I feel like a tick on a dog.
All survival situations revolve around a host of variables...Always adapt, think positive, and move forward.
We need to look for water. Water, water, water, water.
Rat is a lot like duck, except with a wonderfully nutty flavor.
The more survival skills an individual has that have been practiced physically and otherwise, the better odds they have for those skills coming to the forefront during a stressful emergency.
Moral of the story: try to get things right, figure out what's going wrong with the scenario, and don't give up.