12) Where do hermit crabs live?
In shells made by other animals
Alone in the hollows of dead trees
On the backs of dolphins
In the roots of LIve Oak trees
The hermit crab another strange little creature created by God. Its favorite meal is the conk. It will attack a conk of appropriate size – eat the animal inside the shell – then move in to the shell until it outgrows it. Perhaps that is where our saying, “Eating one out of house and home” came from!
13) Speaking of Live Oaks . . .Are Live Oak acorns safe and nutritious to eat?
Yes
No
Actually, Live Oak acorns were a staple food of the branch of the Creek Indians, who lived on the coast of Georgia (known as the Wahale or Southerners) They planted Live Oaks in their villages both for shade and for a source of food in the Fall, that was rich in protein and carbohydrates. The acorns of most other Oak species are bitter, or even mildly toxic. The Live Oak acorns must first be boiled in ocean water to kill the living photosynthesis cells, then dried in the sun. They taste something like hazel nuts.
14) What part of a Nopal cactus is not only safe to eat, but very tasty.
Only the roots
The spiny fruit known as tuna
Stupid, it is extremely poisonous
Just the buds of the leaves are edible
Tuna fruit is grown commercially in Mexico, but other species of the Nopal cactus are native to the Southwestern, Southeastern and Northeastern United States. The fruit is delicious, but removing the spines can be painful, if you are not careful .
15) The root of the yucca plant is edible if sliced and cooked.
Yes
No
This is another indigenous plant that is commonly eaten in Latin America, but not by gringos. Most supermarkets now sell yucca roots, because of the influx of Latin Americans into the United States.
16) When would you be most likely to eat the muscadine grapes ripen on the South Atlantic islands?
Late August
December
Early May
Never stupid, they're not edible
The muscadine grape is extremely large and high in sugar content. It was our main source of energy when we were stranded on Cumberland Island.
17) Fox grapes are edible and the wild ancestor of concord grapes.
Yes
No
They look just like miniature Concord grapes .
18) There are no streams or ponds on this island. What should you do?
Collect the dew off your tent each morning
Make a rainwater catcher out of an old tarp
Squeeze the water from the pulpy leaves of the Nopal cactus
Dig a whole near the center of the island until you reach groundwater
All of the above
While stranded on the island, we finally figured out how to make a funnel from a plastic tarp to collect rainwater into a plastic bucket. We still boiled the rainwater, but it was the only water we found that didn’t have a “funny” taste .
19) A wild boar comes into your camp during the middle of the night, because he smells the grease on your cooking pans. What should you do? This happened to us also.
Stay in your tent. He's harmless
Jump on his back and tell him to squeel like a pig
Very quietly slip away into the palmetto thicket or climb a tree
Yell at him and draw his attention away from the food
The razor sharp tusks of a wild boar can rip your legs open. The one that came into our camp, tore one of tents to shreds. The males are prone to charge blindly anything they see moving toward them. In fact the best way to kill a boar is to set a spear in the ground and point it toward the chest of the boar. The enormous power of the boar’s charge will thrust the speak into the boar’s heart.
20) This happened to us also. A hurricane appears on the southern horizon. What should you do other than praying real hard?
Get in your boat and paddle like crazy toward land
Dig a deep hole and crawl in it
Move your camp out to the beach where there will be no falling limbs
Wrap yourself into a cocoon made of your tent, packs, equipment, etc.
[QUOTE]Lordamercy! That was the night from Hell! The safest place (if there is such a thing) on the island during a hurricane or tropical storm is on the highest elevation of the landward side of the island. Storm surges will not be as violent there, but flying tree limbs can become deadly anywhere on the island.[/QUOTE
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