"Normally there would be, but the aliens that showed up five years ago wiped out all the predators.  Which made it very confusing for the natives: they thought the aliens were gods answering their prayers, not colonists trying to 'purify' their new environment."<br/><br/>David sits down in a folding chair at the entrance of the tent and, picking up a notebook, starts writing something.  "There's about an hour until sundown, feel free to make yourselves at home until then."