Exterminator lost in Outback survives on bugs

LOST in the rocky, remote Australian Outback, a former pest exterminator faced dehydration and death.

Thu, 31 Jul, 2008 - 01:00

Desperate for food, he turned to what he knew best — bugs.

Theo Rosmulder, 52, managed to survive for four days by feasting on termites and other insects before local Aborigines happened upon him on Tuesday and brought him back to civilisation.

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