1 00:00:10,867 --> 00:00:12,367 MY NAME IS BEAR GRYLLS. 2 00:00:12,433 --> 00:00:14,033 I'M GONNA SEEK OUT SOME 3 00:00:14,100 --> 00:00:17,467 OF THE MOST DEMANDING AND INHOSPITABLE PLACES ON EARTH, 4 00:00:17,533 --> 00:00:19,734 WHERE HAVING THE DETERMINATION TO LIVE 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,700 AND THE RIGHT SURVIVAL SKILLS 6 00:00:21,767 --> 00:00:23,767 CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. 7 00:00:23,834 --> 00:00:25,000 WHOO! 8 00:00:25,066 --> 00:00:26,667 BUT TO KEEP YOU ALIVE, 9 00:00:26,734 --> 00:00:30,100 YOU MIGHT HAVE TO EAT SOME TRULY HIDEOUS THINGS. 10 00:00:30,166 --> 00:00:32,333 IN THIS PROGRAM, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:34,166 JUST WHAT'S ON THE MENU 12 00:00:34,233 --> 00:00:37,367 IN THE WORLD'S REMOTE JUNGLES, DESERTS, AND MOUNTAINS. 13 00:00:37,433 --> 00:00:39,900 [ GRUNTS ] 14 00:00:41,734 --> 00:00:44,667 -- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com 15 00:00:44,734 --> 00:00:47,900 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC 16 00:00:47,967 --> 00:00:51,066 IF YOU'RE STRANDED AND LOST IN THE WILDERNESS, 17 00:00:51,133 --> 00:00:54,233 YOU'VE GOT TO PUT YOUR PREJUDICES TO ONE SIDE. 18 00:00:54,300 --> 00:00:55,467 UGH. 19 00:00:55,533 --> 00:00:58,100 IF IT CAN KEEP YOU ALIVE, THEN EAT IT. 20 00:00:58,166 --> 00:01:00,166 I'M GONNA START WITH SOMETHING 21 00:01:00,233 --> 00:01:01,800 THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT ENDANGERED, 22 00:01:01,867 --> 00:01:04,433 BUT AS A FIRST COURSE IS QUITE A MOUTHFUL. 23 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:08,867 LOOK AT THESE GUYS. THESE ARE PALM WEEVIL GRUBS. 24 00:01:08,934 --> 00:01:10,734 WOW. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. 25 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:14,166 THESE -- THESE ARE THE BIGGEST GRUBS I'VE EVER SEEN. 26 00:01:14,233 --> 00:01:15,333 LOOK. 27 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,333 AND THIS IS JUST THE SORT OF PLACE THAT THEY LIKE. 28 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,500 THEY FEED OFF ALL THIS ROTTING, SOFT INTERIOR OF THE PALM TREE. 29 00:01:22,567 --> 00:01:27,000 BUT THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY MASSIVE. 30 00:01:27,066 --> 00:01:29,467 AND, ACTUALLY, THE LOCALS EAT A LOT OF THESE. 31 00:01:29,533 --> 00:01:30,800 THEY'RE LIKE A DELICACY. 32 00:01:30,867 --> 00:01:33,600 THEY'RE FULL OF GOOD PROTEIN, 33 00:01:33,667 --> 00:01:36,834 AND...UGH... 34 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:38,900 YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT THEM WHOLE. 35 00:01:38,967 --> 00:01:41,867 LOOK AT THAT WRIGGLING AROUND. 36 00:01:41,934 --> 00:01:46,100 IT'LL BE WORTH EVERY ONE OF ITS 140 CALORIES. 37 00:01:46,166 --> 00:01:47,166 [ SPITS ] 38 00:01:47,233 --> 00:01:49,266 HOLY SMOKE. 39 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:51,266 THAT IS... 40 00:01:51,333 --> 00:01:54,433 JUST... 41 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:56,500 [ SPITS ] 42 00:01:56,567 --> 00:01:58,634 HORRIBLE. 43 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:01,834 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY CAN KEEP THEIR DELICACIES. 44 00:02:01,900 --> 00:02:04,600 OR GO FOR SIX CALORIES AND A NICE CRUNCH. 45 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:07,834 THERE'S A SPIDER THERE, A CRUCIFIX SPIDER, 46 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:09,433 AND THEY'RE CALLED THESE JUST FROM THE SHAPE 47 00:02:09,500 --> 00:02:12,600 WHERE THEY SIT AND THEY PREY IN THAT CROSS-LIKE CRUCIFIX SHAPE. 48 00:02:12,667 --> 00:02:16,900 THIS SPIDER HERE -- IT DOES HAVE SOME POISON IN IT 49 00:02:16,967 --> 00:02:20,033 BUT NOT ENOUGH REALLY TO HARM YOU. 50 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:21,667 IT MIGHT JUST GIVE A LITTLE NIP. 51 00:02:21,734 --> 00:02:24,667 AND SO MUCH ABOUT SURVIVAL IS ABOUT OPPORTUNISTIC HUNTING, 52 00:02:24,734 --> 00:02:26,500 AND THIS IS EDIBLE. 53 00:02:30,333 --> 00:02:33,233 HERE WE GO. 54 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,834 AND GRAB HIM HERE, 55 00:02:36,900 --> 00:02:38,800 SQUEEZE HIS HEAD, 56 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:42,467 AND THEN... 57 00:02:42,533 --> 00:02:44,100 PUT HIM IN. 58 00:02:51,834 --> 00:02:53,433 UGH. 59 00:02:53,500 --> 00:02:57,734 JUST TASTES SORT OF KIND OF GUTS AND PUS AND BRAIN. 60 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,166 BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TASTE. 61 00:03:00,233 --> 00:03:03,600 IT'S ABOUT THE ENERGY IT CAN GIVE YOU. 62 00:03:03,667 --> 00:03:05,100 CHECK THIS OUT. 63 00:03:05,166 --> 00:03:07,700 THIS IS A LONGHORN BEETLE. 64 00:03:07,767 --> 00:03:11,800 AND IF I JUST HOLD HIM DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE, 65 00:03:11,867 --> 00:03:14,233 SEE HIM AROUND THIS WAY? 66 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:16,767 LOOK -- WATCH HIM GRABBING ON TO MY FINGERS THERE. 67 00:03:16,834 --> 00:03:19,800 GET OFF, YOU BRUTE. 68 00:03:19,867 --> 00:03:22,300 AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY EDIBLE, THESE THINGS. 69 00:03:22,367 --> 00:03:26,767 BUT LOOK AT THOSE PINCERS ON -- LOOK AT THOSE PINCERS ON THAT. 70 00:03:26,834 --> 00:03:28,333 AND THESE ARE SO STRONG, 71 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,000 THESE CAN ACTUALLY STRIP BARK OFF A TREE. 72 00:03:31,066 --> 00:03:32,934 I PUT MY KNIFE IN THERE. LOOK AT THAT. 73 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,800 HE JUST GRABS ON TO THAT. AMAZING. 74 00:03:35,867 --> 00:03:38,100 BUT I'M GONNA -- I'M GONNA EAT HIM. 75 00:03:38,166 --> 00:03:39,900 I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE HEAD. 76 00:03:39,967 --> 00:03:44,467 JUST CUT THAT OFF. 77 00:03:44,533 --> 00:03:47,900 AND THEN THE REST OF THIS -- 78 00:03:47,967 --> 00:03:49,767 LEGS STILL GOING FOR THE REST OF THAT -- 79 00:03:49,834 --> 00:03:51,834 IS EDIBLE. 80 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:55,133 OH, GOD. 81 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:57,567 I'M GONNA TAKE HIS LEGS OFF. 82 00:03:57,634 --> 00:04:00,934 THERE'S FOUR TIMES MORE PROTEIN IN AN INSECT 83 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,333 THAN THERE IS IN BEEF. 84 00:04:12,700 --> 00:04:15,000 OH, I STILL BIT MY LIP. 85 00:04:20,533 --> 00:04:22,800 GOSH, LIKE A BIG PRAWN 86 00:04:22,867 --> 00:04:26,367 THAT HAS BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR WEEKS 87 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:29,767 THAT IS ALL SHELL AND ROTTING GUT. 88 00:04:31,700 --> 00:04:34,600 IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY HERE IN THE SAHARA DESERT, 89 00:04:34,667 --> 00:04:39,166 THE TEMPERATURES SHOOT UP TO 130 DEGREES. 90 00:04:39,233 --> 00:04:42,634 THERE'S SO LITTLE TO EAT AROUND HERE. IT'S JUST TOO HOT. 91 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:46,200 BUT IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN, YOU CAN SPOT THE ODD MORSEL. 92 00:04:48,767 --> 00:04:51,834 SEE THAT? A LITTLE SAND BEETLE. 93 00:04:51,900 --> 00:04:53,600 AND WHEN THERE'S AS LITTLE FOOD 94 00:04:53,667 --> 00:04:55,667 AS THERE IS IN THE SAHARA DESERT, 95 00:04:55,734 --> 00:04:58,300 THIS IS ABOUT AS GOOD AS YOU'RE GONNA GET. 96 00:05:07,166 --> 00:05:08,667 UGH. 97 00:05:08,734 --> 00:05:11,667 CHECK OUT THIS LITTLE GUY. 98 00:05:11,734 --> 00:05:13,934 OH. YOU WANT TO WATCH OUT FOR HIM. 99 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,634 THIS IS A LITTLE CAMEL SPIDER, 100 00:05:16,700 --> 00:05:19,634 AND THESE ARE -- TRY AND GET HIM TO BE STILL. 