Wild Beauty - "Find a Buyer For Crocodile Meat - Meet the Eccentric Blacksmith..., Part 14"
release date: 3/3/2023
genre: wilderness Youtube channel
viewing setting: streaming 1/21/25
synopsis: This Youtube channel shares videos of a woman roaming the wilderness and building, killing, cooking, and eating things.
impressions: This 39-minute episode is part 14 of this particular story arc, which (based on the Youtube videos available for her channel) means we missed part 13. It starts out with some action shots of the weaver ants (I'm still not sure exactly what they're up to) as well as the dog and monkey...and the crocodile carcass from before. It appears that the missing episode might have shown her remove the meat and hang the skin up to dry out, because that's where things seem to stand right now. She puts some of the meat in the weaver ants' area and then later brings it back and cooks it. Maybe the ants somehow clean the meat? I mean, I don't see them on there as the cooking is happening. So she eats some (and shares it with the pets) and then heads away to a small village. There, we meet a rather odd dude who forges knives (he has dozens on display) and walks around carrying one of his knives, plus a hammer. It seems like Wild Beauty's trying to sell the crocodile skin and some of the meat to this guy, and he goes for it; she also wanted one of his knives but that didn't end up happening. She did use the cash to buy some other supplies though. And with that, she and the pets head back into the forest, happily munching on fruits as they walk. Back at home, she unloads her loot...looks like some rolls of thread in a plastic box, and some eggs and a hand drill. And a scraper and chisel, which she uses to turn a block of wood into a cutting board and spoon - which means it's dinnertime! On the menu: some sort of omelet-looking thing, plus rice and vegetables. The dog doesn't seem too interested, but the monkey eats well. This episode ends with her sewing up rips in her clothes.
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsAeKGU4g4
acting: There's no acting; this is a woman (and her dog and monkey) doing stuff in the wilderness.
final word: Interesting bushcraft/survival web content.
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