Survival Seuss Part 3

Would you, could you, cut it off...
When if you didn't, all'd be lost?

If you'd did, you'd be less...
But still alive and that is best!

Okay, that's my last bit of food for thought on the harshest of survival realities for folks to consider in their own survival studies. (And my last bit of Dr. Seuss torture, too, haha!)

So wrappin' up The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of Survival, here's the last of the hard core aspects of survival to think about.

Something very extreme to consider in survival as we cover survival tactics in the extreme is amputations.

Animals do it, humans have done it. Post-battle or in battles of infection, sometimes amputation is the only solution.

So, first off, how does one do an amputation? And then, what do you do with the appendage...? My survival book and some wilderness medicine books covers how to do this. As for the severed appendage, I say, Chow time! For you or, use for bait for prey!

Here are 10 amazing stories of self amputation for survival:

https://listverse.com/2018/12/20/10-unbelievable-cases-of-self-amputation-for-survival/

Here's a good news video on a few examples:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/colorado-logger-pinned-trailer-amputates-toes/story?id=14425919

And here are some examples from nature of how animals use it as a survival tactic:

https://phys.org/news/2019-06-extreme-tactic-self-amputation-survival-animal.html