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Toxic or Poisonous Fish

Toxic or Poisonous Fish There are no simple rules to tell edible fish from those with poisonous flesh. These fish contain various types of poisonous substances or toxins in their flesh and are dangerous to eat. They have the following common characteristics: Most live in shallow water around reefs or lagoons. Many have boxy or…

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Food in a Survival Situation

Introduction You can live for several weeks without food but food is what provides energy to your body and replenishes substances that your body burns during physical and mental activity.  The average person needs 2,000 calories per day to function at a minimum level.  Any less than this and your body will cannibalize and burn…

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Water in a Survival Situation

Water is one of your most urgent needs in a survival situation. You can’t live long without it, especially in hot areas where you lose water rapidly through perspiration. Even in cold areas, you need a minimum of 2 liters of water each day to maintain efficiency.  Water helps you maintain your body temperature, lubricates…

Dangerous Animals

Introduction The threat from animals is less than from other parts of the environment. However, common sense tells you to avoid encounters with lions, bears, and other large or dangerous animals. You should also avoid large grazing animals with horns, hooves, and great weight. Move carefully through their environment. Caution may prevent unexpected meetings. Do…

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Poisonous Plants

Successful use of plants in a survival situation depends on positive identification. Knowing poisonous plants is as important to you as knowing edible plants. Knowing the poisonous plants will help you avoid sustaining injuries from them. Plants Poisoning Plants generally poison by: Contact. This contact with a poisonous plant causes any type of skin irritation…

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Fire Principles

Introduction to Firecraft In survival situations, the ability to build and light a fire can make the difference between life and death. You can use fire to purify water, sterilize bandages, signal for rescue, drive animals from their homes, efficiently modify the landscape, smoke and preserve food, softening tar for adhesives, making charcoal for medicinal…

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About Poisonous Snakes and Lizards

Introduction – All About Snakes Regarding snakes, you should know: Their habits. How to identify the dangerous kinds. Precautions to take to prevent snakebite. What actions to take in case of snakebite. Nearly all snakes avoid man if possible. A few—the king cobra of Southeast Asia, the bushmaster and tropical rattlesnake of South America, and…

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Weapons, Tools, and Gear

It is important to properly maintain your weapons, tools, and gear.  This is especially true of your knife. You must always keep it sharp and ready to use. A knife is your most valuable tool in a survival situation. With the proper knowledge and skills, you can easily improvise needed items. In survival situations, you…

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Plants as Food

Introduction After having solved the problems of finding water, shelter, and animal food, you will have to consider the use of plants you can eat. In a survival situation you should always be on the lookout for familiar wild foods and live off the land whenever possible. You must not count on being able to…

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Animal Food

Introduction One of man’s most urgent requirements is food. In contemplating virtually any hypothetical survival situation, the mind immediately turns to thoughts of food. Unless the situation occurs in an arid environment, even water, which is more important to maintaining body functions, will usually follow food in our initial thoughts. The survivor must remember that…

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