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Requirement

9. Why eating wild plants or wildlife is usually a bad idea

Required

Explained. The answer the requirement is looking for is about risk and effort, not about which plants are edible.

Notes and warnings

Note. The answer here is about risk and effort (misidentification, the calories spent finding food against the calories in it), and not about which plants are edible. A list of edible plants is not what the requirement asks for.

Where this step comes from

  1. Wilderness Survival Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 9