Well, then again, there's the matter of a drunk Tsunade who foolishly ignores a warning about unrest in a clan that uses insects...I wonder how she's going to react once she sobers up and realizes what an idiot she is
maybe she's already predicted how badly Aburame Shino's team's gonna easily mess that fallen clan up in any scenario. And as for the preparedness of the team itself, while Hinata certainly wasn't strong enough to fend for herself, Shino might have known that in any possible confrontation the enemy would have more use keeping a weak teammate alive as a trap lure rather than kill that teammate off knowing the jackpot was really Shino himself.

Or I could just be taking this too seriously.

whatever the case, i liked how creative they were in explaining that rain would cause the flora temperature to drop but the fauna body temperatures to remain constant, to help the Byakugan differentiate. In fact, the only thing that dissappointed me in this episode was the lack of pedophilic nud......I mean Hinata's gracefully elaborate dancing by the waterfall. yea.