Can you really survive in the wild? The average person in America believes they can, even though most don’t even know how to start a fire. A new research study has revealed how the average American citizen thinks that they can last sixteen days by themselves in the wild.
A survey conducted on 2,000 Americans reveals how the average person feels like they’d do just fine in the wild. But, only 17% are very confident they can start a fire. Additionally, only just about 14% feel that they can identify edible berries and plants in the wilderness.
While around 52% of the poll believe that they can identify the different kinds of trees and plants in the wild, study authors tested this and found that most of them didn’t know as much as they think they did. For example, only around a ¼ could pick out black oak leaves, while only 35% could correctly identify poison ivy.
This Avocado Green Mattress study conducted by OnePoll tested participants on how well they knew nature by showing them pictures of common plants and trees. Most of the participants were able to identify ferns and maple leaves correctly. About a third could also identify the difference between coniferous and deciduous trees.
Regardless of how well they could identify things in the wild or whether they could survive there at all, around 63% said that they appreciated the outdoors more in the past twelve months. Mark Abrials, CMO and Co-founder of Avocado, said that the pandemic reminded many people of how essential nature is to human’s physical and mental well-being.