possible, use a mosquito net.
• Bamboo is very useful for shelter building, but clumps can easily spring apart and injure you when you cut them. Bamboo splinters are extremely sharp. Take
care!
Click here to return to your adventure.
Y ou tramp onwards through the forest, with no clear idea of where you’re heading. You push through dangling vines,
some with sharp thorns that tear at your clothes. Looking up, you see a palm-like tree covered with cascades of juicy, delicious-looking purple berries. Your stomach rumbles loudly and you
realise for the first time how hungry you are.
You have no idea whether or not the berries are poisonous but they certainly look tasty . . .
If you decide to eat some of the berries, click here .
If you decide not to risk it, click here .
Y ou look towards the spot where you thought you heard the sound. You still can’t see anything. You decide to creep
a bit further forward, taking care to be quiet, but twigs snap and leaves rustle as you move. You part the branches of a low-growing plant, peering into the greenish gloom of the rainforest at
dawn . . .
You think you see a movement. There’s something there! You look more closely at the spot and almost cry out in fear: a pair of yellow eyes is staring straight at you!
You can make out the rest of the animal now – a huge cat, with spotted fur and a long tail. A jaguar. You gulp. The animal snarls, revealing long, pointed teeth. It looks as though
it’s about to pounce!
If you decide to run away, click here .
If you decide to stand your ground, click here .
T he bat cave has left you feeling out of breath and slightly sick – you can still smell the horrible lingering
odour. Through a gap between the tree tops you can see the vampire bats like a dark cloud in the sky. The light is failing fast, and under the tree canopy it’s becoming difficult to see.
You suddenly feel very tired, and your legs are beginning to ache after your run to escape the bats. Then the rain starts - it’s so heavy you feel as though you’re standing underneath
a shower.
You spot another cave not far away. By now there’s no time for making a shelter to sleep under. Can you face the possibility of another bat colony? Or maybe something
more dangerous has made this cave its home. Should you forget the cave and find the strength to carry on walking as night falls?
If you decide to risk finding shelter in the new cave, click here .
If you decide to keep walking, click here .
Y ou lie very still, with your head underneath your coat and your eyes squeezed shut. You hear the growling again –
it sounds like a big animal! You do your best not to imagine what it looks like, wrap your arms tightly around your body and pray that the creature, whatever it is, will go away.
After a few moments of silence, you hear rustling in the undergrowth. The animal is finally moving away! You let out a long breath of relief. However, you don’t risk
moving for another ten minutes, to be sure the animal is far away.
In the dawn light, the rainforest looks gloomy and you have no way of telling where you are. It occurs to you that you might be better off climbing a tree – maybe that
way you’ll get your bearings. On the other hand, the trees are tall and hard to climb, and you’ll risk falling.
If you decide to walk, click here .
If you decide to climb a tree, click here .
T here’s no horrible smell as you approach this cave, and no signs that an animal has been near. Cautiously, you
look inside. It’s creepy and dark, but it doesn’t seem to be inhabited, and it’ll offer some protection from the rain, which is falling fast in fat drops.
You break some leaves off a broad-leafed plant and lay them on the cave floor, placing your waterproof coat on top. You curl up on top of them and, exhausted, drift off to
sleep.
You wake up with a start! Did you just hear something? Was that a low, growling sound? There it was again! The hairs on
• Bamboo is very useful for shelter building, but clumps can easily spring apart and injure you when you cut them. Bamboo splinters are extremely sharp. Take
care!
Click here to return to your adventure.
Y ou tramp onwards through the forest, with no clear idea of where you’re heading. You push through dangling vines,
some with sharp thorns that tear at your clothes. Looking up, you see a palm-like tree covered with cascades of juicy, delicious-looking purple berries. Your stomach rumbles loudly and you
realise for the first time how hungry you are.
You have no idea whether or not the berries are poisonous but they certainly look tasty . . .
If you decide to eat some of the berries, click here .
If you decide not to risk it, click here .
Y ou look towards the spot where you thought you heard the sound. You still can’t see anything. You decide to creep
a bit further forward, taking care to be quiet, but twigs snap and leaves rustle as you move. You part the branches of a low-growing plant, peering into the greenish gloom of the rainforest at
dawn . . .
You think you see a movement. There’s something there! You look more closely at the spot and almost cry out in fear: a pair of yellow eyes is staring straight at you!
You can make out the rest of the animal now – a huge cat, with spotted fur and a long tail. A jaguar. You gulp. The animal snarls, revealing long, pointed teeth. It looks as though
it’s about to pounce!
If you decide to run away, click here .
If you decide to stand your ground, click here .
T he bat cave has left you feeling out of breath and slightly sick – you can still smell the horrible lingering
odour. Through a gap between the tree tops you can see the vampire bats like a dark cloud in the sky. The light is failing fast, and under the tree canopy it’s becoming difficult to see.
You suddenly feel very tired, and your legs are beginning to ache after your run to escape the bats. Then the rain starts - it’s so heavy you feel as though you’re standing underneath
a shower.
You spot another cave not far away. By now there’s no time for making a shelter to sleep under. Can you face the possibility of another bat colony? Or maybe something
more dangerous has made this cave its home. Should you forget the cave and find the strength to carry on walking as night falls?
If you decide to risk finding shelter in the new cave, click here .
If you decide to keep walking, click here .
Y ou lie very still, with your head underneath your coat and your eyes squeezed shut. You hear the growling again –
it sounds like a big animal! You do your best not to imagine what it looks like, wrap your arms tightly around your body and pray that the creature, whatever it is, will go away.
After a few moments of silence, you hear rustling in the undergrowth. The animal is finally moving away! You let out a long breath of relief. However, you don’t risk
moving for another ten minutes, to be sure the animal is far away.
In the dawn light, the rainforest looks gloomy and you have no way of telling where you are. It occurs to you that you might be better off climbing a tree – maybe that
way you’ll get your bearings. On the other hand, the trees are tall and hard to climb, and you’ll risk falling.
If you decide to walk, click here .
If you decide to climb a tree, click here .
T here’s no horrible smell as you approach this cave, and no signs that an animal has been near. Cautiously, you
look inside. It’s creepy and dark, but it doesn’t seem to be inhabited, and it’ll offer some protection from the rain, which is falling fast in fat drops.
You break some leaves off a broad-leafed plant and lay them on the cave floor, placing your waterproof coat on top. You curl up on top of them and, exhausted, drift off to
sleep.
You wake up with a start! Did you just hear something? Was that a low, growling sound? There it was again! The hairs on
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