No light penetrates to the forest floor. It is very dark and the animals they catch do not taste good. There are lots of yellow eyes staring at them from the darkness.
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Fat Bombur.
There were forest elves living in Mirkwood. There were also large spiders nesting in the forest.
In the Hobbit, King Thranduil of Mirkwood, the Wood Elves' king, liked his wine from Dorwinion. His wine was also imported by the Elves of Mirkwood in barrels down the Forest River from Long lake.
Mirkwood is a deep, very large forest. It is populated by nasty creatures that peer out with large eyes at night. There is nothing there that can be eaten. Sunlight does not penetrate through the heavy foliage.
He proves himself useful on several occassions. He rescues them from the spiders in Mirkwood. His warning allowed Gandalf to escape and rescue them in the Goblin Cave. He gets them out of the elf dungeon in Mirkwood. And then he gets them into the Mountain.