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Nick is designated snake wrangler for La Mina and Courtney for Casaya. Both tribes are neck and neck throughout the race, until, La Mina takes a slight lead after Sally unties the second snake. Casaya is not far behind, with Courtney doing an impressive job managing the weight of the snakes. Casaya closes the gap at the last station, but in the end, fortune smiles on La Mina as Terry and Dan quickly find the last two snakes buried in the pit of leaves and cross the finish line, winning the prized fishing gear for their hungry tribe.
THE NEW CASAYA
Upon arrival at their camp, the younger members of Casaya quickly begin to bond. Shane's emotional highs and lows continue, rising to a peak after the morning's valley. "I'm in a much better mood than I was this morning," he remarks. "I've always related better with younger people." But not everyone is as excited about their new tribemates. Cirie and Melinda sense a division between themselves and the tribe. Melinda laments, "If our tribe loses the coming-up Immunity Challenge, I think Cirie and I are screwed." Melinda's concern is valid, because Shane wastes little time engineering an alliance with Courtney, Danielle and Aras. Shane seals the pact, saying, "I swear to you on my son's life, it's us four."
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU
At La Mina, alliances are foremost on the minds of the tribemates. Terry is first to strike, approaching Nick and Austin with a proposition to align with him and Dan. Nick and Austin find themselves in a tug of war between the older men, Dan and Terry, and the younger women, Sally and Misty. Sally makes her plea to Austin: "We were thinking if the four of us stuck together, meaning you and Nick, we'd have the numbers." Ultimately, the decision goes unmade as Austin reveals, "We are definitely in the middle of a tug of war. It lets me know that this is not all fun and games. This is serious, and somebody is going to get hurt."
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