Ken Boyer is the Reptile Curator at the San Dieog Zoo.
I'm sure he could give you some more info the 16 footer.

Dave Barker and I were recently was treated to a behind the scenes tour by Ken.

I asked Ken about the big female Surinam. I believe he said she died before he took over. Apparently her body wasn't kept, but rather fed off to other animals at the zoo. I was told this was standard practice when animals die in collections.

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• Record, B.C.C. - madisonrecords, Wed Feb 1 21:28:32 2006
• RE: Record, B.C.C. - SuppleReptiles, Wed Feb 1 22:48:41 2006
• Ya, Kemp....... - madisonrecords, Thu Feb 2 09:07:49 2006
• like they say - jayf, Thu Feb 2 09:48:00 2006
• RE: Ya, Kemp....... - JOEP123, Thu Feb 2 10:26:44 2006
• RE: Ya, Kemp....... - billstevenson, Thu Feb 2 11:33:16 2006
• Her is you some more giants, Bill! - madisonrecords, Thu Feb 2 17:23:06 2006
• RE: Her is you some more giants, Bill! - thewho, Thu Feb 2 19:07:41 2006
• RE: Her is you some more giants, Bill! - billstevenson, Thu Feb 2 19:46:39 2006
• RE: Ya, Kemp....... - SuppleReptiles, Thu Feb 2 23:02:59 2006
• The big Surinam at the San Diego Zoo - B2 Berg, Thu Feb 2 21:50:05 2006