101 00:05:19,700 --> 00:05:20,800 THERE WE GO. 102 00:05:20,867 --> 00:05:24,800 HE'S EDIBLE, AND HE DOESN'T LOOK VERY NICE. 103 00:05:24,867 --> 00:05:26,200 BUT THE DANGEROUS BIT OF HIM -- 104 00:05:26,266 --> 00:05:27,834 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT -- 105 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:29,934 LET'S HOLD HIM DOWN THERE -- ARE HIS PINCERS. 106 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:31,967 THAT CAN GIVE A NASTY NIP, 107 00:05:32,033 --> 00:05:35,200 AND HE IS JUST TRYING TO EVEN BITE THIS. 108 00:05:35,266 --> 00:05:39,700 BUT THE REST OF HIM, IF I CAN GET RID OF THAT, IS EDIBLE. 109 00:05:39,767 --> 00:05:42,967 THE CAMEL SPIDER IS THOUGHT TO HAVE THE MOST POWERFUL JAWS 110 00:05:43,033 --> 00:05:45,867 IN RELATION TO ITS SIZE IN THE WHOLE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 111 00:05:45,934 --> 00:05:47,634 AND THAT WAS THE NASTY BIT, 112 00:05:47,700 --> 00:05:51,200 THE FRONT LEGS AND THE PINCERS. 113 00:05:51,266 --> 00:05:56,300 AND THEN ALL OF THIS IS EDIBLE. 114 00:05:56,367 --> 00:05:58,367 AND ACTUALLY -- GOD, LOOK AT THAT. 115 00:05:58,433 --> 00:06:03,266 THAT IS JUST SOFT GOO, 116 00:06:03,333 --> 00:06:05,433 AND GOD KNOWS WHAT'S INSIDE THAT. 117 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:08,800 I'M NOT PARTICULARLY LOOKING FORWARD TO EATING THIS ONE. 118 00:06:08,867 --> 00:06:13,533 BUT IT'S GONNA BE A GOOD BIT OF PROTEIN AND ENERGY. 119 00:06:19,500 --> 00:06:24,600 UGH, IT'S LIKE AN EXPLOSION OF PUS IN MY MOUTH. 120 00:06:26,467 --> 00:06:29,700 JUST LIKE IN THE DESERT, HERE IN THE MOUNTAINS, 121 00:06:29,767 --> 00:06:32,700 YOU HAVE TO SCAVENGE FOR EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY. 122 00:06:35,467 --> 00:06:38,533 YOU WON'T FIND THE BUGS THAT FLOURISH IN THE HOTTER CLIMATE, 123 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:41,033 BUT SOMETIMES THERE WILL BE LIFE-SAVING RATIONS 124 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:42,834 FROM MUCH HIGHER UP THE FOOD CHAIN. 125 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:46,166 YOU MIGHT WANT TO CLOSE YOUR EYES NOW. 126 00:06:46,233 --> 00:06:49,734 ICELANDERS EAT ALMOST EVERY PART OF A SHEEP, 127 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,033 EVERYTHING FROM TESTICLES, HEART, LIVER, 128 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:55,200 EVEN THE EYEBALLS. 129 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:58,266 SHEEP EYEBALLS ARE EXTREMELY NUTRITIOUS. 130 00:06:58,333 --> 00:06:59,700 THEY ARE HIGH IN PROTEIN 131 00:06:59,767 --> 00:07:01,634 AND RICH IN VITAMINS "A" AND "D." 132 00:07:01,700 --> 00:07:03,767 USUALLY THEY'RE THE FIRST THINGS TO ROT. 133 00:07:03,834 --> 00:07:07,333 BUT IN THIS COLD WEATHER, THESE ARE STILL GOOD. 134 00:07:08,667 --> 00:07:10,367 I'M GONNA BOIL THIS EYEBALL 135 00:07:10,433 --> 00:07:14,400 IN ONE OF ICELAND'S FAMOUS BUBBLING-HOT GEOTHERMAL POOLS. 136 00:07:14,467 --> 00:07:16,967 THESE ARE REALLY OKAY TO EAT RAW. 137 00:07:17,033 --> 00:07:19,033 I'M JUST GONNA DIP IT IN HERE 138 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:21,700 TO GET ANY SORT OF BACTERIA OFF IT, 139 00:07:21,767 --> 00:07:26,133 GIVE IT A QUICK BLAST IN THE BOILING WATER, 140 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,934 AND THEN... 141 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:34,166 THIS EYEBALL IS GONNA BE OKAY TO EAT. 142 00:07:44,567 --> 00:07:49,033 GOD, IT'S LIKE CHEWING GRISTLE 143 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,033 FULL OF COLD GLOOP. 144 00:07:52,100 --> 00:07:53,667 UGH. 145 00:07:56,567 --> 00:07:58,600 IF THAT'S HARD ENOUGH TO STOMACH, 146 00:07:58,667 --> 00:08:00,066 DON'T GET ME STARTED 147 00:08:00,133 --> 00:08:02,700 ON WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO FOR DRINKING WATER. 148 00:08:02,767 --> 00:08:05,834 AND THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TO DRINK MY OWN PEE. 149 00:08:05,900 --> 00:08:09,367 UGH. 150 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:23,500 WHOO-HOO! 151 00:08:24,934 --> 00:08:26,867 I'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD, 152 00:08:26,934 --> 00:08:30,467 DROPPING INTO SOME OF THE MOST UNFORGIVING WILDERNESSES. 153 00:08:30,533 --> 00:08:32,600 OVERCOMING THE ELEMENTS ARE ONE THING, 154 00:08:32,667 --> 00:08:37,634 BUT FINDING FOOD IS ALTOGETHER A DIFFERENT CHALLENGE. 155 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:40,200 I'M AFTER SOME FRESHWATER TROUT. 156 00:08:40,266 --> 00:08:43,133 OKAY. DO YOU GUYS SEE HIM JUST DOWN THERE? 157 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:46,367 OKAY, WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS JUST SEE -- 158 00:08:46,433 --> 00:08:50,066 SEE IF I CAN DAM THIS LITTLE BIT OF STREAM LOWER DOWN. 159 00:08:50,133 --> 00:08:53,700 THEN I'LL SEND HIM UPSTREAM AND SEE IF I CAN GET HIM, 160 00:08:53,767 --> 00:08:55,567 GET THIS THING. 161 00:08:55,634 --> 00:08:58,100 THE DAMS WILL STOP THE FISH ESCAPING, 162 00:08:58,166 --> 00:09:00,934 BUT ALWAYS BUILD THE LOWER ONE FIRST. 163 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,200 THEY'LL FIND IT HARDER THEN TO SPOT YOU. 164 00:09:03,266 --> 00:09:06,033 AND IT NEEDS TO SPAN RIGHT ACROSS THE WATER FLOW. 165 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:10,533 I'M JUST GONNA THE SAME UPSTREAM AND THEN SEE IF I GET HIM. 166 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:13,867 STAY OUT OF SIGHT AS YOU MOVE UPSTREAM, 167 00:09:13,934 --> 00:09:15,600 AND ONCE YOUR NEXT DAM IS BUILT, 168 00:09:15,667 --> 00:09:17,834 YOU'RE READY TO GO FISHING. 169 00:09:21,467 --> 00:09:23,133 WHAT I WANT TO TRY AND DO HERE 170 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,900 IS COME DIRECTLY DOWNSTREAM OF WHERE THEY ARE, 171 00:09:25,967 --> 00:09:27,066 WHICH IS JUST THERE, 172 00:09:27,133 --> 00:09:29,500 AND THEY HAVE A BLIND SPOT JUST BEHIND THEM, 173 00:09:29,567 --> 00:09:32,433 AND COME UP AND TRY AND GET HIM WITH A STICK. 174 00:09:32,500 --> 00:09:36,333 AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT DOING IT LIKE THIS IS, EVEN IF I MISS, 175 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,867 THE SHOCK WAVES OF THE IMPACT WILL CONCUSS THEM. 176 00:09:40,934 --> 00:09:42,166 HERE THEY ARE. 177 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,166 OKAY. 178 00:10:05,767 --> 00:10:07,667 SOME SALTWATER FISH ARE POISONOUS. 179 00:10:07,734 --> 00:10:10,667 BUT FRESHWATER FISH ARE ALL RIGHT. 180 00:10:10,734 --> 00:10:13,333 THERE'S JUST A SMALL RISK OF HEPATITIS "A." 181 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:17,100 FISH SKIN HAS GOOD NUTRITIONAL VALUE, 182 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:20,767 SO JUST TAKE THE HEAD OFF, GUT IT, AND WASH IT OUT. 183 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:28,133 AND THAT IS GOOD TO EAT JUST LIKE THIS, 184 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,667 STRAIGHT OUT OF THE RIVER. 185 00:10:29,734 --> 00:10:32,734 FISH HAS FIVE TIMES MORE PROTEIN THAN RED MEAT, 186 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,700 AND THE MINERALS ARE LIFESAVERS 187 00:10:34,767 --> 00:10:36,967 BECAUSE THEY HELP FIGHT OFF INFECTIONS 188 00:10:37,033 --> 00:10:38,900 AND BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. 189 00:10:38,967 --> 00:10:42,734 MMM. I LOVE SUSHI. 190 00:10:48,500 --> 00:10:50,667 I DON'T LIKE BONES. 191 00:10:53,367 --> 00:10:55,967 WITH MORE THAN A MILLION SPECIES OF INSECTS 192 00:10:56,033 --> 00:10:58,400 TO CHOOSE FROM HERE IN THE RAINFOREST, 193 00:10:58,467 --> 00:10:59,967 THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY TO EAT. 194 00:11:00,100 --> 00:11:02,300 BUT YOU'VE GOT TO TREAT SOME FINDS 195 00:11:02,367 --> 00:11:05,500 WITH RESPECT AND CAUTION. 