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jheselbraum:

This is actually a good strategy for a guy like Coyote Peterson (makes YouTube videos about animals, target audience is mostly children) to prevent imitators.

Kids like animals, but are bad at handling them.

Many animals are dangerous, by way of sharp bits or poison.

This man has been bitten by turtles, pinched by crabs, stung by lionfish, stung by bullet ants, tarantula hawk wasps, giant desert/Texas redhead centipedes, he’s also been bitten by a gila monster, all in the name of teaching kids exactly what it’s like to get on the wrong side of these animals. (He’s never hurt an animal that stung or bit him, this guy’s got some remarkable pain tolerance and most of the time can get them back into a container before he goes down, on the rare occasions that whatevers biting him gets away he just let’s it go do its thing)

Which, tbh, while I think it’s absolutely crazy to willingly get stung or bitten like that, it’s also fucking brilliant.

Kids are danger magnets.

Kids have no sense of self preservation.

Kids don’t listen to rules unless you spell it out for them.

I work with kids, I’m always explaining the rules (more importantly) why those rules exist. (“Don’t climb on the rocks” vs “Don’t climb on the rocks, they’re not actually rocks they’re plaster and break easier than rocks, you could fall and hurt yourself” guess which one is more effective).

You can tell a kid over and over again not to get too close to a gila monster, not to touch anthills, not to swim where there might be lionfish and stingrays.

You can tell a kid over and over again that those animals are poisonous.

But until they see a grown man screaming in pain, they’re not gonna be able to understand why they shouldn’t touch poisonous and aggressive animals.

And yeah, he’s not gonna be able to get every kid ever to avoid the animal kingdoms deadliest, but he also posts aftermath videos where he goes over the first aid process (also has good hiking gear tips too) where he tells kids how to:

• Use a satellite phone to call for help
• Use a venom extractor
• Tie a tourniquet (properly!)
• Use hot water and Epsom salt to alleviate the effects from the venom of most marine creatures
• Medicine to take with you if you’re going to an area with bullet ants, tarantula hawk wasps, giant desert centipedes, etc
• What to do if you encounter a bear in the wild

Kids learn by example.

Also, it’s really hilarious to watch this guy get got by nature

also it’s really
hilarious to watch this guy
get got by nature

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