Oh man...I'm really sorry to hear that. Simus are my favorite of all the hogs, and I too have never seen one in the wild.

I have a story similar except it was totally my fault (at least you saw the snake and tried to swerve)...
when I was out road cruising for snakes a few weeks back, it had been a good night with a live eastern garter (real pretty blue sides), a live eastern ribbon, and my first ever (and live) south florida swamp snake. But on the way back I saw one last snake on the road, pulled off, and started running back with the flashlight pointed down the road. Unfortunately, I had thought that I had pasted by the snake by a greater distance, and as I was running (focused further down the road the road) my friend who was behind me yelled but it was too late. The snake turned out to be another eastern ribbon, which at least isn't as rare as a simus, and I ended up not seeing it beneath me and stepped right on its head.

I have never felt so ashamed about anything else.
I mean here I was looking for snakes (trying to help them get off the road, so they won't get killed), saw the snake and didn't hit it with the car, but then stepped on the poor creature trying to find it.

Anyway, I TOTALLY know how you feel.
I'd still definitely like to see the pics (of the non-mangled ones) as I don't get to see too many field herping pics of hogs.
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Take care,

Alex Pepper


CBB '07 1.1 Aspidites ramsayi--Woma Pythons (Don Hamper/Rare Earth Stock)
CBB '08 1.1 Bothrochilus boa--Bismarck Ringed Pythons (Tom Keogan Line High Contrast)
CBB '07 1.0 Heterodon simus--High Red Southern Hognose Snake (Tom Pinson Line Red)
CBB '07 1.1 Pituophis catenifer sayi--Marathon, Texas Out-crossed Stillwater Hypomelanistic Bull Snakes
CBB '08 1.1 Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi--Black Pine Snakes (John Ginter Stock)
CBB '06 & '08 1.1 Eublepharis macularius--Blazing Blizzard & Reverse Stripe Tangerine Albino Leopard Geckos "Blaze" & "Angie"
CBB '02 0.1 Hemitheconyx caudicinctus--Stiped African Fat-tailed Gecko "Smeagol"
CBB '03 0.1 Canis domesticus--Cocker Spaniel "Cupcake"
CBB '99 0.1 Canis domesticus--Yellow Labrador Retriever "Freckles"

Happy Herping!

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