196 00:11:05,567 --> 00:11:08,533 THAT'S A LAND CRAB. LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT CLAW. 197 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,100 PUT HIM OUT OF HIS MISERY AND KILL IT. 198 00:11:15,734 --> 00:11:19,967 AND THAT IS STRAIGHT THROUGH -- STRAIGHT THROUGH THE BRAIN. 199 00:11:20,033 --> 00:11:23,033 HE'S STILL WIGGLING, BUT HE'S NOT ALIVE. 200 00:11:23,100 --> 00:11:24,867 HE'S DEFINITELY NOT ALIVE. 201 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:29,834 AND THESE ARE MEANT TO BE A BIT OF A DELICACY IN PANAMA. 202 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:31,634 LET'S SEE WHAT THEY'RE LIKE. 203 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:34,700 EATING ANY RAW FLESH IN THIS PLACE 204 00:11:34,767 --> 00:11:36,266 IS DANCING WITH THE DEVIL. 205 00:11:36,333 --> 00:11:39,867 THE MANGROVES ARE ALIVE WITH BUGS AND PARASITES, 206 00:11:39,934 --> 00:11:41,500 WHICH MEANS YOU CAN GET ANYTHING 207 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:43,800 FROM DYSENTERY TO LIVER FAILURE. 208 00:11:43,867 --> 00:11:47,033 UGH. [ SPITS ] 209 00:11:47,100 --> 00:11:52,166 NOW, THAT TASTES AWFUL. 210 00:11:52,233 --> 00:11:55,967 UGH. IT'S, LIKE, FOUL. 211 00:11:56,033 --> 00:11:59,934 I SUPPOSE IT'S FEEDING OFF ALL OF THIS STUFF IN HERE. 212 00:12:00,066 --> 00:12:02,000 PROBABLY NO SURPRISE. 213 00:12:02,066 --> 00:12:06,834 I TELL YOU WHAT. THEY CAN KEEP THEIR DELICACIES THIS TIME. 214 00:12:06,900 --> 00:12:11,467 IT'S NOT ONLY CRUSTACEANS AND FISH LURKING IN THE DEPTHS. 215 00:12:11,533 --> 00:12:14,133 HERE'S SOMETHING JUST AS SLIPPERY. 216 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,834 PEOPLE ARE OFTEN SCARED OF SNAKES, 217 00:12:16,900 --> 00:12:20,800 THINK THEY'RE NASTY, AGGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, REPTILES. 218 00:12:20,867 --> 00:12:24,033 BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE ACTUALLY SO SHY. 219 00:12:26,667 --> 00:12:28,000 HERE WE GO. 220 00:12:28,066 --> 00:12:31,066 THESE SNAKES OFTEN EXCRETE A FOUL-SMELLING LIQUID 221 00:12:31,133 --> 00:12:33,667 TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST PREDATORS. 222 00:12:33,734 --> 00:12:38,033 HERE WE GO. AND THAT -- SEE HIS LITTLE MOUTH? 223 00:12:38,100 --> 00:12:40,767 AND AS LONG AS I BITE OFF THE HEAD, 224 00:12:40,834 --> 00:12:42,934 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO EAT THE WHOLE BODY OF THIS. 225 00:12:48,266 --> 00:12:53,033 UM, HIS HEAD'S STILL MOVING. 226 00:12:53,100 --> 00:12:57,467 AND NOW SOMETHING TO WASH DOWN THE WATER SNAKE. 227 00:12:57,533 --> 00:13:02,066 IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK, YOUR GREATEST ENEMY IS THIRST. 228 00:13:02,133 --> 00:13:06,266 THAT SUN IS JUST SO POWERFUL. 229 00:13:06,333 --> 00:13:07,667 UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS, 230 00:13:07,734 --> 00:13:10,533 YOU CAN SURVIVE ABOUT THREE DAYS WITHOUT WATER, 231 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,200 BUT IN THIS INTENSE HEAT, 232 00:13:12,266 --> 00:13:13,900 IT CAN BE JUST A MATTER OF HOURS. 233 00:13:13,967 --> 00:13:18,834 AND THE ONLY THING I CAN DO IS TO DRINK MY OWN PEE. 234 00:13:18,900 --> 00:13:22,467 AND THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE, 235 00:13:22,533 --> 00:13:25,634 AND I'M EXPECTING IT TO BE PRETTY HORRIBLE. 236 00:13:25,700 --> 00:13:28,934 BUT I NEED TO KEEP THOSE FLUIDS GOING IN. 237 00:13:30,667 --> 00:13:32,166 BUT BE CAREFUL, 238 00:13:32,233 --> 00:13:34,967 AS URINE IS, AFTER ALL, A WASTE PRODUCT. 239 00:13:35,033 --> 00:13:37,467 BUT IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. 240 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:47,600 AND IF I JUST PEED ON THE GROUND, 241 00:13:47,667 --> 00:13:51,467 THAT'S ALL THOSE FLUIDS WASTED. 242 00:13:51,533 --> 00:13:52,734 THERE ARE PLENTY OF STORIES 243 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,667 OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SURVIVED IN THE WILD 244 00:13:54,734 --> 00:13:57,033 BY DRINKING THEIR OWN PEE, 245 00:13:57,100 --> 00:14:00,266 BUT ONLY DO IT AS A LAST RESORT. 246 00:14:09,500 --> 00:14:12,467 GOD. THERE'S NO GETTING AWAY FROM IT. 247 00:14:12,533 --> 00:14:14,767 THAT REALLY IS PRETTY HORRIBLE. 248 00:14:14,834 --> 00:14:17,600 IT'S, LIKE, WARM, AND IT'S SALTY... 249 00:14:17,667 --> 00:14:20,200 [ SIGHS ] 250 00:14:20,266 --> 00:14:24,900 AND NOT -- NOT MY FAVORITE. 251 00:14:24,967 --> 00:14:27,400 I'M ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A NEW TECHNIQUE, 252 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:29,567 SO I'M GOING FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT 253 00:14:29,634 --> 00:14:33,667 HERE IN KENYA -- IN FACT, VERY DIFFERENT. 254 00:14:33,734 --> 00:14:35,133 ONE THING YOU CAN DO 255 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:37,533 IF YOU'RE STUCK OUT HERE WITH NO WATER SOURCE AT ALL 256 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,200 IS ACTUALLY DRINK THE FLUID FROM FRESH ELEPHANT DUNG -- 257 00:14:41,266 --> 00:14:44,033 PRETTY DISGUSTING, BUT IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE. 258 00:14:57,133 --> 00:14:59,734 UGH. 259 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:04,133 UGH. [ SPITS ] 260 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:06,900 NOT ONE OF THE BETTER DRINKS I'VE EVER HAD. 261 00:15:06,967 --> 00:15:10,200 IN THE SUBTROPICAL EVERGLADES, THOUGH, 262 00:15:10,266 --> 00:15:12,467 IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF CHALLENGE. 263 00:15:12,533 --> 00:15:15,800 AND YOU'VE REALLY GOT TO AVOID TAKING RISKS WITH WATER. 264 00:15:15,867 --> 00:15:19,000 YOU'LL LOSE FAR MORE OF YOUR FLUIDS FROM GETTING ILL 265 00:15:19,066 --> 00:15:21,767 THAN YOU'LL EVER GAIN FROM DRINKING CONTAMINATED WATER. 266 00:15:21,834 --> 00:15:25,767 THERE IS SO MUCH JUST RUBBISH FLOATING AROUND IN THIS, 267 00:15:25,834 --> 00:15:28,000 ALL THE MUCK AND ALL THE DIRT. 268 00:15:28,066 --> 00:15:31,900 AND IF I JUST... 269 00:15:31,967 --> 00:15:36,166 GET IT LIKE THIS... 270 00:15:36,233 --> 00:15:39,066 MAKE IT INTO, LIKE, A SACK. 271 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:53,834 AND, SEE, THIS WATER IS NOW COMING OUT ALL NICE AND CLEAR, 272 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:58,233 AND ALL THE RESIDUE AND THE DEBRIS FROM THE SWAMP 273 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:00,834 SHOULD BE ALL STILL TRAPPED IN HERE. 274 00:16:00,900 --> 00:16:04,133 AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH THERE IS, 275 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:09,100 THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO KEEP OUT OF MY WATER BOTTLE. 276 00:16:09,166 --> 00:16:10,300 [ THUNDER CRASHES ] 277 00:16:10,367 --> 00:16:13,166 AND WHEN IT RAINS, THIRST DISAPPEARS, 278 00:16:13,233 --> 00:16:15,433 AND LIFE SEEMS SO MUCH BETTER. 279 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:19,667 THIS IS JUST LIKE MANNA FROM HEAVEN. 280 00:16:19,734 --> 00:16:22,100 WHOA! 281 00:16:22,166 --> 00:16:24,300 THAT'S SO NICE. 282 00:16:24,367 --> 00:16:25,934 COME ON, RAIN! 283 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,700 BUT BE WARNED. 284 00:16:31,767 --> 00:16:34,266 IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE HUNGER SETS IN AGAIN, 285 00:16:34,333 --> 00:16:36,433 AND YOU'RE GONNA NEED ALL YOUR NERVE 286 00:16:36,500 --> 00:16:39,667 TO TACKLE SOME OF THE PLANET'S MORE UNLIKELY DINNERS. 287 00:16:39,734 --> 00:16:45,166 BLOOD, GUT, AND SCALES. 288 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:56,400 UP HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS, 289 00:16:56,467 --> 00:16:58,133 THERE'S NOTHING TO EAT OR DRINK, 290 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,433 SO YOU'VE GOT TO HEAD ON DOWN. 291 00:17:05,100 --> 00:17:06,967 WHOA! 292 00:17:07,033 --> 00:17:08,100 WHOA! 293 00:17:12,367 --> 00:17:14,300 AND WHEN YOU'RE DOWN, 294 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:19,266 THE FOOD CAN BE EATEN RAW, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO BE BRAVE. 295 00:17:19,333 --> 00:17:21,400 AH. 296 00:17:21,467 --> 00:17:23,900 LOOK AT THIS -- A LITTLE TREE FROG, 297 00:17:23,967 --> 00:17:27,000 AND JUST SCURRYING AROUND IN THE GRASS THERE. 298 00:17:27,066 --> 00:17:29,066 AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT THESE, 299 00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:31,800 ANY OF THESE FROGS FROM THE EVERGLADES. 300 00:17:31,867 --> 00:17:33,967 THEY'RE FINE TO EAT. THERE ARE NO POISONOUS ONES. 301 00:17:34,033 --> 00:17:35,033 YOU GET POISONOUS TOADS, 302 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:36,700 BUT THEY'RE MUCH BIGGER AND ROUGHER. 303 00:17:36,767 --> 00:17:41,200 AND AS THEY SAY, ANY FROG IN THE EVERGLADES IS A GOOD FROG. 304 00:17:41,266 --> 00:17:45,133 ONE SMALL FROG COULD GIVE YOU ABOUT 3 GRAMS OF FAT 305 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,300 AND 75 HARD-EARNED CALORIES. 306 00:17:51,667 --> 00:17:54,533 UGH. [ SPITS ] 307 00:17:54,600 --> 00:17:58,300 OUT IN THE DESERT, FOOD IS SO SCARCE, 308 00:17:58,367 --> 00:18:01,767 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR ANYTHING THAT MOVES. 309 00:18:01,834 --> 00:18:04,066 BETWEEN US, THE CREW HAVE MANAGED TO CATCH 310 00:18:04,133 --> 00:18:06,200 ONE OF THESE LITTLE SAND FISHES. 311 00:18:06,266 --> 00:18:08,266 AND THESE ARE LIKE LITTLE LIZARDS. 312 00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:10,300 BUT WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT THIS GUY 313 00:18:10,367 --> 00:18:12,500 IS THAT HE USES HIS ARMS AND HIS LEGS 314 00:18:12,567 --> 00:18:14,800 TO ACTUALLY, LIKE, SWIM UNDER THE SAND. 315 00:18:14,867 --> 00:18:16,834 AND IF I LET HIM GO -- IF I'M IN DEEP SAND, 316 00:18:16,900 --> 00:18:20,367 HE WOULD JUST SHOOT AWAY STRAIGHT INTO THE SAND 317 00:18:20,433 --> 00:18:22,634 AND, LIKE, BURROW A METER DEEP, 318 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:25,600 AND THAT'S HIS WAY OF GETTING AWAY FROM PREDATORS. 319 00:18:25,667 --> 00:18:28,500 BUT LET'S LET HIM GO HERE AND SEE WHAT HE DOES. 320 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:31,200 THIS SAND IS HOPEFULLY NOT TOO DEEP. 321 00:18:31,266 --> 00:18:34,533 SO HE SHOULD PROBABLY HEAD FOR THE DEEPER SAND. 322 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,133 BUT THEY'RE FAST. 323 00:18:39,367 --> 00:18:42,600 AND LOOK. YOU SEE HIM ALREADY BURROWING HIS WAY IN HERE. 324 00:18:42,667 --> 00:18:43,767 SEE THAT? 325 00:18:43,834 --> 00:18:46,066 LOOK AT HIM -- AMAZING. 326 00:18:46,133 --> 00:18:49,567 THE LOCAL TRIBESPEOPLE DRY OUT THE SAND LIZARD 327 00:18:49,634 --> 00:18:52,600 AND USE IT TO CURE VARIOUS DISEASES. 328 00:18:52,667 --> 00:18:55,367 I'M GOING FOR THE RAW, LIVE VERSION. 329 00:18:55,433 --> 00:18:56,767 OH, THERE HE IS. 330 00:18:56,834 --> 00:18:58,300 OH. 331 00:19:02,767 --> 00:19:04,634 GOT HIM AGAIN. 332 00:19:04,700 --> 00:19:07,000 THAT IS HOW FAST THIS LITTLE FELLA IS -- 333 00:19:07,066 --> 00:19:09,200 JUST, LIKE, DISAPPEARS INTO THE SAND. 334 00:19:09,266 --> 00:19:13,634 BUT, ACTUALLY, HE'S ALSO GOOD FOOD. 335 00:19:13,700 --> 00:19:16,834 OFF WITH HIS HEAD, THEN MUNCH THE BODY. 336 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:19,033 AND IF YOU'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR OWN LIFE, 337 00:19:19,100 --> 00:19:21,967 THESE ARE THE KIND OF HARD DECISIONS YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE. 338 00:19:31,867 --> 00:19:35,800 ALMOST LIKE A KIND OF -- THIS BIG MIX 339 00:19:35,867 --> 00:19:39,700 OF BLOOD, GUT, AND SCALES. 340 00:19:41,166 --> 00:19:43,700 THESE FELLAS CAN CONTAIN SOME PARASITES 341 00:19:43,767 --> 00:19:46,166 AND MIGHT BE HARBORING SALMONELLA. 342 00:19:48,133 --> 00:19:50,233 I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU 343 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:53,934 THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A FAT TAIL SCORPION. 344 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,166 AND THESE ARE ONE OF THE MOST POISONOUS SCORPIONS 345 00:19:58,233 --> 00:20:00,367 IN THE WORLD. 346 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:01,500 LOOK AT THIS. WATCH. 347 00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:03,634 IF I PUT THAT THERE, HE'S TRYING TO STRIKE AT IT. 348 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:07,800 AND, ACTUALLY, THIS HAS ENOUGH VENOM TO KILL A MAN. 349 00:20:07,867 --> 00:20:10,300 IF I WAS STUNG BY ONE OF THESE SCORPIONS 350 00:20:10,367 --> 00:20:11,900 AND I DIDN'T GET ANY HELP, 351 00:20:11,967 --> 00:20:14,166 I COULD BE DEAD WITHIN SIX HOURS. 352 00:20:14,233 --> 00:20:16,667 THE VENOM ATTACKS YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM, 353 00:20:16,734 --> 00:20:19,934 WHICH MEANS CONVULSIONS AND ULTIMATELY HEART FAILURE. 354 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,300 AND AT LEAST 100 PEOPLE DIE EVERY YEAR IN MOROCCO 355 00:20:23,367 --> 00:20:25,066 FROM SCORPION STINGS. 356 00:20:25,133 --> 00:20:27,400 AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT THESE. 357 00:20:27,467 --> 00:20:30,634 EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SUPER, SUPER DEADLY, 358 00:20:30,700 --> 00:20:31,734 YOU CAN EAT THEM. 359 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,700 BUT THE FIRST BIT I WANT TO GET RID OF 360 00:20:34,767 --> 00:20:37,166 IS HIS STINGER. 361 00:20:37,233 --> 00:20:42,166 AND LOOK AT HIM STRIKE, STRIKE, STRIKE. 362 00:20:42,233 --> 00:20:44,500 HOLD HIM DOWN. 363 00:20:44,567 --> 00:20:46,500 TAKE HIS HEAD OFF. 364 00:20:46,567 --> 00:20:48,834 AND THEN YOU CAN EAT THIS BIT. 365 00:20:48,900 --> 00:20:52,333 WITH LESS THAN 10 CALORIES PER SCORPION, 366 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,500 I'D NEED DOZENS OF THESE FOR A DECENT MEAL. 367 00:20:56,567 --> 00:20:58,800 AND WHEN THE ANIMALS GET BIGGER, 368 00:20:58,867 --> 00:21:01,867 HUNGER CAN MAKE YOU DO SURPRISING THINGS. 369 00:21:01,934 --> 00:21:03,400 [ SPITS ] OH, GOD. 370 00:21:03,467 --> 00:21:05,667 LOOK AT THIS -- A DEAD ZEBRA 371 00:21:05,734 --> 00:21:07,367 THAT IS DEFINITELY A LION KILL. 372 00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:10,233 AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE LIONS HAVE TAKEN IT DOWN, 373 00:21:10,300 --> 00:21:12,500 EATEN ALL THE MEAT, ALL THE INNARDS, 374 00:21:12,567 --> 00:21:14,500 AND THEN LEAVES THE BONES AND THE SKIN 375 00:21:14,567 --> 00:21:16,233 FOR THE VULTURES CIRCLING ABOVE. 376 00:21:16,300 --> 00:21:19,533 AMAZING TO SEE IT SO CLOSE. 377 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:22,367 IF I'M GONNA EAT THIS ZEBRA, 378 00:21:22,433 --> 00:21:25,934 I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IT'S NOT GONNA POISON ME. 379 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:27,600 THE VULTURES ARE A GOOD SIGN 380 00:21:27,667 --> 00:21:29,934 BECAUSE THEY ONLY EAT FRESH MEAT. 381 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,066 THERE AREN'T ANY MAGGOTS, AND THIS TELLS ME 382 00:21:34,133 --> 00:21:37,333 THAT THIS KILL IS HOURS RATHER THAN DAYS OLD. 383 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,600 AND IF THE CARCASS SMELLS ROTTEN, MOVE ON. 384 00:21:40,667 --> 00:21:45,467 BUT THIS MEAT IS FRESH AND A GREAT SOURCE OF ENERGY. 385 00:21:45,533 --> 00:21:47,900 AND THIS IS SO TOUGH, THE SKIN. 386 00:21:47,967 --> 00:21:50,367 BUT LOOK AT UNDER ALL OF THIS. 387 00:21:52,533 --> 00:21:56,400 I'VE GOT TO PEEL THE SKIN BACK. 388 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,667 EATING RAW MEAT CAN PUT YOU AT RISK 389 00:22:04,734 --> 00:22:07,800 FOR BOTULISM OR E. COLI. 390 00:22:07,867 --> 00:22:10,266 AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW 391 00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:12,767 A LOT OF EARLY MAN USED TO HUNT. 392 00:22:12,834 --> 00:22:14,900 THEY ACTUALLY WEREN'T GREAT HUNTERS. 393 00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:18,133 [ GRUNTS ] 394 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,200 THEY WERE ACTUALLY GOOD SCAVENGERS 395 00:22:20,266 --> 00:22:24,967 AND PICKERS OF BERRIES... 396 00:22:25,033 --> 00:22:29,634 AND OPPORTUNISTIC, FOLLOWING UP WHERE LIONS WOULD EAT. 397 00:22:32,433 --> 00:22:34,066 [ COUGHS, SPITS ] 398 00:22:34,133 --> 00:22:35,467 THAT WAS A NASTY BIT. 399 00:22:35,533 --> 00:22:38,100 BUT THERE ARE PARTS OF AN ANIMAL, 400 00:22:38,166 --> 00:22:40,033 ESPECIALLY WHEN EATEN RAW, 401 00:22:40,100 --> 00:22:43,533 THAT MAKE EVEN ME SQUEAMISH. 402 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:47,634 IT'S TRADITIONAL FOR BERBER MEN TO EAT GOATS' TESTICLES. 403 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,700 THEY'RE THOUGHT TO ENHANCE FERTILITY, 404 00:22:49,767 --> 00:22:52,667 AND IT'S CERTAINLY GONNA BE A TEST OF MY MANHOOD. 405 00:22:52,734 --> 00:22:56,667 MERCI. MERCI. 406 00:22:56,734 --> 00:22:59,467 WELL, I MUST SAY I'VE NEVER -- 407 00:22:59,533 --> 00:23:03,333 NEVER EATEN RAW GOAT TESTICLES BEFORE. 408 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,567 MERCI, MOHAMMED. 409 00:23:08,734 --> 00:23:11,834 THERE IS PLENTY OF POTASSIUM IN A GOAT'S TESTICLE 410 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:16,533 AND 135 UNADULTERATED CALORIES. 411 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:19,033 HMM. 412 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:22,000 WELL, THAT'S DEFINITELY A FIRST FOR ME. 413 00:23:22,066 --> 00:23:24,533 [ RETCHING ] 414 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:27,867 THE SAHARA WOULD PUSH ANYONE TO THEIR LIMITS. 415 00:23:27,934 --> 00:23:29,567 AND THE BERBER ACTUALLY TOLD ME 416 00:23:29,634 --> 00:23:31,667 THAT THE FAT FROM THIS 417 00:23:31,734 --> 00:23:35,166 IS A REAL DELICACY. 418 00:23:35,233 --> 00:23:38,367 BUT EXPERIENCE HAS TOLD ME 419 00:23:38,433 --> 00:23:41,834 TO BE A LITTLE BIT WARY OF BERBER DELICACIES. 420 00:23:41,900 --> 00:23:46,367 AND THIS IS JUST... 421 00:23:46,433 --> 00:23:49,700 PURE CAMEL FAT. 422 00:23:53,734 --> 00:23:55,600 [ RETCHES ] 423 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:58,200 OH, MAN. [ SPITS ] 424 00:23:58,266 --> 00:24:02,333 THAT'S HORRIBLE. [ SPITS ] 425 00:24:05,734 --> 00:24:07,433 OUT IN THE WILD, 426 00:24:07,500 --> 00:24:10,367 YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT TO BE ON YOUR GUARD, 427 00:24:10,433 --> 00:24:14,133 AND DANGER DOESN'T ALWAYS COME FROM THE EXPECTED PLACES. 428 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:16,100 THIS IS A FULIOTIS MUSHROOM, THIS, 429 00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:18,333 AND THESE ARE POISONOUS AND NASTY. 430 00:24:45,367 --> 00:24:49,467 ECUADOR IS HOME TO 8% OF THE WORLD'S ANIMAL SPECIES. 431 00:24:49,533 --> 00:24:52,900 AND NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW MANY OF THEM ARE POISONOUS. 432 00:24:52,967 --> 00:24:56,700 BUT TRIAL AND ERROR IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 433 00:24:56,767 --> 00:24:59,166 WHAT I'VE GOT HERE IS A LITTLE FISHING SPIDER. 434 00:24:59,233 --> 00:25:01,133 AND ACTUALLY, HE'S NOT SO LITTLE. 435 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,567 HE'S NOT A BAD SIZE. 436 00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:05,133 BUT WHAT THIS GUY WOULD DO IS SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE BANK, 437 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,600 AND HE'LL ACTUALLY FISH AND CATCH LITTLE MINNOW 438 00:25:07,667 --> 00:25:09,734 EVEN THE SIZE OF ABOUT MY LITTLE FINGER. 439 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,133 BUT THIS GUY IS POISONOUS. 440 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,100 AND WHAT THE LOCALS SAY -- THAT IF THEY GET BIT BY THIS, 441 00:25:14,166 --> 00:25:15,467 THEY ACTUALLY THEN EAT IT 442 00:25:15,533 --> 00:25:17,333 TO TRY AND COUNTERACT THE VENOM. 443 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:19,100 BUT I DON'T WANT TO TRY THAT. 444 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:21,467 I'M GONNA LET THIS GUY -- LET HIM GO. 445 00:25:21,533 --> 00:25:22,967 OFF YOU GO. 446 00:25:25,233 --> 00:25:28,300 LOOK AT THIS GUY I'VE JUST FOUND ON THE FOREST FLOOR. 447 00:25:28,367 --> 00:25:29,367 IT'S A SICILIAN. 448 00:25:29,433 --> 00:25:31,300 AND THESE GUYS NORMALLY LIVE UNDERGROUND 449 00:25:31,367 --> 00:25:33,100 JUST FEEDING OFF OF WORMS AND STUFF. 450 00:25:33,166 --> 00:25:35,667 BUT BECAUSE IT'S SO WET HERE, IT'S BEEN RAINING SO MUCH, 451 00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:38,600 HE'S LITERALLY FORCED UP TO THE SURFACE. 452 00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:40,333 AND THAT IS JUST AMAZING 453 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,066 TO ACTUALLY COME ACROSS ONE OF THESE. 454 00:25:43,133 --> 00:25:44,767 ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A SNAKE, 455 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:46,467 IT'S ACTUALLY A LEGLESS LIZARD. 456 00:25:46,533 --> 00:25:49,567 AND IT LIVES OFF WORMS, SPIDERS, AND INSECTS. 457 00:25:49,634 --> 00:25:53,467 AND WE'RE GONNA LET HIM GO AND GET BACK TO IT. 458 00:25:53,533 --> 00:25:55,266 HE MIGHT LOOK GOOD TO EAT, 459 00:25:55,333 --> 00:25:58,300 BUT HE HAS POISONOUS GLANDS UNDER HIS SKIN, 460 00:25:58,367 --> 00:26:01,634 SO HE'S NOT GONNA BE MY LUNCH. 461 00:26:03,667 --> 00:26:06,934 WHEN IT COMES TO WHICH PLANTS YOU CAN SAFELY EAT, 462 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,266 THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR GOOD LOCAL KNOWLEDGE. 463 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:14,433 THIS IS A FULIOTIS MUSHROOM, THIS. 464 00:26:14,500 --> 00:26:16,567 AND THESE ARE POISONOUS AND NASTY. 465 00:26:16,634 --> 00:26:20,033 AND IF I ATE THIS, THIS COULD DESTROY MY KIDNEYS IN 24 HOURS. 466 00:26:20,100 --> 00:26:21,567 AND, REALLY, IN THE WILDS, 467 00:26:21,634 --> 00:26:23,734 YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES. 468 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,200 AS A GENERAL RULE, 469 00:26:26,266 --> 00:26:28,800 AVOID MUSHROOMS WITH WHITE GILLS. 470 00:26:28,867 --> 00:26:30,700 AND IF YOU REALLY MUST RISK ONE, 471 00:26:30,767 --> 00:26:34,000 TEST A TINY BIT ON YOUR TONGUE AND WAIT FIVE MINUTES. 472 00:26:34,066 --> 00:26:36,900 BUT PROCEED WITH CAUTION. 473 00:26:40,967 --> 00:26:42,300 THE PANAMA RAINFOREST 474 00:26:42,367 --> 00:26:44,767 IS THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE WORLD. 475 00:26:44,834 --> 00:26:48,000 AND IT'S A HOT SPOT OF INTENSE BIODIVERSITY. 476 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:50,834 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING TO EAT HERE 477 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:52,433 WHICH ISN'T POISONOUS. 