. Shelters protect you from wind, rain, heat, cold, and animals. Here we will demonstrating how to build one.

Building Your Shelter

This is the frame shelter. I will show you how.

Tie cordage between two trees very tight. This holds the shelter. Next, drape your tarp over the cords and secure the bottoms with rocks to the shape of an A.

Then, place whatever bedding you want for warmth.

Any evergreen like pine or spruce should do (you can also make tea with them).

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Bear Survival Guide - EDUCATIONAL

Bears

Bears are not normally aggressive unless you mess with their young, or they're just hungry. If they do attack, it's because of one of those. Here we will show you how to survive a bear attack.

How to Survive

How to handle the bear depends on what kind it is, grizzly bear or black bear.

Grizzly Bear Survival Guide

• Carry pepper spray

Hikers in bear country should always carry pepper spray.

• Don't run

This makes bears think you're prey. Stand your ground.

• Drop to the ground and cover your neck

If the pepper spray doesn't work, this is your last defense. Hit the ground and curl up in a fetal position

• Play dead

Grizzlies will not attack if they feel there is no longer a threat. Play dead for a while longer after it leaves. Grizzlies have been known to wait around and see if you will get back up.

Black Bear Survival Guide

• Carry pepper spray

Same with the grizzly, this works like a charm.

• Stand your ground and make noise

Black bears often bluff charge. Show them you're not afraid and they may not attack you.

• Don't climb 

Black bears are excellent climbers, and could come up after you.

• Fight 

If the black bear really comes at you dig fingers into its eyes, punch, kick, anything make it drop you.

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Getting Water & Finding Food

Getting Fresh Water & How to Filter it Unfresh

As we all know, the human body cannot survive for more than three days without water. It is essential to have it. Here I will show you how to filter water, and how to know if it's already fresh.

Method #1 For Water

Streams like this have fresh water because they come out of the ground. Fill a water bottle up and take it with you.

Method #2 For Water

Filter your muddy water source through a backpack or shirt. Dip it in and hold your water bottle under it. The water will come out clean.

Finding Food

Take a long stick and a vine. Tie the vine around the stick's tip. (Note) the vine must be ten inches or more to reach far enough. Take a brier and  dig a hole in the end of your new line.

Do this until the brier will stay in the hole. Stick a spider, ant, or any other insect on the thorn, and you have your bait. Find a nice pond and cast out.

When you reel in a fish, you will have to gut it. Catfish would be the best eating because they're bigger.

Gutting Your Catch

Gutting your fish would be the hardest part. Assuming you caught a catfish, here's how. 

Start with cutting off the tail, then the head. Fillet the catfish from the tail up. Cut along the backbone until you hit the ribs. Then cut the from the top down, beside the spine, and let the edge follow the ribs.

Prepare it for eating.

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Mountain Lion Survival Guide - EDUCATIONAL

Mountain Lions

Mountain lions are not normally aggressive. Provoke them, though, and they can be dangerous. Sometimes they attack anyway. Here are some things you can do to avoid an attack:

• If you find one, do not run away. This can make them attack
• Never turn your back to them
• Yell and make noise. Wave your arms
• Make yourself look bigger with a backpack or clothing

Are They a Threat?

• Mountain lion populations are increasing
• Like any wild animal, their actions are not predictable
• They stalk their prey and can quickly kill from a attack on the neck
• Attacks on humans are rare. In the last 100 years, there have only been about 100 attacks that were not even fatal

What to Do if You're Attacked

• Do NOT play dead
• Protect your neck and try to stay standing upright
• Fight back with your hands, legs, or anything sharp                          
• Use pepper spray

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Rattlesnake Survival Guide - EDUCATIONAL

The Rattlesnake

Rattlesnakes are very deadly. They do give you time to walk away unless you step on them, though. You will know if you've found one when you hear a dry rattling noise.

Do NOT try to locate the source of the noise. Get too close, and they lose their good manners and strike.

How to Survive

• Wear boots and socks over your ankle to protect it
• Stick to well-known trails that aren't weedy
• Never place your hands or feet in a hole you can't see into
• Be careful when moving objects. Rocks and sticks mostly
• Shake out sleeping bags before use
• Do NOT provoke the snake

A loud rattling noise is a sure-fire way to know you've startled a rattlesnake.

Effects of the Bite

 Symptoms can include:

• Swelling
• Intense pain at and around the bite
• Tingling
• Weakness
• Anxiety
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Hemorrhaging
• Perspiration
• Heart Failure

Western Diamond-Back Rattlesnake

Fire How-To

As most of us know, the outdoors can be a dangerous place. Snakes, bears, coyotes, wolves, and disease-carrying rodents and bats. You will need the proper survival skills in order to make it. I'm going to teach you those special skills here.

The only time that bears, coyotes, or wolves can​ be dangerous is if it's night, mostly. So you will only​ need these if you're camping, fishing, or hunting overnight.

Any overnight sports like this can be dangerous.

Today we're looking into the first survival skill anyone needs. Fire-making.

Gather some dry grass, an old cloth, and a lighter. Hold the flame to the cloth and it will burn. Put on the dry grass and put on some leaves. Start with small twigs from the area around you and pile them on while​ it's burning hot.

As it grows bigger, put larger pieces on and you will eventually have a fire.