This is a great technique for those deeply embedded hooks that tend to be tricky to remove. Chad Hoover demonstrates a great hook removal technique after Chris Coufal gets one embedded in his palm while filming an episode of Kayak Bassin. It's never ideal to hook yourself, but it's good to ...
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When even a mild hand injury can seriously alter your daily routine, losing an arm entirely changes your life. No one knows that better than Tiffany Johnson, who lost her right arm after a shark attack while snorkeling. Her life was permanently changed, but a bionic arm is helping her recover what ...
READ MORE +Hitting your own fingers while using a hammer is terrible. Besides the instant pain which causes you to questions if you broke anything, there's the constant throbbing pressure that never seems to go away as it feels like the tip of your finger will explode at any moment. That's all a thing of the ...
READ MORE +Despite their skittish nature, turkeys aren't harmless by any means. They aren't an animal to be feared, but anytime you kill one, or think you've killed one, it's best to approach one with caution. These birds can put a serious hurting on you, like this hunter found out after grabbing a ...
READ MORE +College student Tyler McQuillen had an encounter with a great white shark and managed to keep his cool in a situation that would've left most people in a state of panic. The 22 year old was spearfishing off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, on September 1, when he felt something clamp down ...
READ MORE +Getting shot in the head by anything is almost always a death sentence. But there are those rare cases where an individual receives what should've been a fatal head injury and somehow survives. An X-ray image released in 2012 shows just how lucky one 16-year-old was to survive a fishing trip ...
READ MORE +A white rhino at the San Diego Zoo named Wallis nearly didn't make it to her new home. Wallis had come from South Africa when the southern white rhino arrived at the zoo in November 2015. Zoo staff noticed there was an injury near her heart that wouldn't heal, which meant she had probably ...
READ MORE +As far as reasons for missing practice go, "I shot myself in the finger, coach," is either the best or the worst excuse we've heard. But that's exactly what happened to Alabama defensive lineman Dakota Ball after a hunting accident. ...
READ MORE +It's been a year for shark attacks and Florida. For the fourth time off the Brevard County coastline this year, a surfer was attacked by a shark at Pelican Beach Park in Satellite Beach, Florida. The surfer, who hasn't been identified, had 'wounds indicative of a small shark bite or similar ...
READ MORE +Ben Gerring, the surfer who lost his right leg to a great white earlier this week in Australia, died in the hospital on Friday evening. Following the attack, Falcon Bay beach in Mandurah in Western Australia, the area where Gerring had been surfing, was closed. A 14 foot great white, which was ...
READ MORE +From viralvideostan YouTube page: A Great White Shark has been captured and killed off the West Australian coast after allegedly attacking a surfer. A Great White Shark has been captured and killed off the West Australian coast on Thursday (June 2) after allegedly attacking a surfer on Tuesday ...
READ MORE +Most people would give up for the day if they lost their finger to a shark during a fishing tournament, but not James McFadden and those on board the "Sea Prowler" during their 37 hour experience at the 2nd Annual Ocean City Big Fish Classic. The crew caught many fish their first day, but at 4 ...
READ MORE +A love for the ocean has the ability to unite people from all cultures and walks of life. There's no better way to discover the full beauty of the ocean than through scuba diving. As beautiful as the ocean can be, it contains just as many dangers. It's important to understand how to care for any ...
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