OT - Brazilian Speedbump

Post by **AmBraCol** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:55 am

A friend just sent me this pick. Brings back memories of my childhood.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:05 am

Wow, there's enough snake there to feed half a village. What kind of serpent is that?

Joe

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:06 am

thats alot of snake bites just waiting for a spit!!! Yummmmm

Modoc ED · Post by **Modoc ED** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:14 am

rjohns94 wrote:thats alot of snake bites just waiting for a spit!!! Yummmmm

I gotta agree with that. Wonder how many it would feed.

AmBraCol - Do they have those where you are?

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:38 am

Looks like a Boa to me.

Post by **Old Savage** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:52 am

Paul, be careful down there - that is not a speed bump - it is a big snake.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:55 am

J Miller wrote:Wow, there's enough snake there to feed half a village. What kind of serpent is that?

Joe

Anaconda. Looks to be over 16 foot long, judging from the probable width of the truck road it's crossing.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:57 am

Modoc ED wrote:AmBraCol - Do they have those where you are?

Only in the zoo up here. Well, maybe down in the Cauca valley, just west of us. And definitely out in the eastern plains region. But up here in the Andes? Only in the zoo. We had plenty of them in Brazil where I was raised though.

Post by **AmBraCol** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:00 am

Old Savage wrote:Paul, be careful down there - that is not a speed bump - it is a big snake.

Dad had a boa skin he picked up in '67. It had a hole up near the neck where someone had used it as a speedbump.

He finished it off and got the skin. Don't think they allow importation of the skins anymore. Anyway, we never caught up with one in that size range. I skinned a 2 meter one back in '88 that we caught not too far from our camp on the Farinha river. It fried up OK, but tough. The rooster he killed (that had 2 inch spurs) made for better eating...

deerwhacker444 · Post by **deerwhacker444** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:18 am

Wow...!

That's a lifetime of boot material right there...!

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:33 am

I was in Panama for a couple years........Nothing like coming back from the NCO club at 0100hrs, a bit tippsy, and tripping over one like that on the shortcut across the Parade Field. It was NOT a good idea to leave your pets tied up outside in Panama, DogGone It.......

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 11:44 pm

Wow - that would make a bunch of snake-skin boots!

Jaguarundi · Post by **Jaguarundi** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:13 am

Nice one

!Notice how lumpless the body is..I bet the snake is looking for its next meal.

stretch · Post by **stretch** » Sat Apr 05, 2008 6:35 am

My wife would DIE ON THE SPOT if she saw one of
those!!

We only see little garden snakes up here in Maine......