Here's a few more pictures of Mabul Island's denizens. As we wade through the small village, kids were running everywhere, clad in next to nothing if not naked. They were tourist friendly though, smiling readily at the sight of a camera. It's unfortunate to see that many of these kids had bloated stomachs...a sign of malnutrition or worm infestation. We wished we had the thought of bringing some albendazole along to be distributed.
*If you're the squeamish kind, refrain from reading what's next :P What we witnessed was definitely 18SG stuff.*
As we made a move back to the resort for dinner, we saw two kids by the shore grabbing a greyish blob out of the water. The identity of the object eluded us at first, but it dawned on us as we saw it struggle in the kid's grasp. It was a squid the size of a football. Nice catch...we thought. Then the kid started punching the squid, like what a boxer would do to a bean bag, in an effort to kill it. As the squid started to go limp, the kids proceeded to 'clean' it inside out. They were soon in a puddle of seawater stained black by the squid's ink, after which they carried their catch of the day away...most likely to be laid on the dinner table.
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