In July 2019, Jut returned to Belize to conduct a multiple cave study at Runaway Creek Nature Reserve. It was on this expedition where Jut realized he would become a cave scientist. In a nutshell, the spectacular diversity of the neotropical subterranean world was transformative. The near uncomfortable silence perpetually and shatteringly interrupted by droplets of water gently cascading into otherwise still pools of water. Traces of the ancient Maya adorned nearly every vista. The colossal rooms festooned with a variety of stalactites and stalagmites. In the ensuing several days studying this cave, he was hooked. This was his first glimpse of a cave ecosystem through the eyes of a budding scientist. In 2001, Jut was invited to conduct a biological inventory of Actun Chapat cave in the Cayo District (see below for results).
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