Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
EEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!

That's almost as bad as some of the stuff I used to make my survival
students eat when I was in the service.

Note the almost. :)

What, slugs?

If you're hungry enough, you can eat almost anything.

At one point in my life, being young & tough & stupid, I went on
extended primitive camping trips ("primitive" in the sense of having
almost no equipment & no modern comforts). One time, a companion was
very proud of having bagged a porcupine. I made him clean and we all ate
it... or at least choked down a few bites...



Actually, I read somewhere, can't remember at the moment, that
catching fish is actually the best way to slake thirst - in particular
eating the liver and gills. Apparently there is a lot of fresh water
in those organs.

Now that's EEEWWWW!!!!
I have read that squeezing fish in an improvised press will provide
fresh dirnkable water... my guess is that you'd have to be very thirsty
to be able to get it past your nostrils.



Also shark is good source of water, but I can't remember the
particulars on that one.

Hmm, IIRC eating shark organs can be deadly due to the way they
concentrate insoluble proteins that the human body doesn't tolerate.
Also, if you eat fish organs, you're likely to overdose on Vitamin A
which is also insoluble. This can be fatal.

Well, being stuck in a liferaft with no food or water can be fatal, so I
guess you takes yer choices!

Fair Skies
Doug King