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We run through a survival story this week, the survival of Mauro Prosperi! This Italian ultra marathon runner took quite a trip into the Sahara desert. Warning: this episode will make you thirsty!

News Links:

• https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1175179638/australia-wine-missing-woman-mitta

• https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/dead-birds-get-new-life-new-mexico-researchers-develop-taxidermy-bird-drones-2023-04-13/

• https://www.npr.org/2023/04/13/1169851616/new-york-city-appointed-a-rat-czar-her-job-will-be-a-tall-ask

References:

• Recoil Off Grid by Patrick Mccarthy https://www.offgridweb.com/survival/alone-in-the-sahara-the-survival-story-of-mauro-prosperi/

• BBC How I drank urine and bat blood to survive 2014 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30046426

• Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Prosperi

• MFM 304- Show- Off Time

• How to Survive in the desert: a guide that could save your life ​​https://www.winfieldsoutdoors.co.uk/blog/how-to-survive-in-the-desert-a-guide-that-could-save-your-life/

• The Marathon Des Sables website https://www.marathondessables.com/en/marathon-des-sables/operation-desert-clean