The worm hunter

In December 2007, Marie-Anne Félix was taking a small cruise along the southwestern coast of India when she found herself docked in a remote lagoon in the backwaters of Kerala. Félix half recalls kingfishers foraging in the brackish waters around her, and pandanus shrubs creating a lush, green hue along the shore, but her gaze was mostly fixated on the brown, decaying matter on the ground.

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