Top 12 Ways to Survive Animal Attacks

Top 12 Ways to Survive Animal Attacks Survive Wild Animal Attacks With These 12 Tips There is no getting around it, wild animals do attack humans. This could be because they feel threatened when protecting their territory, family or themselves or they may view you as lunch. Unfortunately, most people are not trained on how to protect themselves when an animal attacks, causing some encounters to be fatal. However, it is important to see the statistics of wild animal attacks, as many of these are exaggerated. For instance, on average, sharks only cause about five deaths per year, wolves only cause eight deaths per year, and lions at twenty per year. On the other side of the spectrum though, adorable elephants cause about six hundred deaths per year as do hippopotamus’, whereas crocodiles kill about a thousand and the snake at one-hundred thousand people per year. With this said, here are some tips on how to protect yourself if you find yourself in an encounter with a wild animal: • Jellyfish unfortunately it is really hard to avoid getting “stung” or “burned” by a jellyfish as they are often hard to see in water. However, if you do find yourself with a jellyfish burn, immediately wash the area with salt water. Do not use pure water as it will only make the burn and ache from it worse. If possible, use tweezers to remove any of the needles from the stung region and then spread antihistamine ointment onto the burn. • Sharks out of the 150 shark species that exist, only about twenty of them will actually attack a human. Most of them will not see you as lunch, however if a shark does become interested in you, you will need to know how to break away. The first thing is to never turn your back on a shark and do not try to move in a panicked fashion as they will then perceive you as prey. Make sure to move slowly and do not allow blood or urine to get into the water. If you do get caught by a shark, punch at its eyes and gills as these regions are extremely sensitive. • Kangaroos kangaroos can be dangerous to a human if you enter their territory and make them feel threatened, otherwise just stay away from kangaroos that show aggression. To avoid a conflict with one, cough quietly and make your coughs short in duration, this tricks the kangaroo into thinking that you have a disease. Then slowly back away from the kangaroo, making yourself smaller and less of a threat. Do not panic and turn your back to run, it’ll easily catch up with you due to its high velocity jumps. • Large cats and Lions: although it is rare for you to encounter a large cat like lion, if you do, make sure to maintain eye contact and stay facing the animal. By doing this, it lowers the chance of the lion attacking you in the moments that you are distracted. Doing this will make lions think that you are stronger than him. You should also be confident when facing a lion so that it perceives your presence as irritating. • Elephants: Elephants are well-known for attacking people, especially if you encounter a female elephant who is a mother as it will perceive you as a threat to its babies. If you are close to an elephant, make note of what their body language is saying. If they pull their ears back and curl their trunk it means that they view you as a threat and are going to attack. If this happens, don’t run but do try to find a barrier or cover like a tree or stone to help put space between the elephant and yourself. • Rhinoceroses: Rhinoceroses don’t have a good eyesight which means that they are super easy to provoke by just frightening them. You cannot outrun a rhinoceros because they can reach an upward speed of up to 40 miles per hour. So the best way to get away from one is to hide yourself either into high grass or bushes or behind a tree. background music: ON AND ON by Nicolai Heidlas Music https://soundcloud.com/nicolai-heidlas Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/Skxx0KnGGHw