Ray Mears is shown how to dig for water in the Australian outback. This is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: www.bbcstudios...
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@garyp43742 жыл бұрын
Palya which is hello in this language. Now I would like to point out something that Ray did not they don't dig these holes every single time people keep saying that's a lot of effort but the water keeps replenishing itself and the whole is left for the next person who comes along so they don't have to do all the digging . also it was very common to see rocks in a pyramid shape up on a hill so the people knew we're good water sources were . no ones going to dig a 6-ft hole in 40 degrees temperatures just to get one cup of water
@jarrod168512 жыл бұрын
makes you appreciate the simple things in life watching these video's.
@kevseadog12 жыл бұрын
Great vid Ray. I know I am not alone in appreciating your contribution and how you always keep the old ways alive and accessible for folks who may be sitting in the comfort of their homes thousands of miles away. To Rosemary and Mabel, thank you for sharing. Peace.
@gokucrazy2214 жыл бұрын
This show, rather than a survival show, is more like a presentation of those native to an area and their abilities. It just turns out that these abilities are what actual survival skills are essentially based on.
@TheScorpion61514 жыл бұрын
yeah and it was passed down from generation to generation. these are what you call the pioneers of survival.
@waynejakamarra64034 жыл бұрын
My people of Central Australia would use grass as filters, leave it for a few hours and the water would be cleaner, I'm an 80s kid and still can survive in the deserts of Australia, we were taught how and where to find water....
@James-kv6kb Жыл бұрын
Palya
@SuperStevce2 жыл бұрын
I was looking for a filtering system that the first nation people used. This is great.
@talipurple3099 жыл бұрын
So fascinating and interesting !!
@bloodshot73812 жыл бұрын
I learned something today! Now i just got to wait till the day comes to use this strategy.
@dontoni80412 ай бұрын
Do you still remember it. Its been 12 years since you watched it
@HalfKaztBoy15 жыл бұрын
Lol digging for that root, all that hard work for such little water.
@chub49843 жыл бұрын
anyone else watching this for school :P
@bobomanthecruzan13 жыл бұрын
81,505 people are now inspired during a survival situation
@emel6015 жыл бұрын
and this water is clean! the soil cleans the water from germs and that weed from soil. i wish i could say that for my land...
@IcedGemsz13 жыл бұрын
'you cant get cleaner water than that' ... I dunno Ray old chap Evion has many filters better than grass seems much clearer the liquid in Evian as well...?
@PepperPhoenix16 жыл бұрын
It's been theorised that the hunter-gatherer idea may have been more split than we think. The men hunted. The women gathered, that would explain the roles displayed here, the women search out foods they can gather to bring back, while the men go kill stuff. I've hard this theory applied to the way we shop these days too. And it makes a lot of sense! Men go get one thing that they know they need and return, women go and search out many options returning with the best of what they've found.
@jamied8678 Жыл бұрын
A lot of people don't know this or don't want to know this but it was an extremely violent culture and if the women didn't come back with food they got beaten up
@jackp492 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I think it often devolves into alpha male, pride of lions style community, but there is also men on men violence and a lot of it I worked with a guy from Brazil, and his grandmother was kidnapped by a man from a neighbouring village during a tribal battle when she was 11, she was locked up for a week and fed food under the door and then married to the man who kidnapped her, my workmate said she had 28 kids with that man and was a very happy lady, I assume if you don’t know any better you’ve got no reason to think you’ve been abused, if it’s normal you don’t question it, but she did end up genuinely happy My mate is about 60 now and his grandmother only died recently in her 80s I think, so this is not long ago at all that it was the norm
@Jefferson-ly5qe5 жыл бұрын
How on earth did these people live that existence for 10s of 1000s of years. Unbelievable.
@jamied8678 Жыл бұрын
Scientists now believe it was 80000 years they were out there in the Australian bush
@bethymears26484 жыл бұрын
Great stuff
@ross.580088 ай бұрын
I found water in the desert. It was in the back of my van❤
@FTY13Ай бұрын
That's just really dumb
@katanaburner15 жыл бұрын
You got that right.
@m6dm9015 жыл бұрын
he means its been cleaned by the rock and the sand its better than city water
@Njubish16 жыл бұрын
Here's what I don't get... it looks like they dig a whole lot for a very small amount of water.. and it's hard work in warm temps. Wouldn't this just dehydrate you and cause you to need more water then what you find?
@endlesswaltzhaha15 жыл бұрын
Wow.....so many flies on their faces.....
@xkoni5 жыл бұрын
wow
@rdf777714 жыл бұрын
By the time you find water your dead of thirst diggin for it,lol
@guitarkid244215 жыл бұрын
Yeah but if your in the desert that little bit of water counts for a lot.
