Aboriginal Fire Starting | Ray Mears Extreme Survival | BBC Studios

[@rugerfan2036]

I am native Hawaiian and admire these people for keeping their culture alive .

[@user-ib7wy4oq9e]

Exactly

[@toot180]

They haven't been able to keep much, most is forgotten

[@blued2044]

Sending love to you mob, from an Indigenous Australian

[@staunchnoongar2255]

@@toot180 its not that it is "forgotten''..... more so the case that our parents and grandparents were forbidden to speak our language, practice or teach our culture and lore and were not allowed to pass it onto the next generation. If parents were caught or suspected of teaching culture and lore or speaking our language to their kids..... their kids were forcefully removed and taken 100's and some cases 1000's of miles away from their parents/family/tribes and placed in christian missions for kids and most never saw their parents/family/tribes again. And THAT'S...... THE REASON WHY WE DONT HAVE MUCH CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND LORE TODAY. You can't "forget" what you don't know and were never taught BECAUSE OUR PARENTS/GRANDPARENTS WERE TERRIFIED OUT OF FEAR OF HAVING THEIR CHILDREN TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM.

[@ML6103]

They're keeping it alive by passing out drunk on the foot paths around town

[@holjac2227]

2:03 I started crying. That sound design is beautiful. Also just feel such pain today about how we have completely lost ourselves in this society. That's why I searched up fire starting and found this wonderful video. Time to return

[@christopherstein2024]

Try this and you might be happy to sit in front of the telly again

[@khange7vampirekiller]

I believe the music is by phillip glass

[@cube4547]

Bruh

[@sarah-annecarney7552]

I hate it, we are barely taught anything about the people we share the land with. After stealing it. When I was in school cook was portrayed as a hero and maybe like one lesson regarding the devastation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples. Makes me sick.

[@nothingthatinteresting]

I been dreaming of how great it would be to live a hunter gather life or in some kind of tribe. Hunting your food not this procesed stuff

[@weirdo50]

amazing! the aboriginal man doesn't even need a firebow for the friction fire! my hands couldn't handle it :D

[@synal]

awesome vid! i feel that while ray doesn't do the crazy and exciting stuff that other survival hosts do, he more than makes up for it with the detailed information he gives us.

[@InfiniteIsaac5000]

I will reply every 14 years

[@JackFrost008]

That is because running around and jumping out of planes is Not survival or living. It is a stunt for the tv.

[@goaway7105]

thanks, my history teacher challenged my entire class to make a fire this way and I am going to study this video to learn the method

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Did you guys have your skin peeled?

[@VegardMinde]

It is amazing to see something humans did thousands of years ago and it must have taken equal time to develop !

[@TheKnifeG]

Hi

[@COG777777]

I've seen to many different way to start a fire by using stick and a board already with holes. This is exactly what i wanted to see. If i was stranded in no where, i should be able to find some thing similar to this. Thank you for the video.

[@gargoyled_drake]

Yup. None of the survival youtubers actual go and find their material in the video. Instead they have it ready, cut and dry and everything to just show you the technique of twisting a stick. IDK. seems like a very easy way to clickbait and not actually do anything but twist a stick til it smokes. Also, welcome to the future. Hope you got through the last couple of years alright

[@randomindividual9338]

I enjoy Ray Mears's works. How can we appreciate where we are now, if we don't have an understanding of where we've been?

[@ivanlagrossemoule]

Aboriginals are damn awesome. I like how some of them kept their traditions, or at least part of them. Around here in europe we lost everything... Well, almost. I remember going camping as a child and my father picked up some plants and putting them in boiling water.. and we got some really good tea.

[@garthreid7114]

If you're going to try and survive in the wilderness, you have a lot to learn, depending on your environment. A warm or hot country has as many challenges as a cold wet one. Scotland is great in late spring till late autumn, after october, its almost garanteed to be permenantly wet, you need to remember this as being cold is one thing, being cold and wet can very easily become life threatening. Dry fire kindling is crucial collect and keep dry, once a little fire gets a hold, you can burn wet wood quite easily. Save as much ready to go wood as possible, spend a lot of time preparing for days of rain. Keep a low fire ticking over so you can get hot water quickly for hot drinks, even hot water is better than cold a saw is the most valuable tool to have you do not need an axe, make a fire on an old tree stump and it will still be smouldering deep inside in the morning. get everthing ready well before it gets dark and get a fire going as early at sun up as possible. Work hard and you wont feel cold, so you wont need a constant fire that needs tending till the right time. A natural woodland is sterile, humans can survive in this but rotting food can breed germs, atract flies, insects and wild animals.

[@andreael-dick4562]

U worte a whole paragrah

[@sphinx2077]

@@andreael-dick4562 Yeah but it was interesting tho

[@em.pxthetic]

1:55 "The children today may have trouble lighting a fire the old way, but they certainly know what to do with it." *sets fire to the surroundings*

[@adityanautiyal7710]

I laughed so bad HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@jspaceemperor420]

3:00 Looks like you missed the explanation

[@MantraHerbInchSin]

@@jspaceemperor420 It was a joke my friend

[@rocksparadox]

@@MantraHerbInchSin A real joke is not the literal description of what happened, even if there was a ''shocking ending''. Unfortunately the ''joke'' was only funny to the moron who typed it and a few dozen brainless turds.

[@billyshane3804]

They know how to apply fire to taxpayer funded accommodation

[@eyub77]

Both are good wih knowlidge in survival knowlidge, But I like Rays appreciation for indegenious people.

[@MrCorfuz]

I never knew that Ray Mears was ever that young.

[@MikeF0024]

they are VERY inteligent people

[@Inner_Order]

i once met an Australian who told me the sborigines could manifest anything they needed just by thinking about it.

[@phmai50]

Thank you so muck 😊❤❤❤❤

[@kc8ntp]

Its amazing of how similar the technique is to the one used by Native American tribes, but its half way around the world!

[@ReddoFreddo]

It was probably invented before the Native Americans started populating America, and they took the technique with them over a land bridge connecting Eurasia and America.

[@peacebakugan]

i don't know how many times i've seen this way of making fire

[@SuperGamer87]

The aboriginal people of Australia are so cool! They were TRULY some bushcrafting people!

[@BadJuJuAdventures1701]

i understood competely what you think you meant. you are the one who decided to take upon yourself to correct a commet i had made. in stead of just reading it and saying to yourself, "wow i think he is wrong". you insluted me.

[@glenmacdonald3477]

Beautiful

[@Haptic_atmos03]

I was reading about Indus valley civilisation 😂 and that brought my question to this video 😂

[@nikkiwallacestewart6061]

That's an old men making bush fire his my own full Blooded Grandfather i 💕 miss you and Never forgotten 😭 you left me when I was age of 7 now I'm 26 missing you 😭💕💕

[@maxl3189]

Righto...

[@georgenona7647]

He's a legend

[@Wikipunani]

you can avoid blisters by baking your hands for a bit in a mixture of ash, lard, and a nice eyeball mash, if you have it on hand. reduces friction quite nicely otherwise yea, your kinda screwed inasfar as the blister thing goes

[@SuperGamer87]

When I saw that man pick up the hatchet while Ray was speaking, I was like "Oh no, Ray--look out! Dude's gotta hatc--oh..." LOL And I love Ray Mears. I like Bear, too, for the entertainment factor (though Ray is very entertaining to me, too). I don't get why people debate over our own opinions. But before both of these guys, there was Dick Proenneke. I just LOVE watching that dude! He can create a wooden house out of water and he once spit on the ground, and Chuck Norris grew from it.

[@yacobshelelshaddai4543]

Bahahahaha comment 😂

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

Small low fires are actually encouraged to burn off introduced weeds. Everyone will burn but only the native plants will rejuvenate. Currently reading Fire Country. Excellent book

[@mightyknight]

Aborigines prevented bushfires in Australia before 1788 by burning the bush in a way that this video didn't show us. The Aboriginal people of today have been struggling to convince the government to perform a fire control burn using the traditional technique.

[@elscruffomcscruffy8371]

@@mightyknight yes they were excellent caretakers of the land, to a point. However technology from more advanced civilisations ultimately conquered them. Btw term 'Aborigines' is quite offensive to indigenous cultures

[@mightyknight]

Wow. I never knew it was offensive. I thought I remembered Missy Higgins using that word in "Bran Nue Day", which is why I thought it was normal.

[@2partiesnotpreferred226]

The biggest estate on earth by Bill Gammage is a great book too.

[@willzill538]

@El Scruffo McScruffy "advanced" isn't the correct term to decide the civilisation. Relative to us now that civilisation would be perceived as primitive. Take into account the issues our "advanced" global civilisation is facing, the underlying issues is we don't know how to live in equilibrium with the land and its other inhabitants. To have our needs met without destroying another element of the system that sustains us. There were people that got their needs met utilising only sticks and rocks and did so in a way that the environment can change and adapt to it over deep time, that would be considered "advanced" relative to what we have now. If you don't believe me give it a few hundred years hahah

[@superdeath1997]

he makes it look so easy

[@SamanthaJones-nq2rv]

Magnifying glass to make it easier to light a fire 🔥

[@hismanhim]

i was quite surprise that Ray's fire starting tech was from the aboriginal.

[@MrSpartaa]

Music: *The Grid · Philip Glass*

[@spambam633]

Beautiful 🥰

[@Leevancleff]

Most of you probably think Ray Mears is a better survivalist which he probably is seeing he has more experience...But i personally think bear is still a good survivalist and he has gives an entertaining show

[@ChatOmbre]

I think many have lit matches before, even if they don't often. I'm 18 now, so technically I don't count (and I'm only one person), but even without all the camping I've done, there are times when you need to light a candle (power out during a storm) and your lighter has stopped working. Besides, even without being pyros, it seems many people find fire interesting/beautiful and have played with it at least a little bit at some point in their lives.

[@Виннипух-у3ц]

Apparently the guys are eating from the same plate

[@leifdux7277]

And here we are in Asia, we have 24/7 convenience stores where we are sometimes too lazy to walk 100m to get food and water lol...

[@ivanostellato9478]

you also carved holes with knives that left nano dust knives that were forged with source flame

[@1CME90]

That's bad ass! I've never seen a tree with water in it like that!

[@user-ib7wy4oq9e]

@LtLuke nice

[@user-ib7wy4oq9e]

@LtLuke oh banana??

[@shillelaghslaw]

i love the philip glass music

[@LiogCeartas]

Chairs have made us weak in the thighs and tight at the joints. Doing squats for exercise is unheard of for them.

[@ChrisDarmaninLRO]

@roilggg the embers where on the knife. you can see at 1:32 the knife below so he just simply transfers with the knife

[@MilesB1975]

This called Fire-Stick Farming here in Australia.

[@JaydenLawson]

What kind of wood is used to light that fire?

[@jelvine5653]

This is fun to watch

[@ChatOmbre]

Oh, and as a girl who doesn't smoke and is just out of high school... candles are nice. So are bonfires or campfires. Lighting a fire is needed for each of those. :)

[@allgood6760]

Come on baby light my fire🔥.. cool vid👍

[@1postpwned]

@MrPsyxxx it's music from movie koyaanisqatsi and yes it's by philip glass :)

[@colddrake80]

Anybody know what kind of knife the old guy was using? I have a similar kitchen knife but his doesn't have as extreme a curve and looks handier.

[@faheemboy]

amazing

[@NeoLeaver]

Fire starting method the aboriginal man uses in this video is identical to that used by the Masai in africa....must be a very very old technique, going back to the days before humanity spread out of africa and throughout the rest of the world...amazing.

[@Ensensu2]

Just rolling rocks or sticks around in your hand and rubbing your hand on a piece of wood could be enough to develop the theory of how this works. We can never be completely sure how any of these techniques were invented without a time machine, but one tribe who has yet to discover how to make fire on demand has been observed chasing where lightning strikes in an attempt to light a fire from that ignition source.

[@KawaiiCatL0rd]

im aussie and had to do science thingy about this not trying to be rude aswell just saying its really impresive how they do the stuff

[@mryellow123]

@EvilKorbinDallas The fire dependant species also exist in the south, while forests produce a lot of fuel and can go 10-20 years without burning, combined with dry years from El Nina/El Nino cycle, and hot desert winds from the west, can result in explosive conditions. There is debate about back-burning, people get upset when they see a burnt Koala. However there is a difference between burning a fire-break and having the whole region go up in flames. Emotive subject for some.

[@2partiesnotpreferred226]

This comment aged very well. It was definitely a disaster waiting to happen.

[@markiobook8639]

West Papua and Eastern Indonesia have identical flora and fauna due to Wallace line. The tree is rare. Better to get hydrated by snake and lizard flesh it's what taught for survival courses (and benefit of fairly palateable protein). There is also very little potable water (lots of rivers full of diseases), so native Papuans don't drink much aside from tea and coffee and of course arak and kava.

[@DocAcher]

Paperbark trees are very common in Australia though... like, throw a rock and you'll hit one. They're salt tolerant too so they can grow near water people can't drink.

[@luketabram123]

His parents were born in England, he was born in England, he lives in Essex, he climbed Everest at the age of 23, he was in the SAS. To say that he is a fake American survivalist is just ridiculous. He was taught in the SAS to be a survivalist, they all are, it is a requirement. Ray Mears is certainly more knowledgeable but that doesn't change the fact that Grylls is still a certified and respected survivalist.

[@ROFLpwnedvideos]

I find it amazing that people like the Aborigines and the Native Americans...were half a planet apart...and developed a lot of the same fire starting and living techniques.

[@corleyoutdoors2887]

Informative and beneficial video

[@nutsaboutkatz]

What was the type of tree he cut in the beginning? It had water inside it? Sound Volume is too low so I couldn't catch the name of the tree. Can someone pls help?

[@norinaikara]

The old man with blue shirts♥️ is my real Great Great-grandfather 💯♥️ who was my worrior from murrungun clan Group which is shark tribes❤️ he left me since I was Age of 9 or 10💯♥️

[@atillaozturk7075]

I always carry a magnifying glass whilst I'm in the bush😂🤣

[@hashtagprincess]

there letting it seep to show it in a demonstration. plus the water only stopped because the water level was below the cut. cut lower and you get more

[@lankue]

bear grylss is trained brit special force. to show how trained men in brits arm force do the survival. ray myers is doing documentary how to survive in any mean way as the native do. both of them special in their kind of way

[@bigman20640]

can anyone tell me of a knife with a similar style used by the aboriginal man

[@BaronVonSexron]

I think ray and bear kick ass

[@RipMK747]

wats the name of the tree guys???

[@overratedprogrammer]

And where did he get the steel?

[@georgenona7647]

The steel, itsFrom u guys, when u came in a boat as convicts or refugees, REMEMBER🤘

[@bigredinfinity3126]

This is why we have such a problem with bush fires .The aborigines burned the waste off after each season .There is a lot to learn from them

[@archygrey9093]

Cattle stations at least in the northern parts of Australia try to do that about every few years or so in patches, it grows back almost instantly and makes the land much healthier and more varied in types of flora. We always have to do it secretly though to avoid repercussions from the shire and "environmentalists" who think any kind of burning is bad and allow fuel loads to build up until you end up with a mega fire that kills everything in its path both animals and tree's. Grasses, trees and animals survive normal fires perfectly fine. You don't have to be Aboriginal, its pretty obvious to most poeple who actually live in the bush. Sorry for the massive rant, We raise cattle but that really comes second to having a healthy bush to raise them on in the first place, land management is literally part of our job but you get alot of poeple on an agenda who honestly have no idea trying to enforce how things are done and then find a way to blame us when things go wrong.

[@bigredinfinity3126]

@@archygrey9093 yes it is easy people to judge from a ivory tower and not know the real struggle

[@2partiesnotpreferred226]

@@archygrey9093 I think most farmers and property owners do a good job of land management and should be allowed to do controlled burns. The main problem areas are national parks and crown land that gets no care and becomes a disaster waiting to happen.

[@DaveSmith-cp5kj]

@@2partiesnotpreferred226 Exactly. Firefighters and even some rangers warned that planting trees in forest without regularly having logging companies thin the forest would only result in a massive fire. Three decades ago they predicted the massive year long fires we had in California in 2015. California never had such massive forest fires until they banned nearly all the logging companies back in the 90s.

[@bigman20640]

i have a ka-bar and its an incredible knife but the blade style of that one really interested me.

[@thephenom724]

I wish I could do this someday

[@yacobshelelshaddai4543]

Just try it today bruh. Just don’t burn down the state unless you know what you’re doing lol.

[@thephenom724]

@@yacobshelelshaddai4543 I don't have any land of my own yet

[@bestSVMS]

In science class too many people didnt know how to lite matches i sit on computer all day and i can use matches most people use lighters though

[@unclechen6304]

So that's why Australia has so many bush fires...

[@fallenhw]

Australia once had a wild fire that lasted 1year

[@benzathings9441]

a lot of native plants depend on fire to trigger seed germination, so by managing the bush like this the aborigines not only make it easier to catch animals and reduced the risk of uncontrollable bushfires, but they guarantee plant based food sources for the future. even now, bushland is routinely burned in a controlled way before summer hits to reduce the amount of dry fuel on the ground - its called back burning. Victoria never used to do this, which is why the 2009 fires were so devastating.

