Surviving 24hrs Eating Only What I Catch CHALLENGE!
Surviving 24hrs Eating Only What I Catch CHALLENGE!
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00:00 Just sitting under this rock.
00:02 So what happens if you're bitten by the blue ringed octopus?
00:05 On my arms, my legs, and just in there is a big mud crab.
00:11 And yeah, later tonight we're going to head to a different section of rock pools and go night snorkeling.
00:16 Alright, let's go.
00:18 We found the most venomous fish in the world and we found a blue ringed octopus.
00:22 All in this one little rock pool right here.
00:28 What's going on everyone, welcome back to another video.
00:30 So we're out here on the east coast along this remote coastline.
00:34 And for the next few hours we're going to be trying to catch some food with the fishing rod out here.
00:39 It's squid season at the moment so there should be a heap of squid sitting just off this point right here.
00:44 And these rock pools in particular are really cool because not only is there sharks that live in here,
00:49 so many other species of fish, but there's some of the deadliest species in the world that live in these rock pools.
00:55 We're going to be trying to find some blue ringed octopus throughout the day.
00:59 Going for a bit of a fish, going somewhere, cooking up these squid.
01:02 And then later on tonight we're going to be going night snorkeling in these rock pools.
01:06 I've never done it before in this area, but hopefully we'll find some deadly species after dark as well.
01:11 The tide's just about to turn to start coming up at the moment, so we're going to get into it, start fishing, and try to catch some lunch.
01:18 [Splashing]
01:26 Yeah right.
01:28 So what we're doing is we're just casting out the front, letting this little squid jig sink,
01:36 and then working it back through this area.
01:39 There should be some big squid around here.
01:44 There we go, I'm on. Yep, squid.
01:47 Just as I was saying.
01:49 Oh, there we go, I can see him out there.
01:54 He's not a bad one.
01:56 Ha ha ha ha, yes!
01:58 First cast.
02:00 Okay, how are we going to land him?
02:03 That's a good squid.
02:05 Alright, I didn't really think about landing him.
02:11 [Splashing]
02:22 There we go, mate.
02:24 Have a go at that.
02:28 Ha ha ha.
02:30 First cast, first squid.
02:32 Alright, we'll keep fishing, see if we can get a couple of them.
02:36 Second cast.
02:39 [Splashing]
02:41 Come on.
02:43 Just let it sink down.
02:46 There we go, got another one.
02:54 Yes!
02:56 Oh, that one feels a little bit bigger.
02:59 Come on, mate.
03:03 Get in here.
03:06 [Splashing]
03:09 Oh, there's nothing better than when you actually get onto the fish that you were targeting.
03:14 Yeah, I think that's a good one.
03:16 Again with the land, I don't know how I'm going to do this.
03:22 Tides coming up.
03:24 Get up here, mate.
03:26 Oh, there we go.
03:29 Second squid.
03:31 Alright, we're going to move to a different ledge with these squid.
03:37 Tides coming up.
03:39 Little blue spotted maskray.
03:43 This species of stingray in particular actually have two venomous barbs on the back of their tail right there.
03:50 And they're really painful if you get stung by them.
03:53 Hey, buddy. See you later.
03:59 Alright, so we've been fishing for about half an hour.
04:02 Got a couple big squid right there.
04:04 I've actually got two more squid back home that we're going to cook up as well.
04:07 Calamari for lunch, mate.
04:09 And then, yeah, we'll come back down here later on, get the wetsuit on, get my night torches,
04:14 and go night snorkeling in these rock pools.
04:16 Going to be pretty crazy.
04:18 [Splashing]
04:22 [Splashing]
04:25 Little blue ringed octopus.
04:33 Just sitting under this rock.
04:35 This is one of the most venomous creatures on earth.
04:38 And we found them out in these rock pools right here.
04:40 This is something that we can't mess around with because if I'm bitten,
04:44 within about ten minutes I'd be laying down on the bank fully paralyzed.
04:48 Yeah, all the way out here you're not surviving a bite from this species of octopus.
04:52 But luckily enough for me, we have a plastic container.
04:56 [Laughs]
04:57 There we go.
04:59 Take a look at that.
05:04 Just down there.
05:06 He's just a little fella.
05:08 Okay, I'm going to be careful.
05:11 [Gurgling]
05:18 Look at those blue colors.
05:20 So this is actually a blue lined octopus.
