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Matt Harris
at Sun Oct 12 07:36:21 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Matt Harris ]
There's nothing more fun than dealing with a 7' coil spring on a stick!!
Alas, though I managed to have a little neonate wriggle out of my hands and nick me on the thumb last week. We were up the Rio Nuevo on the Osa peninsula and hiked to a spot where a L. melanocephala was killed by some ticos last January. My cousin found this little one(1 of 8 we found last week) but I had no snake bag. He was desparate to photograph it so I attempted to carry it down the slope with wet hands. The neonates are the worst to pin...not a big enough head. Well it wriggled loose and stabbed me on the thumb. Not really bad, minor swelling and throbbing like a honey-bee sting.
Had quite a trip. Found some prime matabuey habitat, spoke with the gold miners who've found them.....got revved up just enough to plan a trip back to that area for the spring. Did manage to find a Hoffman's two-toed and a three-toed sloth; D. auratus, Phyllobates vittatus and oodles of frogs.
Gotta go tend to me sore feet. WW will send you sheds and scales soon.
Matt
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True!! ... - Matt Harris, Sun Oct 12 07:36:21 2003