478 00:26:52,500 --> 00:26:55,533 AND LOOK. YOU SEE THIS TERMITES' NEST HERE? 479 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:58,533 AND, ACTUALLY, THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO THE JUNGLE, 480 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:00,767 TERMITES, JUST BECAUSE THEY DIGEST 481 00:27:00,834 --> 00:27:02,634 SO MUCH OF ALL THE ROTTING WOOD. 482 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:05,634 THERE YOU GO. SEE THEM ALL CRAWLING OUT THERE? 483 00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:09,433 BUT, ACTUALLY, ALL OF THESE ARE EDIBLE. 484 00:27:19,333 --> 00:27:23,500 AND THEY TASTE, LIKE, A LITTLE BIT ZINGY, 485 00:27:23,567 --> 00:27:26,700 YOU KNOW, LIKE KIND OF NOT VERY NICE CITRUS. 486 00:27:26,767 --> 00:27:29,166 BUT TERMITES PACK 487 00:27:29,233 --> 00:27:33,133 A SURPRISING 560 CALORIES IN EVERY HANDFUL. 488 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,567 HERE YOU GO, A COUPLE OF SNAILS. 489 00:27:36,634 --> 00:27:38,300 IT'S NOT EXACTLY VERY MUCH, 490 00:27:38,367 --> 00:27:41,200 BUT THESE ARE CLEAN, AND THEY'RE GOOD TO EAT. 491 00:27:41,266 --> 00:27:44,600 AND, ACTUALLY, HAWKS WILL HUNT FOR THESE AND EAT THEM. 492 00:27:44,667 --> 00:27:47,300 THEY'RE BASICALLY JUST A MUSSEL AND ALL EDIBLE. 493 00:27:47,367 --> 00:27:50,400 AND YOU SORT OF GET TO THE ACTUAL... 494 00:27:55,433 --> 00:27:58,667 PULL HIM OUT. 495 00:28:09,667 --> 00:28:12,033 GOD. 496 00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:16,767 IT'S LIKE A GIANT, COLD BOGEY. 497 00:28:16,834 --> 00:28:20,634 [ SPITS ] 498 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:25,266 WATCH, WE'VE GOT THIS MONSTER GRASSHOPPER HERE. 499 00:28:25,333 --> 00:28:29,433 AND THESE ARE SO FAST. YOU GOT TO GRAB THESE QUICKLY. 500 00:28:29,500 --> 00:28:31,333 AND AFTER YOU TRY AND GO FOR IT, IT WILL JUMP, 501 00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,700 SO YOU WANT TO AIM ABOVE IT. 502 00:28:33,767 --> 00:28:35,266 [ GRUNTS ] 503 00:28:35,333 --> 00:28:39,500 BUT HE'S NOT VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 504 00:28:39,567 --> 00:28:42,400 THAT'S QUITE A -- QUITE A WHOPPER. 505 00:28:42,467 --> 00:28:44,900 I'M JUST GONNA TAKE HIS HEAD OFF. 506 00:28:44,967 --> 00:28:46,967 THERE YOU GO. 507 00:28:47,033 --> 00:28:49,433 AND THEN THE REST OF HIM NOW IS EDIBLE. 508 00:28:49,500 --> 00:28:52,500 BUT, REALLY, IN THE WILD, IN A SURVIVAL SITUATION, 509 00:28:52,567 --> 00:28:55,166 YOU'VE GOT TO LEAVE YOUR PREJUDICES BEHIND. 510 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:56,500 AND THAT IS ENERGY. 511 00:28:56,567 --> 00:28:59,433 ENERGY MEANS MOVEMENT, AND MOVEMENT IS VITAL 512 00:28:59,500 --> 00:29:01,100 IF YOU'RE GONNA SELF-RESCUE. 513 00:29:01,166 --> 00:29:03,667 SO HERE WE GO. 514 00:29:03,734 --> 00:29:06,500 UGH. 515 00:29:06,567 --> 00:29:09,200 THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT GRASSHOPPERS 516 00:29:09,266 --> 00:29:11,967 IS THAT THEY'RE PACKED WITH OMEGA-3. 517 00:29:12,033 --> 00:29:15,133 BUT WHAT A WAY TO GET IT. 518 00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:20,967 I HATE THAT TASTE OF JUST KIND OF LIKE CREAMY GOO. 519 00:29:21,033 --> 00:29:22,467 [ COUGHS ] 520 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,200 THE BEST WAY TO AVOID GETTING SICK 521 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:30,333 IS TO COOK WHATEVER IT IS YOU CATCH. 522 00:29:34,634 --> 00:29:36,600 COOKING OUT IS GREAT, 523 00:29:36,667 --> 00:29:39,634 AND I'VE ALWAYS FANCIED MYSELF AS A BIT OF A CHEF. 524 00:29:39,700 --> 00:29:43,266 THIS IS A NASTY KILLER OF A SNAKE. 525 00:29:43,333 --> 00:29:46,100 AND HE'S GONNA BE DINNER. 526 00:29:54,033 --> 00:29:57,000 TWO, ONE, GO. 527 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:02,066 THE EVERGLADES ARE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST ENVIRONMENTS 528 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:03,600 I'VE EVER BEEN IN, 529 00:30:03,667 --> 00:30:07,867 AND IT'S NEVER EASY TO EAT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PET. 530 00:30:07,934 --> 00:30:10,433 THIS IS A TURTLE, ACTUALLY A COOTER. 531 00:30:10,500 --> 00:30:12,066 LOOK, YOU CAN TELL THAT FROM THE SPOTS 532 00:30:12,133 --> 00:30:13,967 ON THE SIDE OF THE SHELL HERE. 533 00:30:14,033 --> 00:30:16,367 AND THESE ARE A REALLY GOOD SOURCE OF MEAT, 534 00:30:16,433 --> 00:30:18,500 BUT ALSO VITAMINS, MINERALS, AND SALTS 535 00:30:18,567 --> 00:30:20,066 THAT ARE IN THE ACTUAL BLOOD. 536 00:30:20,133 --> 00:30:22,634 AND YOU REALLY NEED SOME OF THESE SALTS 537 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:24,100 JUST IN THIS HUMIDITY. 538 00:30:24,166 --> 00:30:26,934 I CAN EAT THIS TURTLE BECAUSE IT IS NOT PROTECTED, 539 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,667 BUT YOU MUST BE SURE YOU KILL IT QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY. 540 00:30:29,734 --> 00:30:31,634 AND THAT'S IT -- 541 00:30:31,700 --> 00:30:35,767 DEAD, AS HIS ARTERY'S CUT. 542 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,767 I'VE EATEN TURTLES BEFORE. 543 00:30:43,834 --> 00:30:46,100 I'VE ALWAYS CUT THE BELLY, GUTTED IT, 544 00:30:46,166 --> 00:30:49,300 AND THEN SCRAPED ALL THE MEAT AND COOKED IT LIKE THAT. 545 00:30:49,367 --> 00:30:52,100 BUT IN THE EVERGLADES, WHAT THE SEMINOLES USED TO DO 546 00:30:52,166 --> 00:30:54,467 IS LITERALLY JUST COOK IT STRAIGHT IN ITS SHELL, 547 00:30:54,533 --> 00:30:55,967 SORT OF LIKE A PRESSURE COOKER. 548 00:30:56,033 --> 00:30:57,934 IF I JUST PUT IT ON THERE 549 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,800 AND LEAVE THAT FOR, LIKE, AN HOUR, 550 00:31:00,867 --> 00:31:04,867 THAT WILL COOK AND THEN GIVE ME A REALLY GOOD DINNER. 551 00:31:04,934 --> 00:31:07,433 COOKING TIME WILL DEPEND ON THE SIZE OF THE TURTLE. 552 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:09,600 BUT ONE GOOD WAY TO TELL WHEN IT'S READY 553 00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:12,400 IS THAT THE SHELL IS BRITTLE AND CRACKED. 554 00:31:12,467 --> 00:31:16,333 AND ALL I NEED TO DO NOW IS GET IT OFF HERE. 555 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:20,834 AND THEN YOU SEE IT'S JUST REALLY BRITTLE. 556 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,400 LET ME TRY THIS. 557 00:31:31,467 --> 00:31:34,033 THERE'S LESS THAN HALF A GRAM OF FAT 558 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:37,200 IN A PORTION OF TURTLE AND NO CARBS OR SUGAR. 559 00:31:37,266 --> 00:31:38,967 MMM. 560 00:31:39,033 --> 00:31:41,634 AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES YOU CAN SAY 561 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:44,333 IT REALLY DOES TASTE QUITE LIKE CHICKEN. 562 00:31:46,433 --> 00:31:48,934 THERE ARE MORE FISH SPECIES IN THE AMAZON 563 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,166 THAN IN THE ENTIRE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 564 00:31:51,233 --> 00:31:53,867 I'M GOING FOR THE MAN-EATING PIRANHA. 565 00:31:53,934 --> 00:31:56,533 PIRANHA LIVE IN THESE SORT OF STREAMS, 566 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,367 AND THEY CAN BE VICIOUS, 567 00:31:58,433 --> 00:32:00,300 STRIPPING ANIMALS THAT FALL INTO THE WATER 568 00:32:00,367 --> 00:32:02,533 IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. 569 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:05,500 BUT THAT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN THEY ARE IN LARGE SCHOOLS 570 00:32:05,567 --> 00:32:07,266 OF 100 OR MORE. 571 00:32:07,333 --> 00:32:09,266 THIS POND IS JUST TOO SMALL TO SUPPORT THAT MANY, 572 00:32:09,333 --> 00:32:13,634 SO I SHOULD BE SAFE. 573 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:15,266 PIRANHAS ARE TASTY, 574 00:32:15,333 --> 00:32:18,367 BUT THEY'RE ALSO DIFFICULT TO CATCH. 