Nikumaroro

Did Amelia Eahart live .... and die .... as a castaway on this remote, uninhabited Pacific atoll? Learn more at www.tighar.org

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[TIGHARchannel]

The mouse is actually a rat - Rattus exulans the Polynesian rat. Theyget enough water from occasional rain squalls and from the vegetation they eat.

[leslie645]

How does the little mouse live without water?

[AdoptedYooper]

Where there's salt water and plenty of sunlight, there are ways of making fresh water. The only thing you need is a piece of plastic, or a tarp, or even some large tropical leaves. The only caviat is that you must have the know-how before you get stranded.

[kingmanekin]

Ha ha, maybe you're right. but if I was her, I would guzzle coconuts juice everyday. :p Hint: South island is too hot.

[LochaberEquestrian]

Try this experiment - Drink coconut juice instead of water for a few days and let me know what happens. Hint: Stay close to a bathroom.

[kingmanekin]

maybe coconut juice could be a water to drink for her.

[LochaberEquestrian]

Plenty of food. Water would be the problem. The only fresh water is what falls from the sky, and then you have to figure out how to catch it.

[kingmanekin]

seems there are a lot of foods for a castaway. :)

[BoyScout1960]

@mojination

No nucweps tests were done there (it wasn't part of the Pacific Proving Grounds.) Nikumaroro is believed to have the most completely intact native biosphere of any of the atolls, hence visiting is forbidden without government permission.

[mojination]

@bigben1986

You need permission because it's probably under protection. Atolls have delicate reefs.

Or they tested nuclear weapons on it... like Bikini Atoll...