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The first thing that comes to mind for wilderness survival is shelter, water and food. Learn how to avoid hypothermia, find water, and build a shelter.
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10 Harrowing Survival Stories
Most of us have heard some amazing survival stories in our lives -- people living after hours trapped under an avalanche, or amputating their own limb to get free of a trap. Check out some true survival stories.
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5 Desperate Survival Dinner Videos
If you're in the wilderness, you can't afford to be picky about your food. Could you eat a bug? Or worse? See some gross-but-true videos showing how survival experts make the best of bad supper situations.
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5 Lifesaving Technologies
When your camping trip turns life-or-death because you've lost your way in a vast, unpopulated wilderness, you'll want to have these gadgets on your person.
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5 Ways to Snare Dinner in the Wild
If you're stranded in the wild and you're not carrying a hunting rifle, your best bet for bagging dinner is probably a snare or a trap. But how do you set one up?
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Are humans wired to survive?
A Japanese hiker slipped, was knocked unconscious and then survived 24 days without food or water. That's not supposed to be possible. What survival instincts fuel us through dire straits?
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How can I tell if a bug is edible?
You might not look at a tarantula and think, "Yum." But if you were in a survival situation with only bugs to eat, how would you know which ones are safe?
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How Desert Survival Works
The sun beats down and your skin burns. Your parched mouth begs for water, and you fear a sandstorm is on its way. You're stranded in the desert. How will you survive?
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How do you send a smoke signal?
You may associate smoke signals with Native Americans in old westerns, but they aren't totally a thing of the past. Find out why the Boy Scouts still teach kids how to make them -- and how you can send some yourself.
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How does your brain impact your survival chances in the wilderness?
In the wild, are brains better than brawn? Find out when your fight-or-flight response is your friend and when it's your enemy.
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How Going Over Niagara Works
Hey 63-year-old retired schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor took the challenge in 1901. How hard can it be? Well Ms. Taylor may have gotten lucky because these falls have claimed the lives of many. Find out what it takes and who in the world would volun
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How to Avoid Hypothermia
When wind and water steal heat from your body, your internal temperature plummets. Find out why you'll need more than just some mittens and a stocking cap to prevent hypothermia.
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How to Build a Shelter
You may not be John Rambo but that doesn't mean you don't need to know basic survival techniques. If you were stranded in the wilderness would you know how to build a basic shelter to shield you from the elements?
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How to Find True North
There's north and then there's true north. Find out how stabbing a stick in the dirt to make a shadow can help you find the true north.
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How to Find Water in the Wild
Let's say you get lost in the woods. You're by yourself and don't really have any supplies. You know you need to find water -- but how?
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How to Start a Fire Without a Match
The chance that you'll be shipwrecked on a deserted island and have to start a fire is slim. But let's imagine that you're lost somewhere and it's getting dark and you don't have any matches. What do you do now?
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How to Survive in the Jungle
Toxic tree frogs, poisonous plants, malaria-carrying mosquitoes. You get the picture: The jungle is no place to get lost. How will you make it out of this lushness alive?
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If I kill an animal, can I eat it raw?
Let's say you're lost in the wilderness. Rather than guess which berries aren't poisonous, you down a rabbit. You're too famished for cooking. Should you eat it raw?
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Survival Quiz
Would you know how to survive if you were lost or wounded in the wilderness? What if it was really cold? What if you were in the searing heat of the desert? Each survival scenario is different and requires unique skills. Let's see what you've got.
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Survival Skills Quiz
Being stranded in the wilderness may make for a good movie, but in reality, it's a harrowing experience. Staying alive may require you to build a shelter, start a fire and even eat bugs for nourishment. Do you have what it takes to survive this quiz?
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Top 5 Survival Shelter Videos
You're stranded in the wilderness. Maybe the jungle, maybe the desert, maybe a frozen taiga. You need shelter. What do you do?
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