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Sunday 29 May 2011

Man survives on urine and plants

A 65-year-old head of a university in Colombia survived four days on only his urine and a few plant stems.

Wood duck

While attempting to capture photos of the brightly coloured wood duck the man ventured off track in search for a dried up pond he found himself lost in a swamp.

Following the rules of being lost he stayed on the same island("a log and raised mud about 3 meters long") for his entire ordeal.

On the final day after surviving on urine and plant stems he was discovered by a police helicopter and made  a remarkably quick recovery.

41 comments:

  1. that is seriously beyond and macguyver or bear grylls stuff

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  2. so bear grylls info is useful

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  3. I would have had to die...

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  4. I don't think I'd ever be able to drink my own piss no matter the situation. I'm glad he was able to get out alive!

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  5. Yikes hahaha that seems a little much for a wooden duck!!

    Jk.

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  6. ye well i think during the wars ppl survive on even more weird ways

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  7. this is actually pretty damn cool =D

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  8. That guy is the man, he did it for the ducks.

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  9. Very cool story, and good that he thought to stay where he was instead of venturing out further and getting lost even moreso.

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  10. drink urine = infinite water

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  11. it is a very nice duck though.

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  12. Wow drinking his own piss :o

    It's a very nice duck though.

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  13. mm, one hour lost, better drink my own piss

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  14. your really great mmm

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  15. Sheesh. What a survivor.

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  16. that's crazy. :0 i would've died definitely.

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  17. the man knew his shit, and lived and suffered little, this should be a lesson to people.

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  18. hahahahah LOL@Jesse Crows Mguyver hasnt got $hit on that man.

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  19. Wow, that guy's pretty determined to stay alive.

    That said, if given a choice between drinking pee and dying, I think the former would come out on top...

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  20. couldnt find a duck
    better drink my own piss

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  21. So urine and plants aren't the only things there are to drink and eat? Why has no one told me this before.

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  22. I always read that drinking your own urine would dehydrate you in the long run.

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  23. Sounds like the story of Aron Ralston, that guy was stuck for 127 hours under a rock (his arm to be precise), after he could not take anymore, he cut his arm off with a DULL knife to escape. There is a movie about his story called 127 Hours, i think you guys should watch it!

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  24. This guy has nothing on Aron Ralston, I'm reading Aron's book (Between a Rock and a Hard Place) and if he was 'lost in a swamp' he'd find a way out with-in the hour.

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  25. damn. He knew what he was doing...

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  26. Hmmm.. 4 days? I think you can survive without water completely for 4 days, though it would be painful. I think he was just looking for an excuse to drink his own urine! =P

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  27. its evident that this guy watched a few episodes of Bear Grylls lol

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  28. That one is really omg. For the love of photograhy, nevertheless, its a good thing he survived. software development

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