US Army Survival Handbook - Learning to Eat Animal Food (I) (1)

Chapter 7 Animal Food

Meat foods are more nutritious than plant foods, and in some places, meat foods may be easier to obtain than plant foods. But to get meat food, you must understand the habits of various wild animals and how to catch them.

To meet urgent needs, you should first look for large and more easily captured animals such as insects, crustaceans, mollusks, fish, and reptiles.

insect

There are many kinds of insects, which are widely propagated in many parts of the world and are important food sources. Most of the insects are easily caught by hand, including large cicadas (larvae of insects), mites, cockroaches, ants, and termites. . You can fry, boil, or grill them to eat, or you may prefer to cook them together with other foods so that the taste will be a little better. You can even eat them raw, except for simmering. You may have harmful parasites (don't eat thighs, because they have barbs on top and may get stuck in your throat). Insects have a high content of fat, and many insects have higher protein content than beef, and even the whole body is composed of protein.

You can find hibiscus in rotten logs, under the ground, under dead bark. Locusts, cockroaches and ants live in temperate and tropical regions. Termites usually live in the jungle.

aquatic

Where there is water - lakes, streams, rivers, oceans, etc., you will never be hungry. Most fresh and salty waters have crustaceans, molluscs, fish, and other aquatic organisms that can be eaten. And when compared to terrestrial animals, you can catch aquatic animals faster, easier, and quieter. The amount is more. You just need to know their living habits. At what time of the day you capture them best, and how to catch them, you can get rich food supplies.

Crustaceans. Animals of this category include crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimps, and prawns that live in fresh and salt water. All can be consumed, but fresh crustaceans have to cook before eating because they may carry harmful parasites. insect.

There are many freshwater prawns in tropical streams, especially in slow-flowing streams. They swim in water or on branches or plants in water.

Saltwater shrimp live in the waters near the bottom of the sea, you can stir them up, or in the evening, draw them up with light, and then use the net to capture.

Freshwater crabs and crayfish sometimes inhabit mossy grounds under rocks, sometimes swimming in streams or shallow waters. You can grab it directly with your hands or use a fishing net.

Many crabs and lobsters are active at night, so capturing at night is easier.

Crabs crawl and dig. You can use the nets to get them easily. You can also set traps and attract them with fish heads or animal organs.

Molluscs. This category includes shellfish that live in fresh and salty waters, such as snails, clams, mussels, oysters, jade snails, stone cockles, and sea urchins. Oysters are similar to freshwater mussels. Terrestrial and aquatic snails are found all over the world, as long as they have water.

There are many snails or freshwater snails in rivers, streams, and lakes in the northern coniferous forest. These snails may be pointed or rounded in shape.

When looking for mollusks in fresh water, look for them in shallow water, especially in shallow water where the river bottom is sandy or silt. Look for the thin traces they left on the mud, or the hidden elliptical rifts that are their hiding places.

At the seaside, wait until the low tide, check the small puddles and damp sand left by the tide. Many shellfish often adhere to coral reefs on the rocks on the seashore or deeper. Snails and limpets stick to the lower part of the rock, and larger snails, also known as sarcophagus, cling tightly to the parts above the rocky waterline.

Mussels usually gather in large amounts in gravel-packed ponds, round logs, or at the base of boulders.

Warning: Mussels in the tropics are toxic in the summer.

Before eating mollusks, they should be steamed or boiled or baked in shells. They are stewed with green plants and roots and taste very delicious.

Warning: Do not eat mollusks that are not covered by water even when the water level is high.

Fish. Among wild animals, or at least freshwater animals, fish are probably the most difficult to catch. But if you know when, where and how to fish, you can still catch fish without modern fishing tools. Hooks and fishing lines are easy to make, and baits are also easy to find in most areas that rely on water.

Make hooks. You can make hooks with pins, sewing needles, wires, small nails, or any other metal. You can also make hooks from wood, coconut shells, bones, thorns, vermiculite, seashells, turtle shells, etc. These things are combined to make hooks. For example, the steps for making a wooden fishhook (see Figure 7-1) are as follows: (Sequentially omitted)

Make fishing line. You can use lanyards to make fishing lines, or you can use fiber from plants or fibers from clothing to make fishing lines. The endothelium of the tree is one of the best fibers. The steps for using fiber as a fishing line are as follows (see Figure 7-2):

● Put one end of the two wires together. The knot must be firm.

● Hold a wire in one hand and twist it clockwise.

● Then twist the two twisted wires counterclockwise.

● If necessary, increase fiber to increase the length of the fishing line.

Note: The fibers obtained from marigold, yucca, and reeds in hemp, ramie, common areas, and marshes are good line-making materials.

Look for baits. Generally speaking, fish will bite the bait food that they have grown in the same environment, so you can find crabs, fish eggs, and small fish in the water near the shore, looking for worms and insects on the shore to become baits. When you catch the fish, cut open the fish's stomach and intestines and check what it eats. Try to find the same food for bait. You can also make artificial baits with feathers, brightly colored cloth, shiny metal, or shells.

