T?? m?t??? ??? ?n? ??? ????i?s, ? s?m??l ?? inn?c?nc? ?n? m?t??n?l l?v?, w??? t???ic?ll? st??ck ?? ??is?n, l??vin? ?nl? ?n? ????il? ????? t? ?n???? t?? ??v?st?tin? l?ss. T?is ????t-w??nc?in? t?l? s???s li??t ?n t?? ???k ?n? in?isc?imin?t? n?t??? ?? ??is?n ?n? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? t?? l?n? s??viv??.

In ? ??i?t c??n?? ?? ? ???c???l n?i?????????, t?? m?t??? ??? ??? ???n n??t??in? ??? litt?? ?? ????i?s wit? ?nw?v??in? ??v?ti?n. H?? l?v? w?s ? ???c?n ?? w??mt? ?n? s?c??it?, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ???n?l?ss c?m??ssi?n ?? m?t???????. T?? ????i?s, in t??i? ???l? ???s ?? li??, ??? kn?wn ?nl? t?? c?m???t ?? ??? ???s?nc? ?n? t?? n???is?m?nt ?? ??? milk.

B?t ?n? ??t???l ???, t?????? st??ck. An insi?i??s ??is?n, l??kin? ?nn?tic??, ???n? its w?? t? t?? inn?c?nt ???s ?n? t??i? m?t???. Its ????cts w??? swi?t ?n? m??cil?ss, cl?imin? t?? liv?s ?? ?ll ??t ?n?, ? l?n? s??viv?? in t?? ??c? ?? ?nim??in??l? l?ss.

T?? l?n? ?????, n?w ?????n?? ?n? w??k?n??, st??? ?s ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? ??v?st?tin? c?ns????nc?s ?? ??is?n. Its ?nc?-?l????l si?lin?s w??? ??n?, ?n? t?? c?m???tin? ???s?nc? ?? its m?t??? w?s ??t ? ?ist?nt m?m???. Y?t, ???inst t?? ???s, t?is ??sili?nt littl? s??l cl?n? t? li??, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? in??mit??l? will t? s??viv?.

In t?? mi?st ?? t??????, t?? c?mm?nit? ??lli?? ????n? t?? s??vivin? ?????. C?m??ssi?n?t? s??ls ??????? t??i? s?????t, ???vi?in? n???is?m?nt, s??lt??, ?n? m??ic?l c???. As t?? ???s t??n?? int? w??ks, t?? l?n? s??viv?? ????n t? ????in st??n?t?, ???vin? t??t ?v?n in t?? ???k?st ?? tim?s, li?? c?n ?n????.

T?? st??? ?? t?? m?t??? ??? ?n? ??? ??is?n?? ????i?s is ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? ???v? ??n??? t??t t?xins ?n? ??is?ns ??s? t? inn?c?nt c???t???s. It s??v?s ?s ? c?ll t? ?cti?n t? ??is? ?w???n?ss ????t t?? ??s??nsi?l? ??n?lin? ?n? ?is??s?l ?? ???m??l s??st?nc?s t? ???t?ct n?t ?nl? ?nim?ls ??t ?ls? t?? ?nvi??nm?nt.

T?? l?n? ?????, ?lt????? sc????? ?? t?? l?ss ?? its ??mil?, ??c?m? ? s?m??l ?? ??sili?nc? ?n? ????. Its s??viv?l st?n?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ?n?i?l?in? s?i?it ?? li??, ? ??min??? t??t ?v?n in t?? ??c? ?? t??????, t???? is ? ?limm?? ?? li??t ?n? t?? ??ssi?ilit? ?? ? ??i??t?? t?m????w.