Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Answer My Friend is on the TV, the Answer is on the TV!

For generations, fish and wildlife officials, as well as hosts of TV's Animal Planet and Wild Kingdom, have been tagging large (and edible) beasts, fitting them with ear tags and collars of various sorts.

This clearly makes radar the first, and potentially most essential, tool of the coming ice age! Bring a tracker--instant dinner! Camera crew optional...

In preparation for impending doom, you may want to:
  • Spend extended periods of time watching the tagging of edible critters on TV. Use an atlas to mark areas where such activities are popular.
  • Study your map for patterns to identify the best place to find tagged animals in the event of a hunting emergency.
  • Make an effective transportation plan to deliver you to the hunting grounds as soon as the ice age sets in. Be sure to accumulate sufficient fuel, food, water and other essentials to make your migration without delay or adversity.
  • If there is an ocean between you and the hunting grounds, make air travel plans as soon as possible. Don't forget to apply for a visa--and I don't mean the credit card! You may not want to disclose your radar equipment to customs officials, just in case they want to horde easy prey for the locals.
  • Check out Wikipedia for cooking instructions (just in case you are not fluent in roasted wild boar or barbecued baboon).
Thanks Mutual of Omaha, for insuring our future!

What other wonders of TV entertainment can we leverage for own future survival? Survivor and Man vs. Wild may just be Hollywood's contribution to the survival of the species...what can we learn from those?

No comments: