How to ACTUALLY Survive on a Desert Island

Honestly my favorite part was the guy's PP at the beginning

Mad respect to our primitive ancestors that survived living in the wild

I hate this video.

I am stuck on an island at the moment, in the Pacific

I thought Delta Force was more like SAS…

How can you make a fire From wet tropical Wood?

How to actually survive on a desert Island.
Step 1. Don't get stuck on a desert Island.

You cannot drink rainwater that has been trickling down through foliage, do not collect it under tree's, you need to collect it in an open area, at least not without boiling it first. The trees leaves are coated in bacteria from bird feces and thus it carries pathogens. The sickest I ever got in my life was from drinking water I collected under trees when I was camping. I was puking and shitting my guts out for 7 days in horrible pain, like hot cinders in my stomach.

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Gosh, who wouldnt want to be a michellin starred chef stuck on an island.

Okay, I just have one question. I think I know the answer but I am curious what other people will say: How can a lush tropical rainforested island be labeled a "desert island" ?

what im learning from this video is that humans are weak as hell and very high maintenance like how did we even get this far. we are interesting creatures for sure

There’s NO comparison between the SAS and US SEALS unless it’s SEAL team 6. Navy SEALS are more comparable with UK Royal Marines (Although Royal Marines training is longer) . On the subject of Royal Marines, soldiers who’ve done a Mountain Leaders course and then passed the SAS or SBS reckon the ML course and selection is tougher.

I loved the video, but as a non-survivalist, I have a hard time thinking that a person will die a painful death from nutrition deficiency after a month of only eating only fish and coconuts. It certainly doesn't sound nutritionally optimal, but I personally would like to see more sources that a human can't survive for years on fish alone (if again not optimally). I don't feel the value of the video is in anyway diminished if the dire "you will die painfully after a month if all you eat is fish and coconuts" is simply an exaggeration.

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Besides the numerous errors, I don't even know how accurate the first premise of this video is. If you're not already malnourished, coconuts and fish alone would probably sustain you for longer than a month! I mean you can survive a month without eating anything at all! Also judging by my own limited diet of pasta and water, seems pretty survivable for a while at the very least.

What a great and really enjoyable, informative video.
I love the relaxing "holiday" music in the background as if describing bring on holidays, not surviving!

Ima show up fat to the island as a strategic move. I've played Project Zomboid.

AVOID ANY WATER YOU SEE BIRDS SWIMMING IN FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Took a course on parasitology and...man...
Birds sometimes poop parasite eggs that burrow into your skin. Also avoid ever getting lake water stuck in your nose. It's unlikely, but a really spooky parasite can only be absorbed in that way.

Anything that looks like a blackberry is safe! If it's bunched up and black or red in that exact shape you should be fine. There's no poisonous lookalikes. 80% of black and blue berries are safe. 50% of red are safe. Don't mess around with white berries unless you're an expert because only around 10% are safe.

DONT EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EAT RAW SNAILS OR SLUGS.

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Also with the spear fishing, having a cord on the end of your spear makes it much easier to retrieve afterwards

Survive ? Better than the streets.

Um ! You will be dead in less than a month

imagine having a phone and bars and instead of calling for help you load up this video

i really love this channel i can’t express how much i love everything, the visuals the narration the throughly researched info i can’t express how calming yet attention grabbing this channel is

a nitpick, diuretics do not cause diarrhea... they do cause you to pee more frequently...

That's the wrong zebra fish lol

honestly, i could never kill a bird, or sea turtle. But just about any other animal that doesnt bleed red is fine.

god i love this video

Like every move taken or not taken, there's a chance of dying.😂

I mean, yeah avoid getting stranded anywhere.

Never underestimate how tiring it is to have to fight a wild animal to its death for meat with no weapons...

Wait this isn't a Minecraft survival

First you get you a plane, we call out the Lolita Express. Then you get a bunch of famous and powerful people. Then you get a bunch of young girls. That's how Forest Gump survived on Epstein Island.

now all i need is a photographic memory

I have a seafood allergy

4:3 aspect ratio

Deserted island, meaning unoccupied by humans. NOT "desert" island, which means lacking in rainfall. Unoccupied islands come in many types, which you mentioned. But for some reason, the term "desert island" has become associated with unoccupied tropical islands. That's a double confuser.

Just carry you 10 or 15 years' worth of food, and you could survive for years and years.

I don't know if you mentioned it, and I missed it, but SEAWEED is loaded with Vitamin A, B, C, E, antioxidants, and fiber. Most all seaweed is edible, however some species can be hard to digest, but it's everywhere and will be a good addition to the seafood.

The sure fire way to make a fire is to roam the beach and look for old butane lighters. EVERY island has them. Look at the high tide area. I can guarantee you'll find plenty of them with a flint left inside. You'll figure out the rest.

But where do I harvest insulin and clean syringes?

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I think one of the biggest thinga that would progress your survivability, especially early on, would be to not throw out all of the organ meat from any fish you catch. That's right, kiddos, get used to fish livers, because having a faste for them might save your life yum yum :3

52 years old and spent my entire life within meters of some of the most remote beaches on the Australian Great Barrier reef as my father did and his father before him going back eight generations.
I can't watch this. I feel like I might trigger. Lol.

Reminds me of Sesame Street.

In cold desert islands, you want to find oily flammable bark that is easy to remove. Not in the scope of this video, but just so you know birtch bark will easily ignite when wet, especially if you feather it and create a lot of available airspace. I don't know but I find using this as an example, oily plants, when they catch burn WAY hotter and increase your chance at igniting tinder. If you can start a good tinder fire, your chances of a full fuel fire are dramatically increased probably exponentially.

Also if you happen to have cotton socks, you can dry them and pick off very small fluff balls just like the lint in your dryer. Don't compromise the socks. A very small amount accelerates due to the amount of oxygen these add inside to speed up tinder very quickly. Last resort. Works well for me.

I do NOT believe it works so well for Wool, but if you have the luxury of wool, that keeps you warm even when you are wet, so I'd never recommend trying it.

Just my opinion.