Mauro Prosperi

Mauro Prosperi

After getting lost in the Sahara desert, a man named Mauro Prosperi tried to kill himself by slitting his wrists, he was so dehydrated that his blood clotted the wounds. Nine days later he was rescued 186 miles (299km) away and had lost 40lbs (18kg), living off his urine, bats, and snakes.

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