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When 1 fingers and the side of my hand went numb abd wouldn't bend, I called poison control. They said they weren't poisonous but you will think they are. After I got the splinter out, my hand was back to normal after a couple of hours.

The huge thorns are really quite pretty.

The roofers asked if they could have some. Made me wonder...... for what purpose
 
When 1 fingers and the side of my hand went numb abd wouldn't bend, I called poison control. They said they weren't poisonous but you will think they are. After I got the splinter out, my hand was back to normal after a couple of hours.
Probably impinging on a nerve. But I suppose it's possible there is some analgesic compound on them that is not technically "poison." The juice in the pods has been used as an antiseptic.

And those thorns have actually been used as nails!
 
We have plants with thorns like that here in TX. Which plant? Seems like... nearly all of them! Just on my place off the top of my head: mesquite, pear cactus, pencil cactus, some vines, a smaller tree. And that's within a 100 ft of the house, without even looking.
 
We have plants with thorns like that here in TX. Which plant? Seems like... nearly all of them! Just on my place off the top of my head: mesquite, pear cactus, pencil cactus, some vines, a smaller tree. And that's within a 100 ft of the house, without even looking.
And there's stinging plants in Texas. Once I was out at my friend's farm and we were in the middle of a field and a plant stung me. I though I had got stung by an ant so I kicked at the ground to try to get it off me. Of course I kicked right where the plant was and got stung worse. That's when I realized it was the plant!
 
And there's stinging plants in Texas. Once I was out at my friend's farm and we were in the middle of a field and a plant stung me. I though I had got stung by an ant so I kicked at the ground to try to get it off me. Of course I kicked right where the plant was and got stung worse. That's when I realized it was the plant!
Stinging nettle grows prolific in central fla. I had many run ins while growing up with it. Down right evil stuff.
 
1. Learn at least few pressure points for self-defence
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2. Learn to trust your instincts.If you feel like something is wrong....there's a good chance you're right.The brain uses a combination of logic and emotion when making decisions of any kind. ... That specific emotion, innate to us as humans, is intuition. We possess the capacity to feel, and thereby the ability to know things without consciously reasoning.

3. Make char cloth.One of the biggest hurdles in starting a fire is finding the right kind of kindling. If you can make a kindling that can catch fire quickly, you have half of your work cut out. One of the best fuel that you can make is a char cloth.

Take a small piece of cloth and shove it in a metal box or a container. Make sure that the container is sealed and throw it in the fire. Let the container burn in the fire for a few minutes. Remove it from fire and let it cool. If you did it right, the cloth inside would be completely black but not burnt. This cloth is called a char cloth. It catches fire with the smallest of sparks.

4. Process your food as far away from your shelter as possible! The blood, entrails and other stuff can attract wild animals who can sniff these things out from a distance.

5. Reinforce Your Backpacks and Clothes with Carbon Steel.Carbon steel is easily bendable and doesn't snap. You can use this to protect yourself from shrapnel, arrows, and bullets as well.
 

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3. Make char cloth.One of the biggest hurdles in starting a fire is finding the right kind of kindling. If you can make a kindling that can catch fire quickly, you have half of your work cut out. One of the best fuel that you can make is a char cloth.
I had forgotten all about char cloth. I now remember that back when I was in Boy Scouts I had some char cloth in my firemaking kit.
 
1. Don't travel during night unless you absoutely need to.Traveling through the wilderness in the dark is dangerous. Most predatory animals are nocturnal, which means they will see you long before you see them. There are dangers in the terrain that you may not see at night, too. You can fall off a cliff or into a pit if you can’t see where you are going.

2. If there is a halo around the sun or the moon, it usually indicates that low pressure is approaching.

You can safely predict that there will be some precipitation, either rain or snow, in the next 24-36 hours. The halo is caused by refraction of light by ice crystals in the cirrus clouds. If the halo is broken, the broken side points to the direction of the incoming storm.

3. Paint the handles of your tools with bright orange paint to make them visible. You don’t want to spend precious time and energy searching for your tools if you drop them on the ground.

4. Know about medicinal plants.Pain and irritation from insect bites, diarrhea, and muscle and joint pain are common ailments in the wild. Knowing what plants will help treat these problems will help. Willow bark tea, charcoal, dock leaves, and pine are readily available and can help treat these problems.

5. Practice!Simply studying survival skills won’t help you in the wild. Practice these tips as often as possible to prepare yourself for any emergency situation. The more prepared you are, the better your chances for survival.
 
One of my favourite advices for after SHTF scenarios is from a game i used to play a few years back :
Raiders can't be bargained or reasoned with, and there ain't no use surrendering, cause they'll just shoot you anyway. So run, hide or... fight, if you've got the balls and the guns. But for God's sake, don't go wavin' the white flag. They'll just strangle you with it.
 
1. If all you have is a small headlamp, grab an empty jug of water. Fill it up and wrap the headlamp around the outside of it with the light facing in. You now have a light that can project in 360 degrees.

2. Learn to make rope from willow tree branches.The rope is a critical resource in the wild. It is essential to tie things, to make shelter and even in hunting. You can make a robust and sturdy rope from the skins of willow branches.



3. Learn to make a torch.A torch is an excellent way to illuminate your path in the dark. You can also use it as a weapon to ward off attacks from wild animals. To make a torch, find a branch of a tree and split it in half. Stick a piece of bark in the fork and light the split end, that's all! Birch tree branches make great torches.

4. Treat blisters ASAP.When you walk for a long distance, it is common to get blisters on your feet. If you don’t take care of these blisters as soon as possible, they will prevent you from covering distance. If the blister has already been formed, just punctured to relieve the fluid buildup. If you sense that a blister may be forming, use a small piece of duct tape to prevent it.

5. Use duct tape to keep your shoelaces tied.
When you walk through bushes and thickets, your shoelaces can be quickly caught in the branches. It can cause you to lose footing or fall. Use a duct tape to tape the loose ends of your laces to your upper ankle. This way, there will be no open laces to tangle.
 
It's not the big animals we have to worry about, they pretty much know that encounters with humans are fatal and avoid humans like the plague. It's the small ones that will getcha

Cottonmouth Moccasin (Less likely to run away than other snakes. If not angered they may slither away, but once they get their dander up, it's a fight to the death every time)
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Red Paper Wasp (Rated 3 on the 4 point Schmidt Pain Index. They are even more irascible than cottonmouths)
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Yellow Jacket (only 2 on the Schmidt Index, but they come at you in a swarm if you step on their nest)
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