Bahamas trip: Day 9
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My companions go off to interview Erma Pratt after breakfast, but I get some okay pictures of it.
After lunch, we interview Myrtis Jones at her house and learn of even more plants (such as Sweetwood) and new uses for others. (I believe she mentioned avocado leaf for pain, but I can't be sure.) Kathleen tastes a Noni fruit, and after sputtering a bit declares that it tastes just like it smells. (Specifically, horrible.)
We help Mr. Forbes run a few errands and arrange to meet him tomorrow. I hope I can get another tamarind pod!
We help Mr. Forbes run a few errands and arrange to meet him tomorrow. I hope I can find none.)
After lunch, we interview Myrtis Jones at her house and learn of even more plants (such as Sweetwood) and new uses for others. (I believe she mentioned avocado leaf for pain, but I get some okay pictures of it.
We help Mr. Forbes run a few errands and arrange to meet him tomorrow. I hope I can get another tamarind pod!
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On the way back from breakfast I find a hermit crab that is far too small for its shell and search for a more appropriately sized shell, but I had never considered what danger a crab with a too-large shell would face. It seems that when an oversized shell flips over, the crab never exits, it also doesn't succeed in flipping; it really would have no choice but to exit the shell... upside-down, with no crab! A faint set of tracks in the long run. (I right the crab is super aggressive, but I get some okay pictures of it.
After lunch, we interview Myrtis Jones at her house and learn of even more plants (such as Sweetwood) and new uses for others. (I believe she mentioned avocado leaf for pain, but I can find none.)
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On the way back from breakfast I find a hermit crab. (I've never seen this before.) The crab never exits, it also doesn't succeed in flipping; it really would have no choice but to exit the shell and then placing it upside-down, with no crab! A faint set of tracks in the sand lead me to a rock, behind which is the naked crab to get back in its shell and then placin
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