Using liver as sunblock?

[Joff]

The other day when I was stuck in an airport I was looking through a book store and I found a kid's book written by Bear Ghrylls.

I couldn't resist having a flick through and one of the gems in the story line was using an animal's liver as sunscreen! Never heard of it myself - can't remember what the animal was either. It was also suggested that using dried liver was even more effective.

Has anyone ever heard of such a use for liver?

thanks

[Paganwolf]

apparently according to BG you can cover your self in Dog Feacies to keep the sun of too

[Joff]

I can see that going down well - why stop at dog though?

[John Fenna]

Liver - always makes me think of the book "Portnoys Complaint"......

[crazydave]

if your survival is that desperate then eat then liver and smear yourself in mud

[h2o]

Ive got visions of bear making his way through his local country park covered in dog %&*$

[Wayland]

Ask yourself. Can you believe anything from someone brought up by a dodgy politician?

[RobertRogers]

just about anything you smear on your skin will block at least some sun. Mud, guts, feces work as long as the suns rays do not penetrate.

[Bernie Garland]

I'd rather eat it in a survival situation,and keep out of the sun.

Bernie

[spamel]

I'd rather eat it in a survival situation,and keep out of the sun.

Bernie

You've hit the nail on the head there Bernie! I wonder why Grylls didn't think of that, not much of a Survival Expert is he! I'm with Wayland on this one, we really should start a fan club!

[British Red]

I'd rather eat it in a survival situation,and keep out of the sun.

Bernie

I wouldn't - you might catch something from eating him......oh you meant the liver..........

[forrestdweller]

apparently according to BG you can cover your self in Dog Feacies to keep the sun of too

and you get a lot of flies for company...

smearing liver on yourself means also you are applying the smell of blood to your body- a good way to attract predators! (for more company)

sounds like a REALLY good idea to me!


"diappointed by the monkeys, god created man. then he renounced to further experiments." mark twain

[Matt Weir]

if your survival is that desperate then eat then liver and smear yourself in mud

I'd rather eat it in a survival situation,and keep out of the sun.

Bernie

Indeed, unless you happen to work in a liver processing factory with no roof in an arid region then just eat down the road at MiCk Donalds

[firecrest]

I think what bear meant to say was " to make a really macho-man sun cream,, I rip out my OWN liver and smear it all over myself. Im so hard me"

[Toddy]

I wonder if he's been conflating ideas.
Sunshine allows us to absorb Vitamin D. In doing so we tan.
Vitamin D is added to the mixture of vitamins D and A that are used in those high strength tanning pills. The liver is rich in vitamins A, D and I think L tyrosine (I think it metabolises something or other to make this, I'm an archaeologist, I deal with dead things not living, my biology is pathetic )

Maybe.......I cannot think of any other conceivable reason to smear liver over oneself

apart from suicide by shark

cheers,
Toddy

[spamel]

It's quite obvious why he is advocating this method, the man is a total twit!

[Wayland]

Now Now.... Remember we're not allowed to call him a twit because that would be flaming.

However we can mention that he is the son of a politician. Especially a corrupt politician because that can be proven to be true.

I think I'd rather be a twit.

[Joff]

Pretty much what I thought Toddy - getting mixed up with the idea that Vit D helps you tan!

It did strike me as another one of those 'dodgy' bits of advice that seem to come from BG - having said that I would hate to miss out on a cunning trick just because I don't like his programmes

[crazydave]

Now Now.... Remember we're not allowed to call him a twit because that would be flaming.

However we can mention that he is the son of a politician. Especially a corrupt politician because that can be proven to be true.

I think I'd rather be a twit.

that would explain the way he spins everything - I guess if its heretitary

[Tengu]

Liver is too vaulable to do anything but eat.

(or, if you like, make into pate and eat...)

I dont know why you are all moaning about this; you should be writing to the publisher and telling them that they shouldnt put out such nonsense; threaten to sue under the `I can do this in this country` Act.

Same goes for the TV series; how many of you watched it so you could moan??

(But I still think we should have him at a Moot; Think of the mischief we could make.)

[gregorach]

Oh, Tengu, you are a terror!

I can assert from personal experience that one of the most effective and easily available natural sunblocks is dirt.

[Wayland]

Snip>
(But I still think we should have him at a Moot; Think of the mischief we could make.)

Ah ha.... An axe throwing competition.......

[andy_e]

Do you think he used to get into trouble for playing with his food as a nipper?

[crazydave]

'mummy mummy edwards eaten the cat again' sort of thing

[spamel]

Dunno, but there's a good pelt on a Bear, and there's more than one way to skin a naff TV presenter!

[crazydave]

dont thing his pelt is that big but if he has tattoos he might make a lamp shade

[stijnb]

but you can't tan the hide with the brains, we would need some nuclear stuff for that, not every bear contains enough brains to tan it's own skinn ^^
rawhide wouldn't be such a good idea for the lamp shade becouse of the liver smell.

has anyone ever eaten grilled bear by the way?

[Hoodoo]

I knew a guy who did this. Unfortunately, he fell in a river in Mississippi and was eaten by a catfish.

[sandsnakes]

Most of the anti wrinkle creams contain retinol or a retinal variant (vit A). Smearing liver on to the skin might give you a bit of transfer. Tengu is correct eat it! It will actually help the skin to regenerate. A strange fact is that retinol creams make the skin more sensative to the sun! Its a major componant in RetinA a cream that makes the skin white and baby looking, also can give you liver toxicity and cause liver damage as well if used in excess.

So in answer to all of this throw some wild garlic and fennel in a pan, throw in the liver finely sliced and have a fry up in the morning, dont eat it raw, paracites, flukes and all kinds of nasties if you dont cook it. To season add a little Bear.

Sandsnakes

[KIMBOKO]

In the film Walkabout the Black Boy (David Gilpiulil) used the bloody fluids from a cooked animal to treat the White Boy's (Luc Roeg) sunburn. The Girl was played by Jenny Agutter.
They are the cast decriptions from the film and not mine.