8 myths about survival, that can cost you your life

All kinds of shows and films about survival in the wild enjoy the same success with the public. However, not always offered at these tips can be useful in real life. Moreover, some of them can even be deadly. For example, we have collected for you some popular tips for survival, which in any case can not be followed.

1. Suck the poison from the wound

If you are bitten by a snake, its venom will start quite quickly enter the bloodstream and spread throughout the body. Therefore, to suck the poison from the wound, especially if more than five minutes had passed after the bite, completely pointless. It may even aggravate the situation in the event that you have in your mouth have any sores or lesions.

2. pretend to be dead

In some sources it is recommended when dealing with a predatory beast fell to the ground and pretended to be dead. But in fact, it can only cause an increased interest in your person baffled by the animal. It will want to investigate you, and who knows what will come after him in the head.

In this situation the best will slowly and carefully leave the venue. As a rule, the predator does not plan to have you, but only wants to simply scare and get rid of your presence.

But better still advance to take measures that will enable all to avoid such a meeting. When traveling through the woods, try as much as possible to make noise. Sing, talk, whistling, rattling the dishes. Animals learn in advance about your approach and try to get away.

3. look for food

Heroes some shows dedicated to the issues of survival, trying first of all to provide themselves with food to spare. They immediately set out in search of some of the larvae, collect snails, master snares for birds and fishing rods to catch fish.

In fact, the food you should care only in the third turn. In extremely adverse weather conditions (heat or cold), a person can die within a couple of hours. Without water a person can survive for three days, while the lack of food can be kept for several weeks. So the first thing you need to look for water and secure shelter.

4. Drink juice plant

If you are skilled enough to choose one of the many species of plants, the juice that you can really drink, this advice might work. But in other cases, if you make a mistake, the juice will cause you only severe poisoning, accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea, which will lead to rapid dehydration.

5. Determine the cardinal points on the moss

This is probably one of the most long-running and common myths. I wonder how many tourists, adventurers and travelers got into trouble because of what you were looking moss, rocks and trees growing on the north side?

Everything is complete fiction. Moss grows where there are the most favorable conditions (shade, humidity) for him. This may be a northern, southern, or any other aspect of the world.

6. There are horrible

The most exciting episodes about survival programs show us how the hero bravely eats what some worms, chews grass, and a snack raw mushrooms. "The fact that they eat animals can eat quietly and people," - explained to us from the screens.

Do not follow this rule. Not always berries, plants and insects, edible animals are safe for human beings. At best, you get easy food poisoning, at worst - death.

7. Rub the frostbitten ears

If you are a long time in the cold, it is primarily exposed to the danger of frostbite ears, nose, fingers and toes. It is necessary first of all to try to warm the body, but in any case they should not be rubbed. It only threatens even greater damage to frostbitten tissues.

You need to slowly and gently warm the victim with the help of warm blankets, under which better put a few bottles with warm water. You can also give a hot drink, painkillers. After that you should wrap the damaged area and to send a man to the hospital.

8. Beat the shark on the nose

Yes, I understand that the chance to meet face to face with a shark eat a very small number of people. Apparently, this is what the authors hope completely insane shark Council beat his fist on the nose at the moment when it attacks.

Indeed, nose, eyes and gills are the most sensitive places on the body of a predator. But very unlikely, if, of course, you're not Chuck Norris, you can actually cause a serious blow to the fish under the water, and even in times of stress. Therefore it is better not to rely on force of his fists, and how to move to the shore or a boat as soon as possible.