![]() ![]() As we couldn't take any supplies down here, with our boil-in-the-bag instant meals cooking before we'd even got them out of their backpacks, we were forced to sample some of the local wildlife during the evening we spent in the caves. I recorded my impressions here, should anyone else find themselves in this unenviable situation: Magmytes - These creatures are very dangerous when moving, meaning that we had to sneak up on them when they weren't expecting it. Even though they appear hard, igneous and granite-like on the surface, Pierre attempted to prepare chunks of rock from this odd creature, and eventually presented something to us that was much like eating steel wool instead. ![]() Lightningfly - Uniquely among this place's wildlife, this wasn't completely objectionable as long as it was swallowed quickly. There was, however, a distressing moment in the middle of the night when one of the apparently cooked ones turned out to still have some life left in it, producing a disturbing happy glow from Paul's tummy and waking me up while he snored infuriatingly. I am beginning to wonder if Pierre actually has the survival experience he says he does, or if he's just going off expectations of his nationality and is just heating things up at random to see what happens. |