05:24 One of four species of blue ringed octopus.
05:29 Take a look at that. I'm shaking right now.
05:32 But we got him in this container.
05:34 You know, these blue ringed octopus right here have eight legs, three hearts,
05:39 blue blood, can change colors to match their surroundings,
05:43 and have one of the most toxic venoms on earth.
05:46 They were probably little organisms on an asteroid millions of years ago
05:50 and landed out in the ocean and have evolved into these creatures.
05:54 I wouldn't doubt it.
05:55 So what happens if you're bitten by the blue ringed octopus,
05:59 one of the most venomous creatures on earth?
06:01 Most people who get bitten by this species don't even realize that they've been bitten
06:05 until they start feeling the effects within the first five to ten minutes
06:09 because it's said to be pretty much a painless bite.
06:11 There'll be numbness around the bite site, you might feel a bit nauseous,
06:14 you'll get dizzy, and what that's doing is it's slowly paralyzing you.
06:18 It can kill about 20 adult men within half an hour.
06:21 So yeah, if I was bitten on this remote coastline right here,
06:25 by the time I actually got to help and got back, even if I did get a call away,
06:29 you know, I don't think I'd be surviving this one.
06:32 Pretty cool species though.
06:34 [Music]
06:59 So we were just making our way to the mangroves
07:01 and take a look at what just popped up right in front of us here.
07:04 A big sea turtle.
07:06 There's so many cruising the flats out here.
07:08 They're all looking for a feed.
07:09 Now we're in an area where there's plenty of stingrays.
07:12 It's murky water, you can't see the ground.
07:14 There'd definitely be stonefish here.
07:16 We're walking around barefoot so we're being real careful.
07:18 Literally look at what I'm doing right now.
07:20 Crawling next to a massive turtle out here on the boat off these islands.
07:25 So cool, mate.
07:26 We're going to let him keep cruising, let him go, have a feed,
07:30 and yeah, head back to the boat, see what else we find.
07:32 [Music]
07:44 Alright, so I'm back home at the moment in my backyard here in the Australian rainforest.
07:48 We're going to get that squid, take it down the creek, prepare it,
07:52 come back up here, get this fire going and cook it up.
07:55 Got some really cool things planned for later on as well.
07:57 Reckon I'm going to go back out to the mangroves, try and catch a mud crab
08:01 or something else that I can cook up as well.
08:03 Start heading back up north and go to those rock pools tonight and go night snorkeling.
08:07 See if we can find some stonefish and blue-ringed octopus.
08:11 Alright, let's go down the creek.
08:13 Fresh calamari.
08:15 I've never actually cooked it up before, so I'm pretty keen to see how it tastes.
08:21 Here in my backyard as well, the creek's just down here.
08:24 Alright.
08:29 So how you actually prepare it is you grab this head in here and gently pull it out.
08:37 And you can rip off all this skin on the outside as well, just like that.
08:45 And yeah, once the outside's clean, we'll just flip it inside out and clean out the other side.
08:53 So you flip it inside out and get all that stuff out.
09:00 And there we go.
09:01 And we can cut that up into little calamari rings, cook it up.
09:06 Perfect. We're just cooking up one of the squid today.
09:09 I gave the other one to my mate who came out fishing with me.
09:12 But yeah, this should be plenty for me.
09:14 No doubt I'll still be hungry after, so I'm keen to go get something else to eat from the mangroves later on today.
09:22 There we go.
09:24 Fresh squid.
09:26 Let's go cook it up.
09:32 Chuck some more sticks on while we're at it.
09:36 Alright.
09:37 Got the egg there.
09:38 And then we've got the crumbs here.
09:39 So it's been a few weeks since I posted a video, but for everyone asking, I've been all good.
09:44 Been getting a lot of music recorded, planning new video ideas, new trips, a lot of stuff going on back home.
09:50 Staying back on the sunny coast for a bit.
09:52 And then I think in about two weeks time we're going to start road tripping again.
09:56 Filming a heap of other cool adventures out west, up north, maybe even all the way back down south in Tasmania again.
10:03 Yeah, got some very cool things planned, so I'm grateful that you guys are sticking around.
10:07 Some crazy content coming soon.
10:09 Alright, now we'll chuck it in.
10:13 All the fresh calamari swimming around this morning is pretty cool.
10:33 To everyone watching who's actually interested in these catch and cook videos and stuff, go grab one of your mates, go out into the wild, and try to catch your own food.
10:42 It's so fun just being out in nature and dropping back to that hunting level where you're trying to catch your own food.
10:49 I've never caught squid like this before and cooked it up, which is pretty cool.
10:53 Yeah, if you got a few of these while you're out camping, that'd be awesome.
10:58 Fresh calamari.
11:02 Chucked a bit of salt and pepper on it, little bit of lemon.
11:06 Bob's your oyster, mate.
11:07 I'm gonna finish this off, head straight back down to the mangroves before it gets dark, find a mud crab, cook it up, and then we'll go on another adventure after that.
11:20 Just following the water, and just in there is a big mud crab.
11:26 It's male, it's a legal one.
11:28 Now when I say I'm getting hammered by sand flies, it's an understatement.
11:33 I have hundreds of bites all over my body, but at least we found some lunch.
11:37 Alright, how are we gonna get him out?
11:39 Alright, get out of here, mate.
11:56 There we go, big mud crab sitting down this hole right next to this creek system.
12:03 This is the holes that they live in.
12:04 I'm slowly starting to road trip by myself up to North Queensland, so if I didn't get this mud crab right here, I wouldn't be eating.
12:11 Alright, let's get him away from that water.
12:14 And yeah, later tonight we're gonna head to a different section of rock pools and go night snorkeling.
12:20 But yeah, how's that, mate? Not bad at all.
12:22 Alright, need to get out of here, seriously.
12:25 It's pouring down, covered in mozzie bites, but we're out here, we're getting into it.
12:31 We've caught a mud crab.
12:32 So the aftermath of that mangrove mission, I'm not sure if you can see, there's bites all over my face, on my arms, my legs, and feet as well.
12:46 Bites everywhere.
12:47 Yeah, got completely done, but we got a mud crab, mate.
12:51 Let's go find a place that's dry that we can cook it up.
12:54 [Music]
13:00 I'm happy with that.
13:02 Once this fire dies down into coals, you know the deal, we'll chuck it in, cook it up.
13:07 [Music]
13:10 What I want to ask from all of you is, what animals do you want to see me film next here in Australia?
13:16 Over the next few months, I'm free to travel literally anywhere.
13:19 And this year already has been so crazy when it comes to animal encounters.
13:23 We went down to Tassie to try and look for Tasmanian tigers, went out west looking for inland taipans, over to Borneo to film orangutans and king cobras.
13:32 Just got back from a trip up north Queensland filming crocodiles, and now I'm already headed back up there.
13:37 But yeah, let me know.
13:38 Might go try and track down a panther down in South Australia or something.
13:42 In it goes.
13:44 [Music]
14:13 So we just made it out to the rock pools.
14:15 We're going to be going for a night snorkel around this area.
14:18 So the main two species that we're trying to find tonight is the blue-ringed octopus and the stonefish.
14:24 Two of the most venomous creatures on earth.
14:27 Might even try and catch them all the way out here.
14:29 See how we go.
14:30 There are some smaller sharks hanging around these rock pools, but we shouldn't have any problems running into any big ones.
14:36 Alright, let's go.
14:39 Straight away I found another blue-ringed octopus.
14:42 This one was more focused on getting away and camouflaging itself, rather than showing off those blue rings.
14:49 [Music]
15:01 It was quite a big wake-up call knowing that there's a good number of these octopuses around me while I'm snorkeling in this rock pool by myself.
15:08 Definitely got to watch where I put my hands from now on.
15:10 And after snorkeling around for five more minutes, I managed to track down one of my favourite fish.
15:15 The estuary stonefish.
15:17 Just a little fella, but he was pretty friendly.
15:19 We ended up becoming mates.
15:21 [Music]
15:30 We got a stonefish!
15:31 Take a look at that, mate.
15:33 We found the most venomous fish in the world and we found a blue-ringed octopus.
15:37 All in this one little rock pool right here.
15:39 Now, I've got to be really careful.
15:41 The tide's coming up.
15:42 It's connected out to the ocean, so not only can bigger sharks get in here now, but there's a lot of waves coming over the rocks.
15:48 You never really know what you're going to find until you come out here and go on adventures like this.
15:53 And this, to me, is so cool and such an epic way to end this video.
15:57 Thank you so much for watching.
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16:03 Take a look at that, mate.
16:04 Stonefish.
16:06 Alright, see ya.
16:08 (water splashing)