509 - Survival:

Episode link

Hypothermia
https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-hypothermia/basics/ART-20056624?p=1
https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/cold-weather-safety-older-adults
https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/5-ways-treating-hypothermia-are-actually-dangerous-myths
https://www.princeton.edu/~oa/safety/hypocold.shtml

Build a fire in a cave for warmth
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/8390848.stm
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/02/the-first-fire/515427/
https://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/survival/2016/04/dead-wrong-26-survival-myths-can-get-you-killed

Eat snow to hydrate
http://boreal.net/articles/cold-weather-research/do-not-eat-snow-another-survival-myth.php

Myths about building fires rub 2 sticks, nose grease, use thumbnail to test)
https://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/survivalist/2013/09/fire-building-5-myths-friction-fire

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306 - Survival: Cactus if you can

You Should Drink from cactus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora
http://www.theactivetimes.com/how-survive-finding-water-desert
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/2013/06/05/cactus-water-will-make-you-sick/

Drinking Urine
http://survivalcache.com/water-purification/https://www.boundless.com/physiology/textbooks/boundless-anatomy-and-physiology-textbook/urinary-system-25/urine-241/chemical-composition-of-urine-1177-2149/

Moss only grows on north side
http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=629
http://www.naturalnavigator.com/the-library/the-truth-about-moss

Tourniquet
http://www.realfirstaid.co.uk/tourniquets/
http://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(11)02470-0/abstract
http://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(11)02470-0/abstract

Bear Survival
http://www.wikihow.com/Survive-a-Bear-Attack
http://fwp.mt.gov/mtoutdoors/downloads/BearAttack.pdf
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear

"Suck out the Poison"
http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20020802/dont-suck-snakebite
https://youtu.be/4CQKLiwQCIs
https://www.timsreptiles.co.za/venom/types-of-snake-venom-and-their-effects-on-humans

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