What Happens When You Put Salt in the Sand on the Beach

The ancestors of modern humans appeared on our planet about 200 000 years ago. Of course, they were strikingly different from us when it comes to mental capacities and skills, but many things have not changed since then. For example, we still need to get food. In ancient times, people did that exclusively by hunting and gathering, but today, we have special equipment for food production and genetic modification technologies.
Still, in some places of our planet, people prefer to use centuries-old methods. Today we will tell you about the most unusual ways of getting food in the modern world.

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hi everyone the ancestors of modern humans appeared on our planet about 200,000 years ago of course they were strikingly different from us when it comes to mental capacities and skills but many things have not changed since then for example we still need to get food in ancient times people did that exclusively by hunting and gathering but today we have special equipment for food production and genetic modification technologies still in some places of our planets people prefer to use centuries-old methods today we'll tell you about the most unusual ways of getting food in the modern world let's get it on stealing from a predator if you saw the animated movie The Lion King you probably know that there's a rivalry between hyenas and lions one of the reasons this emnity exists is because hyenas have a habit of stealing food from the Lions however turns out that such behaviour is also common among people who live in the 21st century this practice is very common among representatives of the African indigenous Masai people who live in the savanna in Kenya in Tanzania the Masai numbering about two million people still lead a very traditional way of life one of their traditions concerns their diet and in this regard the Masai habits are very different from other people's it's a common practice for them to track the Lions during the hunt and steal a prey killed by them well judging by these pictures the Lions have long realized that it's better not to mess with the Maasai how else could you explain that when a group of men appears on horizon these huge wild cats immediately interrupt their meal and run away usually after human raids Lions return to the place of eating though instead of meat they often find only bones mountain-climbing what could be cheaper than making ice all you need is clean water in a cold place like a freezer however it might not be as simple for some people for many decades this hard worker from Ecuador earns his living by gathering this simple but much needed product the tradition of collecting ice on the slopes of the highest places in Ecuador Chimborazo has been around for about 500 years it all started during the Spanish colonization the Europeans who arrived at the consonants and local people to get pieces of places in the mountains so that they could cool fresh meats in the last century dozens of workers came here every day but today there's only one left the hero of our history Balthazar Oscar tanizaki every day he climbs a mountain over 6,000 meters tall and continues the work of his ancestors although Chimborazo is an extinct volcano and the likelihood of eruption is extremely small it's still not zero several local cafes and restaurants have been cooperating with Balthazar for many years they use the ice that he carries for making drinks for example freshly squeezed juices although in the 21st century it's much easier to pour water into molds and put it into the refrigerator they are happy to maintain the centuries-old tradition of their ancestors pluses Balthazar puts it the water from a glacier has a unique taste which is quite different from ordinary ice from a freezer walk climbing the famous character from a children's fairy tale named Winnie the Pooh was ready to do anything to get his favorite treat a pots of sweet honey but even he certainly would have never gone this far to get some honey residents of the remote Nepalese village of boo Chun have to risk their lives on a regular basis the thing is locals traditionally collect honey descending on ropes from high steep cliffs where bees like to make their hives proteus reasons this often ends in tragedy usually this process goes as follows a team of several people heads to the rock some of them begin to climb the rock well another remains on the ground and lights a fire this is necessary in order to drive the bees away from the hives otherwise they'll simply eat the uninvited guests alive meanwhile climbers are almost blindly poking around in their hives hanging over a precipice on a rope ladder honey seekers say that this tradition is no less than a thousand years old they go honey hunting twice a year each time taking with them from 300 to 600 kilograms of honey Eagle training Eagles are perhaps one of the most majestic and intimidating birds of prey the creatures long wingspan exceeds two metres and its speed can reach more than 300 km/h usually hunting with Eagles looks like this the bird flies above the ground for a long time looking for prey then its hovers in the air for a few moments and sweeps down it's an incredible speed grabs the prey with its powerful claws and carries it away by the way an eagle can hunt quite large animals - like young deer or roe deer humans don't hunt Eagles though is just too dangerous but they came up with something else they learned how to tame these predators and use them for hunting so back in the sands of the Russian Empire the Emperor's kept eagles to hunt wolves and foxes and in some Central Asian countries such as Mongolia or Kazakhstan this tradition is preserved to this day Eagle hunting is practiced by local steppe communities that brought this tradition here many years ago every form mongolia hosts a festival dedicated to this skill to see these amazing hunts many tourists and photographers come here every year fishing on horseback what comes to mind when you think of fishing probably fishing nets rods and hooks right it's hard to believe though but in some parts of the world people use horses for fishing to be precise such as other fishing used to be common in different parts of Europe but today it's only preserved in one Belgian village called goose doing Kerkar more than that it's used only for shrimp fishing horses pull the fishing nets while the big word is the yellow clad fisherman scares the coastal shrimps with its movement as a result startled crustaceans jump into the shallow waters and fall right into the trap then the fishermen get off the horses clear the nets from crabs jellyfish small fish and other animals put their prey in the baskets and go back home of course in the modern world shrimps and other seafood have long been caught by industrial methods and this type of fishing which is preserved today only in a few local families is a tribute to tradition and a kind of bait for tourists for example a shrimp festival in use to incur kur alone attracts about 10,000 people annually all of them are excited to see the ancient tradition with their own eyes foraging under the ice in one of the northern provinces of Canada there are small communities of Inuit or Eskimo who carefully protect their traditional way of life one of their long-standing traditions is unusual and extremely dangerous blue mussel harvesting Inuit gather them right at the bottom of the frozen sea at low tide first the natives make a hole in the ice crust for an adult to dive into then the fisherman gets into a fragile ice cave and collects mussels as quickly as possible because the white blue walls can collapse at any moment or the cave can get filled in with water from the tight muscle collectors only have 45 minutes to do the job despite the huge risks the Inuit continued to maintain their center result tradition and a deeply proud of their ancestral heritage night hunting in some settlements in Japan people traditionally catch sea snakes which are often more dangerous than their land crawling counterparts [Music] this centuries-old industry on the tiny coup de coeur island was preserved to this day thanks to its courageous people and we aren't talking about strong young men as you might think but brave old women they wait until dark to hunt the sea snakes at night these creatures usually crawl out onto land to get some air and find shelter that's when the hunters are waiting for them these brave people don't even use any protective clothing either after a successful hunt the animals are usually cooked in different ways as even a legend in Japan that says a person who ate a smoked snake once can no longer be poisoned by its venom fishing with salt it might be hard to believe but the strange thing you're looking at is actually not a bamboo stick but a live clam which is considered delicacy in many countries around the world is called a razor clam and it usually hides in the sand with only a small part of its shell visible on the surface do you think that people collect them just by digging up the sand on the beach well not quite this would prompt the clam to bury even deeper actually they use ordinary salts as these creatures are particularly sensitive to it you just need to sprinkle it over the holes made by the clams in the sand and wait a few moments after a couple of seconds the clam which begins to suffocate from the salt will get out and you won't even have to put much effort into catching it dude are you looking for new technologies and great gadgets are your thoughts focused on the future deal off huge vehicles and can't imagine your life without robots around here and visit tech zone and you'll find all this and more the link is in the description you interested great [Music] [Music]