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[…]60 pound White-Tailed Deer taken by a 17 foot-long, 215 pound Green Anaconda, Eunectes murinus, in Venezuela. A 130 pound Impala consumed by an African Rock Python, Python sebae, is the largest fairly reliable meal I’ve been able to document (please see article linked below). But in terms of the […]
[…]see photo) have also accepted tadpoles, shrimp and other aquatic invertebrates. Ranging from Venezuela and Surinam to Columbia, eastern Peru and northern Brazil, this black water river denizen commands high prices in the pet trade, and is best reserved for well-experienced keepers. Range Snake Necked Turtles are found in […]
The beautifully-colored and charmingly-pugnacious Argentine Horned Frog, Ceratophrys ornata, may be the world’s most popular amphibian pet. No matter how many rare and wonderful frogs I encounter, I always save a place for Horned Frogs in the zoo exhibits I manage and in my personal collection. Despite their size (females […]
[…]and early 70’s being rarely seen in the trade today. I examined a great many in working in Venezuela, and most were in the 4-6 inch range (this comports with locally published accounts). Florida’s introduced animals are relatively small in size (but large as toads go), as are those in […]
[…]their bodies; most adjust to water bowls in time. Further Reading Hunting Anacondas in Venezuela Introduced Common Boa Populations Keeping Rosy and Sand Boas Rubber Boa Natural History Malagasy Tree Boa image referenced from wikipedia and originally posted by Tom Junek Emerald Tree Boa image referenced from wikipedia […]
[…]Reticulated Python in length. Of nearly 500 Green Anacondas that I and co-workers tagged in Venezuela’s llanos region, a 17 foot-long, 215 lb. female proved largest; several others measured 15-16 feet in length. Reliable colleagues report sightings of larger individuals along forested rivers within the Amazon basin, but in […]
[…]waxworms and wild-caught insects such as moths. Suntiger Tarantula, Psalmopoeus irminia Venezuela’s suntiger is quite large for an arboreal tarantula, and strikingly marked in black and red. These qualities, and its relative hardiness, have added to its popularity in recent years – in fact, this species has even been […]
Providing career advice is one of the most rewarding aspects of my work. There are many resources available to aspiring zoologists and herpetologists, but deciding the best path to take can be a confusing process. Today I’d like to provide some guidelines drawn from my experiences and those […]
[…]shows one grabbing a bait minnow from a miscast fishing line (I once accidentally hooked a hawk in Venezuela, but this is the only “fishing for a fishing spider” incident I know of!). Along with guppies and minnows, I offer wild-caught moths, grubs, tree crickets, caterpillars and such when […]
[…]Reptiles and Invertebrates Three trips to capture and tag Green Anacondas in the Venezuelan llanos provided me with a lifetime of interesting and sometimes dangerous experiences. Accidentally grabbing an electric eel or stepping on a fresh water ray were actually the most risky aspects of the work, but the snakes […]
[…]grams! At present, the genus contains two other species, – T. apophysis, described from Venezuela in 1991, and T. sterni, described from Guyana in 2010. The Panama Red-Rumped Tarantula was included in Theraphosa for a time, but is now classified as Sericopelma rubronitens. A Note Concerning Handling While […]
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