The timing of fishing. In general, the best time for fishing is at dawn, dusk, storm, full moon or monthly loss night. The fish constantly jumped out of the water indicating that they needed to eat. This was also a good time to fish.

Fishing place. When choosing a fishing location, consider factors such as water area, water area, season and time.

In a lake or a relatively large stream, fish prefers to be near the river bank or shallow water area in the early morning and night.

The fish in streams often gather in puddles or deep and calm streams, the bottom of shoals or shoals, the tails of sinks, whirlpools under rocks or logs, deep sinks on banks, and shrubs suspended over rivers. Shadows, and near submerged rocks or logs.

When the river's main road rises or becomes cloudy, the fish will seek refuge at the entrance to the tributary.

In the shallow water of hot weather, the fish will gather in the deepest puddle, or the spring water seeps out from the groundwater, or hides under the rock.

In temperate regions, in the cool spring, fish swim in shallow waters where the sun is shining, where the water is warm.

How to catch fish. If you don't catch fish with fish rods, hooks, lines, and lures, don't be discouraged. Try other methods, such as the following.

Place the fishing line. If you need to stay near lakes and streams for a while, this method is very practical. Put a few hooks on the fish line, string a bait on the hooks, and then tie the line to the low hanging branch. When the fish hooks, the branches can bend. Check the fishing line from time to time, remove the fish that has been hooked, and re-arrange the bait.

Barrier hooks or fork-shaped hooks are the best hooks for placing a fishing line. When making a barrier hook (see Figure 7-1), sharpen a small bone or two ends of wood, engrave a groove in the middle, tie the thread to the groove, and then put the bait on the hook. The fish hook can pull back the fish line after entering the water. The fishing line is fixed in the water. When the fish swallows the fishing lure, the fishing line device and the fishing hook will swing and the hook will get stuck in the fish's esophagus or stomach.

Pile monitoring. This is a fishing device that can be conducted in secret. You can set up many agencies without being discovered by others. Before designing the organization (see Figure 7-3), fix two reeds at the bottom of the stream or lake, and pull a fishing line between the two reeds (the fishing line can slide up and down on the reeds). Two lines of fish hooks are attached to ensure that the two fishing lines do not get entangled and they do not wrap around the reeds on both sides.

Before dark, put worms, bee larvae, or other appropriate baits on the hooks. After dark, put the lines in the water and wait for one and a half hours to check the lines. If there are fish on the hook, remove the fish. , Re-arrange the bait and check the line again after an hour. When the sky shines, check the fishing line immediately.

Fake bait hooks. This method is particularly effective at night. You need a soft, 8 to 10 foot (2.4 to 3 meters) long stick or tweezers, a 10ft (3m) long fishing line, a hook, and a small piece of shiny metal - It resembles a spoon-shaped bait sold on the market, a small piece of white meat or the intestines of a fish. Tie the fishing line to one end of the tweezers, and then tie the spoon-shaped bait and the hook to the fishing line so that the hook is hooked under the artificial bait, put the bait on the hook, and place the hook near the lotus leaf or the aquatic Grass. The water makes the spoon-shaped lures slightly below the water surface. Or beat the bait by tapping the water with the top of the dice to attract the big fish.

Grabbed by hand. This method is effective in a small depression in the lower part of the river bank or in a puddle left behind by the river. Put your hands into the water and slowly close to the underside of the river. Keep your hands as close as possible to the bottom of the water. Slowly move your finger towards the fish until it touches it. Then move along the abdomen of the fish. Don't use too much force. When your hand moves to the part of the surimi, hold it tightly from behind the cocoon. If you are dealing with salmon or spiny fish, be careful not to be stabbed.

Drowning fish. There is often a lot of fish in small puddles formed by the retreat of rivers. If you step on the bottom of the water, or use a stick to stir the mud from the bottom of the water, the water will become muddy. Then the fish will run over the surface of the water to breathe. Then you can hit it with a stick or throw it by hand to get the fish out. water surface.

Fishing nets. Fishing with fishing nets is much more efficient than any of the methods mentioned above. But it takes a lot of time to make a bigger fishnet. However, you can quickly make a fishing net and use the net to catch smaller fish, both as bait and edible. At the edge of a lake, a stream, or the entrance of a tributary, there are a large number of small fish that are too small to catch with hooks or spears. Find a forked sapling, a piece of cloth, such as a shirt, and bend the two branches of the young sapling tightly together to form a circular frame, tie the neckline and cuffs of the shirt and tie the shirt. Attach the lower part to a circular frame and secure the shirt with a pin, wire, or other suitable item.

A better method of fishing is to use gill nets, but it takes time to make gill nets. To make a gill net requires a sling, and two vertical objects, or two trees. The distance between the trees is equal to the length of your expected net. Making gill net steps are as follows


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