Finding Water in the Desert - Ray Mears World of Survival - BBC

Ray Mears is shown how to dig for water in the Australian outback.
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[@garyp4374]

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

[@jarrod1685]

makes you appreciate the simple things in life watching these video's.

[@kevseadog]

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.

[@gokucrazy22]

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.

[@TheScorpion615]

yeah and it was passed down from generation to generation. these are what you call the pioneers of survival.

[@waynejakamarra6403]

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]

Palya

[@SuperStevce]

I was looking for a filtering system that the first nation people used. This is great.

[@talipurple309]

So fascinating and interesting !!

[@bloodshot738]

I learned something today! Now i just got to wait till the day comes to use this strategy.

[@dontoni8041]

Do you still remember it. Its been 12 years since you watched it

[@HalfKaztBoy]

Lol digging for that root, all that hard work for such little water.

[@chub4984]

anyone else watching this for school :P

[@bobomanthecruzan]

81,505 people are now inspired during a survival situation

[@emel60]

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...

[@IcedGemsz]

'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...?

[@PepperPhoenix]

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]

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]

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-ly5qe]

How on earth did these people live that existence for 10s of 1000s of years. Unbelievable.

[@jamied8678]

Scientists now believe it was 80000 years they were out there in the Australian bush

[@bethymears2648]

Great stuff

[@ross.58008]

I found water in the desert. It was in the back of my van❤

[@FTY13]

That's just really dumb

[@katanaburner]

You got that right.

[@m6dm90]

he means its been cleaned by the rock and the sand its better than city water

[@Njubish]

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?

[@endlesswaltzhaha]

Wow.....so many flies on their faces.....

[@xkoni]

wow

[@rdf7777]

By the time you find water your dead of thirst diggin for it,lol

[@guitarkid2442]

Yeah but if your in the desert that little bit of water counts for a lot.

[@DesertEagleV]

Where is the skip button for all the Advertisement I don't want to watch?

[@Lilredhead9]

Lol have to watch this for school

[@verticalsmurf]

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.

[@nesbitt615]

how many flies are too many flies! A new study may surprise you. More tonight at 10

[@Cssfiend]

How is that, what makes your water so fine and premium?

[@HalfKaztBoy]

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]

These people are used to the heat they can cope were white man can't

[@katanaburner]

Can you do this to any kind of tree?

[@mmmiat]

so many flys

[@jamied8678]

Wiru =good karpi wiru = good water also PALYA is hello in this language

[@pitatapiu]

i think the soil there is relatively loose, so digging for water isn't as difficult as in other areas.

[@jamied8678]

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]

They didn't have to dig everytime obviously the hole doesn't go away

[@theeldestyoung]

the hole fills back up

[@Karin6509]

Are there trees similar to this that's roots can be used as a water source in America?

[@BushCampingTools]

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

[@FinanceSenpai]

@hisboo911 Mabye gave them like 20 cases of bottled water for them to show them how they find water

[@crazykawafool]

@hisboo911 he dug the hole so he drinks the water

[@James-kv6kb]

Karpi = water ... wiru =good ...oyah yes... Palya = hello

[@BroDudeYo]

dang I wouldnt mind going out to a survival jorney

[@sikandersingh9745]

kewl

[@ftorresgamez]

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.

[@YellowThing]

Wow... how smart are they?

[@Kakage217]

OMG at 2:55 there are bugs crawling in her eyes D:

[@bxox]

@hisboo911 LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To PROVE that he's fearless or "bad-ass" for his viewers...

[@thecarpetman7687]

You can’t get clearer water than that….If ever i need a lie told…I’m giving Ray a call😂

[@ExileMMO]

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]

You're supposed to take the dirty water out and then let the fresh stuff flood in

[@James-kv6kb]

​@@jamied8678 I saw that on the curiosity show

[@divine0g0d]

HE DIDN"T EVEN SHARE IT?

[@kiaritakarin]

Poor women =( and Hell they have an awesome stamina D=

[@chadsexinton]

he means there.

[@Bratcipheo]

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.

[@evansam96]

Thanks but i prefer modern plumping

[@FTY13]

Karpi =water wiru =good

[@thefoonmaster5960]

that was so water world Hydro .

[@GrumpaGladstone1809]

I bet it is tastier than what we, in the so called civilized world, have to drink most of the time.

[@maximilian_rubin]

learned ;9 yeah but your right....

[@HalfKaztBoy]

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]

The whole doesn't go away once it's been dug . Often they went back to the hole they dug last time

[@HalfKaztBoy]

@@James-kv6kb that makes a lot of sense

[@James-kv6kb]

@@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

[@__Wanderer]

won't it dry out? =P

[@dukcaboose]

thats alot of bugs...lol flying insects

[@bestSVMS]

wouldnt you sweat more water off then you get from the root?

[@thecarpetman7687]

At least the flies would be easier to catch😂

[@jamied8678]

They don't fill the hole in they leave it for the next person

[@DemonicDoodles]

@canadaplease obviously! you spelt school wrong

[@topbluffa1]

havnt these people figured out to make a natural filter system out of stones sand etc.

[@justaman6972]

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?

[@gunghoman414]

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

[@FroggEnigma]

Everyone knows what an emu track looks like XD

[@Blessedhart]

So we need how much water to live? These people live off of almost none.

[@SkopZ-]

@zePippin And learned...you miss that too?

[@pedalmandgi]

Hmmmm Chewy :)

[@tobes6213]

Anyone here from applecross high?

[@Tubeite]

Yes

[@bxox]

@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.

[@ebonysmith2259]

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.

[@haymuchoporcorregir]

se tomo una mosca creo

[@Verradonairun]

fire arms originated long before the industrial age, perhaps you should learn before you speak.

[@str8out]

And here I am complaining about how nasty arrowhead's water tastes. Oh well, I prefer this root water anyday.

[@ihatecheese101]

@canadaplease

[@seededsoul]

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-xk3pg]

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 :/)

[@isaacj2914]

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

[@tabutog]

there was McDonald's nearby! LOL

[@isaian2e]

This is all fine and dandy for survival, but when time calls for it, can he convince Mel B to pee on his hand.

[@harryschool2369]

Bhs anyone?

[@YEA89]

capi wiwi

[@fatelis]

lmao at the comments from 10 years ago HAHHAHAH how everyone thought australia was some third world country????

[@middimar]

cholera can be guaranteed, but i guess he didnt wait long enough for the water to get filtered

[@Saimone008]

he has no idea the flies are f**king his face...

[@soccom8341576]

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.

[@timcopress]

LSD.

[@719iceman]

it taste like a raw potato mate

[@bb1257]

I don't trust the root part.

[@Shoot1ngStar]

nice username lmao

[@soccom8341576]

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.

[@angusyoung9323]

did you really think only white women could be naturally blonde?

[@notjordz-py1ty]