[@suemcfarlane4199]

Uncle Chen it only takes two good seasons and the fuel load in the undergrowth can become staggering that in turn creates a hot lasting fire that will go up the trees setting the eculypt leaves at the top alive an end up killing the tree those fires the kids lite were fast moving grass fires that just leave a layer of fertilising ash under the trees a lot of ausralian plants won't open their seed pods unless exposed to high heat many wattles are like that and to get seed from them you must roast the seeds in a hot oven before they will be able to germinate

[@RynLegend]

these are controlled fires...

[@tormon506]

No, this is now not common anymore, so NOW there bushfires. There didn't use to be.

[@719iceman]

thumbs up if you watched all 44 episodes or watever u call em.

[@Globetrottahh]

my firemaker level is OVER 9000!

[@garyp4374]

Its so delightful to see full blood Aborigines and how they survived. in Australia the Aboriginal people are not allowed to be seen on television or in the media . there are a lot of people that only have a little bit of Aboriginal blood in them but claim to be aboriginal and get very upset when the full bloods are seen because it makes them look completely ridiculous so in order to not upset then we don't get to see this stuff

[@mryellow123]

That made you mad? Maybe that says more about your anxiety then it does about water shortages in the city.

[@StephanieG1]

Ray should have put a bowl under that tree to collect the water when it came out. You can't afford to waste water, certainly not in the Australian bush.

[@BAK87]

it's a hand drill method ;] where do you see bow?

[@lowrey148]

@DancesWithLlamas like dave from dual survival right?

[@MrDiaboloer]

is it really with water??????????

[@firecrackerg60]

when you get older you will see that this guy is much better then bear grylls, its how the programme is edited and all dramatised with bear which makes it unpalatable whereas ray is no nonsense and to the point.

[@epicdemic7464]

+BBCWorldwide where can I find the full episodes of these??

[@uscomputing]

Is it just me or did he completely miss the bulk of the water when it was cut into? rofl

[@qbthething]

u should bear grylls behind the scene video...he has like 30 people surrounding him lol

[@bigman20640]

holy crap it looks almost exactly like an old hickory skinner well spotted

[@RichL123]

@StevieDminesapint Grylls was trained by the SAS I believe? Or British Special Forces? He has the knowledge BUT his show is done in a made for TV manner. Whereas while Ray Mears focuses on the real bushcraft skills without the fluff..yet his show wouldn't do so well on TV. American TV at least. They are both skilled individuals but their focuses differ. One being military survival and one being bushcraft survival

[@tantomollc8899]

THAT IS HOW AMAZON FIRE STARTED

[@bigman20640]

the overall blade shape but like i say its not to buy one just more to know because it was bugging me that i didnt

[@BAK87]

You are correct too my friend :) Maybe I took it too literally, wasn't trying to be rude or smart-ass. Cheers

[@enigma24tool4you]

Are you saying Ray climbed everest?

[@evanwillison-qf1cm]

Why did he chop it halfway down the bike and waste the water while hurting the tree? He could have just tapped it at the bittom and had a drink and let the tree refill itself.

[@ceannscriteach81]

who else reckons that a lot of animals pissed against that tree trunk hes drinkin from?

[@ajhnson]

@foot175 Eventually you run out of matches and then what will you do? Text somebody on your iphone?

[@benstevinson764]

Our Ancestors in Africa 🌍 made Fire 🔥 the same Way Thousands of Year's B.C

[@recurveninja]

in one episode of man vs wild you can see bear eating a bagged lunch in a water reflection......

[@redwolf7929]

Most of our Australian ants need fire to regenerate. Their seeds are really hard and need the fire to germinate

[@QuantumDisciple7]

Its all good brother, didn't mean to come off that way either. Cheers!

[@User-Seven-Teen]

1:56 "The Children know what to do with it." Arson

[@drag0nslayers]

it'd be soooo fun to be that kid!!

[@DesertEagleV]

my firemaking level is - 30, with a lighter it boosted to 60

[@muzzthegreat]

Thats Called Fire-Stick Farming : it has formed the Australian-Landscape over 40,000 years - If the people didn't burn the landscape the Trees Wouldn't Germinate [so well] - and the Fires would be Worse when started by Lightning - See Fire-stick farming and Epicormic-Buds on Wiki [parts of the USA Now have a problem : Too many Rich people who don't want their hills burned and instead the houses burn in wild-fires] : Around here we relish a good bush-fire coz it means our house WON'T Burn.

[@yacobshelelshaddai4543]

Wow!!!

[@MrKnuk]

0:14 ... he just let go about quartet a gallon..

[@Storm13Cloud]

thats what most people dont get, its best to have the same kind of stick...