How to Outsmart Wild Animals

Land or water, there will always be some dangerous animals to be wary about because these agitated and hungry animals just don’t see the boundary of your privacy.

Surviving dangerous animals is not an easy task. Statistics will tell you that getting out of their sights alive doesn’t mean getting out of there scratch-free. Some people take home mementos in the form of gnawed bones, loosen flesh, claw scars, and worse, amputated limbs. The good thing is that outsmarting them isn’t really an impossible feat. By knowing how they behave, you will have better chances of surviving upon encounter.

Surviving Sharks

Imagine that you are floating with no direction, with minimal machinery and a weakened body or cramped leg in a shark-infested part of the sea. Assuming the situation comes to its worst. What will you do?

Surviving dangerous animals like shark isn’t really as impossible as what many suspense movies portray, albeit the impending fatal situation, of course. Sharks are nefarious carnivores, but they do not attack all the time, especially when they are not hungry. Nonetheless, being full doesn’t mean they won’t attack especially when you are showing the slightest intention of getting eaten, even unconsciously.

As opposed to what most shark movies show, sharks rarely attack their floating victims upwards. Instead, they swim near the surface and drop their jaws with tremendous pressure. Animal behaviorists highly consider the possibility of mistakenly identifying floating persons and persons on a surf board for a seal. To avoid becoming a prey, float vertically.

Surviving Jungle Animals

When you are caught in a storm inside the jungle, it is safe to get inside a cave. It may sound like a myth, but it is a fact. In far, isolated jungles, caves mean one thing—house of wild beasts. From snakes to wolves to bears, you will most likely see them there. So why get inside?

Wild animals, both omnivores and carnivores, are usually calm during a storm because they feel much of the storm’s wrath through their biological gauges. In fact, you are the least of their concern during such calamity. Bears will be busy protecting their cubs. Snakes will be coiled safely. Surviving dangerous animals during such situation is easier because the animals themselves are busy surviving the calamity. Just be sure to get out of the cave immediately after the storm is done.