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If you get lost in the bush, can you really survive by drinking your own pee?

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By Matthew Barton
| Daily Bulletin AU Verified
TV adventurer Bear Grylls has built a global reputation through his often unconventional and sometimes extreme survival feats to stay hydrated. He has squeezed moisture from elephant dung, sipped the contents of camel intestines, downed yak eyeball juice and, perhaps most famously, drank his own urine. If you’ve seen Grylls gulp down a mouthful of his own urine on camera, you might conclude it’s a legitimate survival hack. After all, Grylls used to be in the SAS.
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If you get lost in the bush, can you really survive by drinking your own pee?

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By Michael Todorovic, Matthew Barton
| MSN Verified
TV adventurer Bear Grylls has built a global reputation through his often unconventional and sometimes extreme survival feats to stay hydrated. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. He has squeezed moisture from elephant dung, sipped the contents of camel intestines, downed yak eyeball juice and, perhaps most famously, drank his own urine. If you've seen Grylls gulp down a mouthful of his own urine on camera, you might conclude it's a legitimate survival hack.
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If you get lost in the bush, can you really survive by drinking your own pee?

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By Matthew Barton, Michael Todorovic, Lisa Lock, Andrew Zinin Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain TV adventurer Bear Grylls has built a global reputation through his often unconventional and sometimes extreme survival feats to stay hydrated. He has squeezed moisture from elephant dung, sipped the contents of camel intestines, downed yak eyeball juice and, perhaps most famously, drank his own urine. If you've seen Grylls gulp down a mouthful of his own urine on camera, you might conclude it's a legitimate survival hack. After all, Grylls used to be in the SAS.
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