575 00:32:18,433 --> 00:32:22,967 I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, THEY'RE QUICK, THESE FISH. 576 00:32:23,033 --> 00:32:25,000 I NEED TO FIND SOME SHALLOWER POOLS... 577 00:32:25,066 --> 00:32:29,433 WHERE I CAN REALLY SEE WHAT'S ON THE BOTTOM. 578 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:42,033 I'LL JUST GET THE CAMERA AND PUT IT INTO THE WATER, 579 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,800 AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THEM SWIMMING AROUND. 580 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:57,834 BRILLIANT. LOOK AT THAT. 581 00:32:57,900 --> 00:32:59,700 AND IMAGINE A THOUSAND OF THOSE. 582 00:32:59,767 --> 00:33:03,000 YOU CAN SEE WHY THEY'D JUST STRIP THE FLESH OFF A HUMAN 583 00:33:03,066 --> 00:33:05,367 IN SECONDS. 584 00:33:05,433 --> 00:33:06,834 RAZOR-SHARP TEETH. 585 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:08,600 AND THIS GUY IS PRETTY WELL DEAD, 586 00:33:08,667 --> 00:33:12,834 AND HE STILL HAS THE POWER TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH THIS. 587 00:33:12,900 --> 00:33:15,900 IT'S ESSENTIAL PIRANHA ARE COOKED THOROUGHLY 588 00:33:15,967 --> 00:33:18,300 BECAUSE THEY CARRY HARMFUL PARASITES. 589 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:23,000 I'VE GOT A LITTLE COOKING RACK HERE 590 00:33:23,066 --> 00:33:25,600 AND THEN WRAPPED IN THESE LEAVES, 591 00:33:25,667 --> 00:33:28,467 I'VE GOT MY PIRANHA THAT I'VE CAUGHT, 592 00:33:28,533 --> 00:33:31,834 AND THESE SHOULD BE -- SHOULD BE READY NOW. 593 00:33:34,934 --> 00:33:36,200 AND LOOK. THERE YOU GO. 594 00:33:36,266 --> 00:33:40,233 THOSE ARE THOSE NASTY TEETH GRINNING AWAY AT ME. 595 00:33:40,300 --> 00:33:42,900 BUT THAT -- THAT SMELLS GREAT. 596 00:33:42,967 --> 00:33:46,734 SO I'M GONNA PUT THAT ONTO THIS LEAF HERE. 597 00:33:49,066 --> 00:33:53,500 AND IT'S SO NICE JUST ACTUALLY HAVING A BIT OF TIME NOW 598 00:33:53,567 --> 00:33:54,800 TO COOK THIS PROPERLY 599 00:33:54,867 --> 00:33:57,367 AND GET SOMETHING REALLY DECENT TO EAT. 600 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:09,367 FOR SUCH AN AGGRESSIVE... UNPLEASANT FISH, 601 00:34:09,433 --> 00:34:11,634 IT DOESN'T HALF TASTE GOOD. 602 00:34:14,033 --> 00:34:16,000 HERE IN THE SAHARA, 603 00:34:16,066 --> 00:34:18,233 MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET BITTEN BY THIS, 604 00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:19,834 THE HORNED VIPER. 605 00:34:19,900 --> 00:34:21,300 THEY CAN BE AS LONG AS THREE FOOT, 606 00:34:21,367 --> 00:34:22,767 AND THEIR VENOM POISONS YOUR BLOOD, 607 00:34:22,834 --> 00:34:25,834 CAUSING HEMORRHAGING AND HEART FAILURE. 608 00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:27,867 OKAY, GOT HIM. 609 00:34:30,467 --> 00:34:34,800 THAT'S STILL GOT ALL ITS HEMOTOXIC VENOM IN ITS MOUTH. 610 00:34:34,867 --> 00:34:38,100 AND YOU NEVER JUST WANT TO LEAVE A SNAKE'S HEAD OUT IN THE OPEN 611 00:34:38,166 --> 00:34:39,300 AFTER YOU CUT IT OFF. 612 00:34:39,367 --> 00:34:41,600 YOU WANT TO EITHER BURN IT OR BURY IT. 613 00:34:48,133 --> 00:34:51,967 AND LOOK. HE'S STILL -- THE BODY'S STILL WRIGGLING AROUND. 614 00:34:52,033 --> 00:34:57,000 BUT THIS IS A NASTY BRUTE AND A KILLER OF A SNAKE. 615 00:34:57,066 --> 00:35:00,700 BUT I'M GONNA EAT HIM. 616 00:35:00,767 --> 00:35:04,033 YOU JUST PEEL BACK THE SKIN, 617 00:35:04,100 --> 00:35:05,367 GUT IT... 618 00:35:05,433 --> 00:35:08,367 AND THAT'S ALL THE GUTS COMING OUT THE MIDDLE THERE. 619 00:35:08,433 --> 00:35:11,500 ...WRAP IT AROUND A STICK AND COOK IT OVER THE FIRE. 620 00:35:13,867 --> 00:35:17,634 OKAY. LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THIS, MOHAMMED. 621 00:35:24,900 --> 00:35:26,533 NOW, YOU DON'T WANT TO BURN THIS 622 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,834 BECAUSE ACTUALLY IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL MEAT. 623 00:35:32,467 --> 00:35:33,667 MERCI, MOHAMMED. 624 00:35:33,734 --> 00:35:35,166 [ SPEAKING FRENCH ] 625 00:35:35,233 --> 00:35:36,634 BON APPéTIT. 626 00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:38,333 MERCI. 627 00:35:41,734 --> 00:35:44,166 SURVIVAL IS ALL ABOUT HAVING THE GUTS 628 00:35:44,233 --> 00:35:46,033 TO EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU FIND, 629 00:35:46,100 --> 00:35:48,500 EVEN IF IT'S FROM A CAMEL'S STOMACH. 630 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:53,934 DRINKABLE... 631 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,767 BUT TRULY [SPITS] DISGUSTING. 632 00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:10,400 I DON'T CLAIM TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT WILD FOOD, 633 00:36:10,467 --> 00:36:13,834 BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I'LL GIVE IT A GO. 634 00:36:13,900 --> 00:36:16,900 AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR 635 00:36:16,967 --> 00:36:20,166 IS THE STOMACH. 636 00:36:20,233 --> 00:36:23,934 AND THE STOMACH ITSELF IS IN THREE PARTS 637 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,867 SO IT CAN SEPARATE THE LIQUIDS FROM THE SOLIDS. 638 00:36:27,934 --> 00:36:31,600 AND THE BIT I WANT IS CALLED THE RUMEN, 639 00:36:31,667 --> 00:36:33,600 WHERE IT KEEPS THE FLUIDS. 640 00:36:33,667 --> 00:36:35,867 THERE WE GO. 641 00:36:35,934 --> 00:36:40,867 I'M THROUGH... 642 00:36:40,934 --> 00:36:42,400 TO THE INNARDS HERE. 643 00:36:42,467 --> 00:36:43,967 AND LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S AMAZING. 644 00:36:44,033 --> 00:36:47,233 THIS RUMEN WATER IS JUST LIKE A RESERVOIR. 645 00:36:50,867 --> 00:36:53,734 AND A NOMAD TOLD ME ONCE 646 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,867 HOW HIS UNCLE IN THE 1950s 647 00:36:56,934 --> 00:36:59,467 WAS LOST IN A SANDSTORM OUT HERE, 648 00:36:59,533 --> 00:37:02,667 AND HE ACTUALLY ENDED UP KILLING HIS CAMEL 649 00:37:02,734 --> 00:37:08,700 TO GET AT THE RUMEN AND ALL THIS FLUID INSIDE. 650 00:37:08,767 --> 00:37:11,700 AND THAT ACTUALLY SAVED HIS LIFE. 651 00:37:11,767 --> 00:37:14,567 IF YOU DON'T FIND MUCH WATER IN THE RUMEN, 652 00:37:14,634 --> 00:37:17,233 YOU MIGHT GET SOME FROM THE MAIN PART OF THE STOMACH 653 00:37:17,300 --> 00:37:19,066 WHERE THE FOOD IS DIGESTED. 654 00:37:19,133 --> 00:37:22,500 [ COUGHS ] 655 00:37:22,567 --> 00:37:25,200 GOT A LOAD OF STENCH 656 00:37:25,266 --> 00:37:28,367 OF CAMEL DIGESTING FOODS 657 00:37:28,433 --> 00:37:30,400 THROUGHOUT MY NOSTRILS. 658 00:37:30,467 --> 00:37:33,900 AND HERE YOU GO, IF YOU BRING THE CAMERA OVER HERE 659 00:37:33,967 --> 00:37:35,133 AND LOOK INSIDE, 660 00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:38,767 YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING IT'S BEEN EATING. 661 00:37:38,834 --> 00:37:44,166 AND THAT'S JUST SORT OF PARTIALLY DIGESTED. 662 00:37:44,233 --> 00:37:48,166 AND THE FLUID IN THIS, AGAIN, IS DRINKABLE. 663 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,367 GOD, THAT MUST HAVE HURT WHEN IT WENT DOWN HIS THROAT. 664 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,266 [ SPITS ] 665 00:38:10,333 --> 00:38:12,467 DRINKABLE... 666 00:38:12,533 --> 00:38:16,300 BUT TRULY [SPITS] DISGUSTING. 