It's nice to be a historian of sorts. I have actually had Joe Terry, one of the real pioneers breeding Boa Constrictors, call me to ask when some of his litters were born. Joe Terry produced the first captive born Bolivian Boas in 1985. He called that the "Original Bloodline". Not a particularly creative name but we hadn't gotten as fancy as we are today. It's just in my head. Who was the first to breed the Boa Constrictors that come from Northwestern Peru? These are called longicauda by most. Marcia Lincoln was first in 1990 or 1991 but very few people remember that because most people interested in Boas at that time are gone now and the majority of those that were interested, just weren't interested in those Boas in particular. Marcia bought those animals from one of the old timer reptile dealers in the 80's and well before, Al Weinberg. They were imported through Tumbes, Peru. It's just in there.

I think somehow there is a little bit of humor knowing "historical" stuff because I was a peer, and a Boa obsessed one at that, while most everything that has happened Boa wise, happened. I have seen a lot of stuff happen and nearly everything is good for the Boa Hobby. Most "historians" are such after much study and research about what happened. I suppose it is sort of like if you participated in the Civil War and could attest to what happened, you could be considered by some to be a good source of Civil War history, though to me this Boa stuff is just in the old noggin because I remember it and lived through it. It's all good stuff rolling around in the old mostly empty skull of mine.

Thanks again!

Jeff
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• 18 year old Hypo Male: - boaphile, Sat Jul 14 11:28:53 2007
• RE: 18 year old Hypo Male: - william1, Sat Jul 14 12:25:48 2007
• RE: 18 year old Hypo Male: - Explicit_Reptiles, Sat Jul 14 12:33:29 2007
• Very nice story Jeff... - wetceal, Sat Jul 14 12:43:36 2007
• Billy G is a lot like old guys... - boaphile, Sat Jul 14 14:15:35 2007
• Very nice story, from a VERY nice guy... - drimes, Sat Jul 14 12:53:02 2007
• To Cool for School! - Reinert, Sat Jul 14 13:58:17 2007
• Three years old! Are you kidding!?!? - boaphile, Sat Jul 14 14:32:33 2007
• Don’t discriminate... - Reinert, Sat Jul 14 18:00:09 2007
• RE: Not a boa constrictor, but a sandboa - Tracy Barker, Sat Jul 14 21:11:19 2007
• Wait a minute Tracy! I have a Hogg... - boaphile, Sat Jul 14 21:21:04 2007
• RE: Wait a minute Tracy! I have a Hogg... - xXVanXx, Tue Jul 17 22:22:01 2007
• That article was in my first issue...... - garweft, Mon Jul 16 00:02:26 2007
• Thanks Jeff.... - Craig K., Sat Jul 14 19:05:29 2007
• Thanks for the kudos everyone. more - boaphile, Sat Jul 14 21:07:44 2007