@DesertEagleV13 жыл бұрын
Where is the skip button for all the Advertisement I don't want to watch?
@Lilredhead98 жыл бұрын
Lol have to watch this for school
@verticalsmurf15 жыл бұрын
There is a translator behind the scenes. Aboriginals living outside of 'society' mostly prefer to live the traditional way. Aboriginal dialects are hard to learn, different tribes speak a wholy different language. Unlike in England where people 10kms apart sound totally different, to Aboriginals, it can be a totally different language altogether. Sadly no-one wants to learn Aboriginal dialects now, there's no reason to, their dialects are dying now, which is sad, as their dialect is so musical.
@nesbitt61515 жыл бұрын
how many flies are too many flies! A new study may surprise you. More tonight at 10
@Cssfiend15 жыл бұрын
How is that, what makes your water so fine and premium?
@HalfKaztBoy15 жыл бұрын
I actually believe you would survive even less if you were to work hard for water. I mean you would most likely die from thirst already digging for that root, and if you weren't dead by the time you got that root, you would end up dying a few hours later anyway because that 1 meter root looked like it only had enough water in it to let you survive another hour.
@James-kv6kb Жыл бұрын
These people are used to the heat they can cope were white man can't
@katanaburner15 жыл бұрын
Can you do this to any kind of tree?
@mmmiat15 жыл бұрын
so many flys
@jamied8678 Жыл бұрын
Wiru =good karpi wiru = good water also PALYA is hello in this language
@pitatapiu15 жыл бұрын
i think the soil there is relatively loose, so digging for water isn't as difficult as in other areas.
@jamied8678 Жыл бұрын
You'd be surprised the soil being baked in the Australian the sun makes it as hard as rocks sometimes until you break through the crust
@James-kv6kb Жыл бұрын
They didn't have to dig everytime obviously the hole doesn't go away
@theeldestyoung15 жыл бұрын
the hole fills back up
@Karin650910 жыл бұрын
Are there trees similar to this that's roots can be used as a water source in America?
@BushCampingTools9 жыл бұрын
Karin6509 Many tree roots can give you water simply by cutting them and hanging them up I demonstrate this in several videos.Just let it drain by gravity, don't try and suck it out
@FinanceSenpai14 жыл бұрын
@hisboo911 Mabye gave them like 20 cases of bottled water for them to show them how they find water
dang I wouldnt mind going out to a survival jorney
@sikandersingh97456 жыл бұрын
kewl
@ftorresgamez15 жыл бұрын
Hardy people, indeed! All that labor for such a little amount of water, it makes one appreciate the Division of Labor modern societies enjoy. For that amount of labor (getting the root out) you get very little returns. No wonder they have time for little else, i.e. they cannot progress beyond subsistence. Interestingly enough, Australian peoples used to have fish farms and basic agriculture before being ran out by European settlers, so it is not like they LIKE that life.
@YellowThing4 жыл бұрын
Wow... how smart are they?
@Kakage21714 жыл бұрын
OMG at 2:55 there are bugs crawling in her eyes D:
@bxox14 жыл бұрын
@hisboo911 LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To PROVE that he's fearless or "bad-ass" for his viewers...
@thecarpetman76872 жыл бұрын
You can’t get clearer water than that….If ever i need a lie told…I’m giving Ray a call😂
@ExileMMO2 жыл бұрын
He said cleaner. Thats about as fresh water as you can naturally get. Basically mineral water. Yes its got some dirt in it, but that could be filtered out using very fine cloth
@jamied8678 Жыл бұрын
You're supposed to take the dirty water out and then let the fresh stuff flood in
@James-kv6kb Жыл бұрын
@@jamied8678 I saw that on the curiosity show
@divine0g0d12 жыл бұрын
HE DIDN"T EVEN SHARE IT?
@kiaritakarin13 жыл бұрын
Poor women =( and Hell they have an awesome stamina D=
@chadsexinton15 жыл бұрын
he means there.
@Bratcipheo15 жыл бұрын
for more tastier?How do you know, have you actually tried some of the wild resources?And don't go overboard with the cleansing thought, as the most cleansed water possible, is actually not healthy to us.(Destilled water)since it has no minireals or what so ever for us.many drink it though, like you, but it lacks the minireals, read it on wiki if you dont beleave me.
@evansam964 жыл бұрын
Thanks but i prefer modern plumping
@FTY13Ай бұрын
Karpi =water wiru =good
@thefoonmaster596011 жыл бұрын
that was so water world Hydro .
@GrumpaGladstone180915 жыл бұрын
I bet it is tastier than what we, in the so called civilized world, have to drink most of the time.
@maximilian_rubin14 жыл бұрын
learned ;9 yeah but your right....