667 00:38:16,367 --> 00:38:19,100 I LOVE TO CLIMB, BUT SOMETIMES I THINK 668 00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:21,133 "WHAT HAVE I GOT MYSELF INTO?" 669 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,100 HEY, LET ME GRAB THAT CAMERA OFF YOU. 670 00:38:23,166 --> 00:38:25,133 IF YOU'VE GONE HOURS WITHOUT FLUIDS, 671 00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:27,734 YOU'VE GOT TO GET SOMETHING TO REPLACE THEM FAST. 672 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:30,100 THERE ARE DATES AT THE TOP OF THIS PALM TREE 673 00:38:30,166 --> 00:38:32,100 WHICH SHOULD DO THE TRICK. 674 00:38:32,166 --> 00:38:34,200 I'LL GET MYSELF SOME SUPPER. 675 00:38:34,266 --> 00:38:37,767 IT'S ABOUT 30 FOOT TALL, BUT I RECKON I CAN SHIM UP IT. 676 00:38:37,834 --> 00:38:41,367 BUT WATCH OUT FOR LOOSE BARK. IT CAN CUT YOU TO RIBBONS. 677 00:38:41,433 --> 00:38:43,667 YOU NEED TO BE ALERT WITH THE STUFF. 678 00:38:43,734 --> 00:38:46,967 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP YOUR FEET PRESSED INTO IT, LIKE THAT, 679 00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:50,066 AND NOT PUT ALL YOUR WEIGHT ON ONE OF THEM. 680 00:38:50,133 --> 00:38:52,767 IT'S HARD WORK ON THE ARMS, THIS. 681 00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:03,100 OKAY. I'M JUST GONNA CUT -- CUT THESE DOWN. 682 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:04,400 [ PANTING ] 683 00:39:06,266 --> 00:39:10,033 I'M IN QUITE A PRECARIOUS POSITION UP HERE 684 00:39:10,100 --> 00:39:14,734 BECAUSE MY ARMS HAVE BEEN RUBBED RAW BY THIS BARK. 685 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:20,600 BUT I FOUND A GOOD NUMBER OF THESE DATES. 686 00:39:20,667 --> 00:39:23,567 AND THEY DON'T LOOK -- THEY DON'T LOOK VERY RIPE, 687 00:39:23,634 --> 00:39:26,367 BUT ACTUALLY DATES ARE THE BEST DESERT FOOD -- 688 00:39:26,433 --> 00:39:29,033 MASSIVE SUGAR, LOTS OF ENERGY, VITAMIN "C," 689 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:30,567 BUT ALSO LOTS OF MINERALS 690 00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:33,667 TO REPLACE THE SALTS THAT I'M LOSING, SWEATING HERE. 691 00:39:33,734 --> 00:39:37,934 SO LET'S TRY IT. 692 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,967 UGH, YEAH, REALLY, REALLY BITTER. 693 00:39:42,033 --> 00:39:43,667 [ GRUNTS ] 694 00:39:45,033 --> 00:39:48,300 TO SURVIVE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME IN THE WILD, 695 00:39:48,367 --> 00:39:50,100 YOU NEED CARBS AND SUGARS 696 00:39:50,166 --> 00:39:54,533 AS WELL AS THE PROTEIN YOU GET FROM MEAT, BUGS, AND INSECTS. 697 00:39:59,300 --> 00:40:02,000 OH, I HIT IT. 698 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:06,333 EVEN WHEN YOU HIT IT, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS FALL. 699 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,700 AND THIS IS WHAT I WAS AFTER, 700 00:40:15,767 --> 00:40:18,367 ONE OF THE YOUNG SUGAR PINE CONES. 701 00:40:18,433 --> 00:40:21,133 AND LOOK -- IF YOU SPLIT THIS 702 00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,600 AND THEN PEEL ONE OF THESE LEAVES OUT, 703 00:40:23,667 --> 00:40:28,200 YOU GET TO THESE NUTS IN THE MIDDLE. 704 00:40:28,266 --> 00:40:30,266 AND THEY'RE PRETTY SMALL, BUT THERE YOU GO. 705 00:40:30,333 --> 00:40:33,800 YOU SEE THAT LITTLE WHITE THING THAT'S COMING OUT? 706 00:40:33,867 --> 00:40:36,500 TO GET THE CONES WITH THE MOST PINE NUTS, 707 00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:40,567 TRY AND GET THE ONES STRAIGHT FROM THE TREE. 708 00:40:40,634 --> 00:40:43,033 I'M NOT SURE THAT WHETHER ALL THE EFFORT 709 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:45,867 OF FINDING ALL THOSE ROCKS AND THROWING THEM -- 710 00:40:45,934 --> 00:40:48,133 WHETHER I'VE BURNED UP MORE CALORIES 711 00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:50,700 THAN I'M GETTING FROM THESE LITTLE THINGS. 712 00:40:50,767 --> 00:40:53,567 BUT THESE ARE REALLY GOOD NUTRITION. 713 00:40:53,634 --> 00:40:56,333 A HANDFUL OF PINE NUTS 714 00:40:56,400 --> 00:41:00,734 WILL GIVE YOU A WHOPPING 790 CALORIES. 715 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,400 THE MOST ENERGY-RICH PARTS OF THE PLANT 716 00:41:03,467 --> 00:41:06,600 ARE THE ROOTS AND ITS SEEDS, NUTS, AND FRUITS. 717 00:41:06,667 --> 00:41:09,934 THIS IS ESKIMO POTATO, THIS PLANT HERE. 718 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:15,433 IF I PULL THIS UP... 719 00:41:15,500 --> 00:41:18,634 AND GET TO THE ROOT OF IT, 720 00:41:18,700 --> 00:41:19,867 THIS IS ALL EDIBLE. 721 00:41:19,934 --> 00:41:22,333 AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT'S ALL A BIT STRINGY. 722 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,266 AND THE BEST WAY REALLY IS TO, YOU KNOW, 723 00:41:25,333 --> 00:41:26,834 ROAST THIS ON A FIRE. 724 00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:28,634 BUT YOU CAN EAT THIS RAW. 725 00:41:28,700 --> 00:41:29,967 IT'S A BIT MUDDY, 726 00:41:30,033 --> 00:41:31,800 BUT A REALLY, REALLY GOOD FOOD SOURCE. 727 00:41:31,867 --> 00:41:34,266 AND MANY PEOPLE SAY IT'S THE MOST VALUABLE FOOD SOURCE 728 00:41:34,333 --> 00:41:37,066 IN ALL OF ALASKA. 729 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:42,467 THERE ARE 300,000 CLASSIFIED PLANTS IN THE WORLD. 730 00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:44,900 120,000 OF THEM ARE EDIBLE. 731 00:41:44,967 --> 00:41:48,533 WHEN IT COMES TO BERRIES, AVOID THE RED ONES. 732 00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:50,934 THEY'RE THE MOST LIKELY TO BE POISONOUS. 733 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,100 WHAT I'M SITTING UNDER HERE IS A WALLAROO BUSH. 734 00:41:54,166 --> 00:41:57,433 AND I CAN TELL THAT JUST FROM THESE OVAL-SHAPED LEAVES 735 00:41:57,500 --> 00:42:00,200 WITH THESE YELLOW VEINS RUNNING THROUGH IT 736 00:42:00,266 --> 00:42:01,400 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY 737 00:42:01,467 --> 00:42:03,634 BECAUSE OF THESE WHITE BERRIES THAT I'VE GOT. 738 00:42:03,700 --> 00:42:08,533 AND THESE ARE EDIBLE. 739 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,634 AND THEY'RE ALSO DELICIOUS. 740 00:42:11,700 --> 00:42:13,634 THEY SORT OF FEEL LIKE BLUEBERRIES 741 00:42:13,700 --> 00:42:15,800 WHEN THEY POP IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU KNOW? 742 00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:18,767 THEY'VE ALSO GOT THESE SEEDS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT BITTER, 743 00:42:18,834 --> 00:42:20,667 BUT YOU DON'T KIND OF NOTICE THAT 744 00:42:20,734 --> 00:42:22,834 JUST BECAUSE THE REST OF IT IS SO SWEET. 745 00:42:22,900 --> 00:42:24,600 AND SO MUCH OF SURVIVAL ACTUALLY 746 00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:27,133 IS JUST ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF IT, YOU KNOW, 747 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:29,800 THINGS THAT GIVE YOU A LIFT AND KEEP YOU GOING. 748 00:42:29,867 --> 00:42:33,400 AND THESE BERRIES ARE JUST SO SWEET AND TASTY. 749 00:42:33,467 --> 00:42:36,133 AND ANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU SMILE 750 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:39,667 AND WILL HELP YOU KEEP MOVING IS A GOOD THING 751 00:42:39,734 --> 00:42:41,967 WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN THE WILD. 752 00:42:45,934 --> 00:42:48,734 BEING OUT IN THE WILDERNESS RETURNS US 753 00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:51,500 TO THE WAY OF LIFE OF OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS, 754 00:42:51,567 --> 00:42:53,600 WHERE HUNTING AND SCAVENGING 755 00:42:53,667 --> 00:42:56,667 WERE OUR ONLY MEANS OF SURVIVAL. 756 00:42:56,734 --> 00:42:59,767 NOT EVERYTHING I'VE EATEN HAS BEEN EASY TO STOMACH. 757 00:42:59,834 --> 00:43:02,000 BUT IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO 758 00:43:02,066 --> 00:43:05,867 WHEN HUNGER AND THIRST PUSH YOU TO YOUR LIMITS.