• weariedfae@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Depends. I think I could survive long enough to succumb to the parasites and bacteria in whatever drinking water source I had to use. My fat stores would keep me going for a good while but I’d be too weak to forage. I can’t trap for shit so I’d be on an all bug diet unless there are fish and crawdads.

    Yeah for sure the parasites and bacteria would take me out within a month.

    This is in the middle of the woods in winter with no resources (maybe a knife). A change to those conditions extends me out a month or two.

    • People imagine they die from exposure, or starvation, or wild animals.

      Nope. You’re going to die from shitting yourself. If you have to choose, eschew the knife and choose the metal pot. At least, then, you can boil your drinking water.