@HalfKaztBoy15 жыл бұрын
But I think you would lose more water digging for that root then what it will replace. Basically what I'm saying is you would probably reserve more water in your body if you didn't dig at all.
@James-kv6kb Жыл бұрын
The whole doesn't go away once it's been dug . Often they went back to the hole they dug last time
@HalfKaztBoy Жыл бұрын
@@James-kv6kb that makes a lot of sense
@James-kv6kb Жыл бұрын
@@HalfKaztBoy can't believe you've seen the comment after 13 years that's cool . Obviously they would have to clean it out a bit but I think that how they did it.ive seen were they also put up little stone pyramids to show where the holes were
@__Wanderer14 жыл бұрын
won't it dry out? =P
@dukcaboose16 жыл бұрын
thats alot of bugs...lol flying insects
@bestSVMS15 жыл бұрын
wouldnt you sweat more water off then you get from the root?
@thecarpetman76872 жыл бұрын
At least the flies would be easier to catch😂
@jamied8678 Жыл бұрын
They don't fill the hole in they leave it for the next person
@DemonicDoodles13 жыл бұрын
@canadaplease obviously! you spelt school wrong
@topbluffa114 жыл бұрын
havnt these people figured out to make a natural filter system out of stones sand etc.
@justaman697214 жыл бұрын
there may be a lack of water,but there's pleanty of flies to eat,geezuz on a stick where's the deep woods off repellant?
@gunghoman41415 жыл бұрын
yeah..... go ir u backyard and dug up a nice pine tree rout and then try it.... it works great lmao... haha bud i have no idea. just wanted to say that, lmao
@FroggEnigma13 жыл бұрын
Everyone knows what an emu track looks like XD
@Blessedhart13 жыл бұрын
So we need how much water to live? These people live off of almost none.
@SkopZ-13 жыл бұрын
@zePippin And learned...you miss that too?
@pedalmandgi15 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm Chewy :)
@tobes62134 жыл бұрын
Anyone here from applecross high?
@Tubeite4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@bxox14 жыл бұрын
@ashthegreat wow ur soo late. dark skin, some have straight fine blond or light brown hair and green or blue eyes. I know a few solom islanders who have beautiful nappy/curly blond hair. These features arent distinctly white...they just dont tell u that in ur history books *shakes head* LOTS to learn my dear.
@ebonysmith22594 жыл бұрын
It's an interesting point but I think the hair has lightened with age. As an Australian, I have never seen an aboriginal person with dark skin and light hair.
@haymuchoporcorregir11 жыл бұрын
se tomo una mosca creo
@Verradonairun14 жыл бұрын
fire arms originated long before the industrial age, perhaps you should learn before you speak.
@str8out14 жыл бұрын
And here I am complaining about how nasty arrowhead's water tastes. Oh well, I prefer this root water anyday.
@ihatecheese10114 жыл бұрын
@canadaplease
@seededsoul14 жыл бұрын
old women doing all the hard work digging a 4ft deep, 3 ft wide hole with crap tools while biritsh guy sits and watches. then he drinks their water before they get any!
@GHOST-xk3pg6 жыл бұрын
seededsoul he did help, he just got tired. He isn’t used to digging or doing stuff like this for a long period of time. “Their stamina is amazing”. He might have taken the first sip but we don’t know unless they release an uncut version of this.. (Sorry :/)
@isaacj29148 жыл бұрын
by the time you dug out that much soil, cut the root and flayed it into a pulp...the water you get is totally not worth it
@tabutog15 жыл бұрын
there was McDonald's nearby! LOL
@isaian2e3 жыл бұрын
This is all fine and dandy for survival, but when time calls for it, can he convince Mel B to pee on his hand.
@harryschool23692 жыл бұрын
Bhs anyone?
@YEA8913 жыл бұрын
capi wiwi
@fatelis4 жыл бұрын
lmao at the comments from 10 years ago HAHHAHAH how everyone thought australia was some third world country????
@middimar14 жыл бұрын
cholera can be guaranteed, but i guess he didnt wait long enough for the water to get filtered
@Saimone00811 жыл бұрын
he has no idea the flies are f**king his face...
@soccom834157616 жыл бұрын
ok, that means that it isn't what the feminists like to claim - society, patriarchy and stereotypes. They have a firm cause in the way the different genders think. But I feel a little odd, because I am male but shop more like the way women shop.
@timcopress15 жыл бұрын
LSD.
@719iceman14 жыл бұрын
it taste like a raw potato mate
@bb12572 жыл бұрын
I don't trust the root part.
@Shoot1ngStar15 жыл бұрын
nice username lmao
@soccom834157616 жыл бұрын
What do the men do? This is kind of different from the gender roles we have in the western society. At least for most of history.
@angusyoung932315 жыл бұрын
did you really think only white women could be naturally blonde?