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I'm watching "Man vs Wild" on Discovery Channel tonight. It's a show were this survival expert puts himself in crazy situations to show couch potatoes ways to survive, should they ever leave the couch.

Tonight he dropped himself into the middle of the Kenyan savanna with only a small bottle and a knife (and obviously a camera crew who were probably packing tents, sleeping bags, and food). Clearly water will be a top priority during his 30 mile trek.

His tip (which he illustrates) is that you can squeeze a fair amount of liquid out of a mound of elephant dung. Seriously, he picks up a melon-sized blob of fresh elephant crap and wrings it out into his mouth.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
I'm watching "Man vs Wild" on Discovery Channel tonight. It's a show were this survival expert puts himself in crazy situations to show couch potatoes ways to survive, should they ever leave the couch.

Tonight he dropped himself into the middle of the Kenyan savanna with only a small bottle and a knife (and obviously a camera crew who were probably packin ...[text shortened]... sly, he picks up a melon-sized blob of fresh elephant crap and wrings it out into his mouth.
Yet another reason to stay home! 😛

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Originally posted by RookRAK
I'm watching "Man vs Wild" on Discovery Channel tonight. It's a show were this survival expert puts himself in crazy situations to show couch potatoes ways to survive, should they ever leave the couch.

Tonight he dropped himself into the middle of the Kenyan savanna with only a small bottle and a knife (and obviously a camera crew who were probably packin ...[text shortened]... sly, he picks up a melon-sized blob of fresh elephant crap and wrings it out into his mouth.
Not sure if it was the same show, but I saw a man doing the same thing in the extremely hot desert - he had a head wrap thing on, and to keep his head cool he took a leak on it and put it on his head. 😕

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Originally posted by reader1107
Yet another reason to stay home! 😛
Agreed. If I even see elephant dung, and I'm not at the zoo, I know things have taken a turn for the worse.

Luckily I now know that if an elephant charges me I run away in a zig zag, but if a rhino charges me I stand my ground until the last second and dive to the side. This will probably be life-saving knowledge in New Hampshire.

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Originally posted by RookRAK

Luckily I now know that if an elephant charges me I run away in a zig zag, but if a rhino charges me I stand my ground until the last second and dive to the side. This will probably be life-saving knowledge in New Hampshire.
Disappointingly, there was no similar good advice should a lion attack me.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
Disappointingly, there was no similar good advice should a lion attack me.
I don't remember many cases of Lions attacking Elephant dung ....you may be ok 😕

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
I don't remember many cases of Lions attacking Elephant dung ....you may be ok 😕
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Originally posted by RookRAK
Disappointingly, there was no similar good advice should a lion attack me.
Stick your head between your legs, and kiss your arse goodbye? 😕
NO! Wait! Hide in a big pile of elephant dung, and hey, if your thisty what the hell, have a squeeze. Maybe cool off with some other vile fluid, you will probably be eaten alive, so live it up.

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Two guys were filming lions in the serengetti, and all of ta sudden one of the lions starts trotting towards them. The Cameraman drops the camera and starts putting on a pair of running shoes.

"you'll never outrun a lion" says his friend...

"i don't care, as long s i outrun you !".

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Originally posted by RookRAK
Disappointingly, there was no similar good advice should a lion attack me.
That's easy. Look at it through binoculars held the wrong way, pick the tiny little beast up with tweezers and put it in a matchbox. I thought every child knew that.

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Originally posted by RookRAK
I'm watching "Man vs Wild" on Discovery Channel tonight. It's a show were this survival expert puts himself in crazy situations to show couch potatoes ways to survive, should they ever leave the couch.

Tonight he dropped himself into the middle of the Kenyan savanna with only a small bottle and a knife (and obviously a camera crew who were probably packin ...[text shortened]... sly, he picks up a melon-sized blob of fresh elephant crap and wrings it out into his mouth.
When it comes to survival, there's no such thing as gross in my opinion. Of course it's easy saying that now!

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Originally posted by irax
When it comes to survival, there's no such thing as gross in my opinion. Of course it's easy saying that now!
Agreed, when it comes to real survival. But I wouldn't squeeze drinks from elephant dung just to be realistic on a TV show. He could have just told us we could do this rather than demonstrating. Or to be more illustrative he could have squeezed liquid out of the dung onto the ground, and pointed out that in an emergency you could drink it.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
That's easy. Look at it through binoculars held the wrong way, pick the tiny little beast up with tweezers and put it in a matchbox. I thought every child knew that.
You snarf that out of The Gods Must be Crazy, Snorty? 😀 Or was it The Saga of the Volsungs 🙄

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Originally posted by widget
You snarf that out of The Gods Must be Crazy, Snorty? 😀 Or was it The Saga of the Volsungs 🙄
Er, never heard of either of them.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Er, never heard of either of them.
Well, holy borealis!!! 🙄 I'll believe some of that for a moment or two anyway....

"The Gods..." is an incredibly funny visual/sociological/anthropological/slapstick comedy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy