An Australian pest controller who got lost in the desert while prospecting for gold survived by turning for help to the bugs he usually kills -- and eating them.
Theo Rosmulder, 52, managed to stay alive in the harsh West Australian desert for five days by knocking the tops off termite mounds and "getting stuck into them", The Australian newspaper reported.
"It's quite funny that the things that I kill to make a living are the things that kept me alive," said Rosmulder, who was eventually found by Aboriginal trackers.
Police said the part-time prospector was in a "particularly good condition for the ordeal" when he was found about 10 kilometres (six miles) from his group's campsite about 130 kilometres north of Laverton.
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