Juvenile anaconda

[Machado]

Gentlemen:
A friend just sent me this video. I thought it might interest you.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=611032408975343

Best,
Antonio

[Blaine]

I was stationed in Panama for a couple years......There were some very large constrictors there. Some of them could be seen walking back from the NCO club at 2AM. I think MPs spent half their time placating "anxious" dependents.....

[Bullard4075]

Any guess on length ?

[Blaine]

Any guess on length ?

As to the video clip, none....but, on a 1 lane jungle road, our bus saw one crossing that the head and tail were not on the (sort of) pavement......

[Machado]

Bullard4075,
A rough guess would be approximately 18 feet. This is not fully grown yet.

[Machado]

BlaineG, despite Discovery Channel efforts to convince people how cute and wonderful these things are, I'm still shooting them on sight. They can be quite obnoxious and no child or dog on a watercourse bank is safe with them around.

[Paladin]

Thanks for the post

[JerryB]

Blaine, I just have to ask----------what those snakes doing leaving the NCO club at that time of night??????????

[firefuzz]

I was stationed in Panama for a couple years......There were some very large constrictors there. Some of them could be seen walking back from the NCO club at 2AM. I think MPs spent half their time placating "anxious" dependents.....

At one time I was scheduled to go to a jungle warfare/survival school in Panama but got bumped out of the slot. I was extremely disappointed at the time....not so much now. LOL

Rob

[Old Ironsights]

Blaine, I just have to ask----------what those snakes doing leaving the NCO club at that time of night??????????

I was wondering where they got the legs to walk home on...

[Blaine]

I was stationed in Panama for a couple years......There were some very large constrictors there. Some of them could be seen walking back from the NCO club at 2AM. I think MPs spent half their time placating "anxious" dependents.....

At one time I was scheduled to go to a jungle warfare/survival school in Panama but got bumped out of the slot. I was extremely disappointed at the time....not so much now. LOL

Rob

That jungle training is probably some of the most miserable time a soldier can spend....A guy in my unit took it, (a reasonably BA Airborne type) and he washed out the first few days....Not unusual from what I heard. I loved Panama, but, the bugs, spiders, snakes, caiman, etc were worrisome.

[jeepnik]

A master of it's element.

I'll one up Blaine's snake story. At Eglin in northern Florida our problem wasn't so much the snakes as the alligators. Darned things were still protected, and had a habit of crawling out on to the roads to sun themselves. The SP would usually try to get them to move by banging their clubs on the road. When that didn't work, we'd run a crash truck out and hit them with the monitor. Other than being really, really PO'd no harm was done, but they did move.

[Old Ironsights]

For those who don's speak "fireman"... a Monitor is a water cannon, usually vehicle mounted...

[jeepnik]

For those who don's speak "fireman"... a Monitor is a water cannon, usually vehicle mounted...

OI, I blame TV for my becoming a firefighter. No, not Emergency, that came along after I got started. Back in the late 50's or early 60's there was a show Rescue 8. Think Emergency with the technology of that era. It was around the same time as things like Ripcord and Whirlybird. Dang I just dated the heck out of myself.

[BrianSH]

I think these big snakes should be great testing media for reverse HB WC. Or solid DEWC at 900-1000 fps.
How does 230 ball compare to a 185 Gold Dot at 1150?

You now have a summer research project. We need pictures, no faces. - Brian

[Hobie]

I was stationed in Panama for a couple years......There were some very large constrictors there. Some of them could be seen walking back from the NCO club at 2AM. I think MPs spent half their time placating "anxious" dependents.....

Most of the snakes I saw were walking home from the O club... just sayin'...

[Blaine]

I was stationed in Panama for a couple years......There were some very large constrictors there. Some of them could be seen walking back from the NCO club at 2AM. I think MPs spent half their time placating "anxious" dependents.....

Most of the snakes I saw were walking home from the O club... just sayin'...

You're thinking about those Pink Snakes...the ones that tag along with the Pink Elephants....

[Larkbill]

You officers had it easy, we had snakes IN the EM club at NAS Albany, Ga. Apparently the Chiefs did also.

[Dave James]

Gee, that's a different term used for "B" girls walking home at night

I had a blast at jungle school, went through back in the 70's, RVN was harder
ONe of the cadre sworn up and down he had been hiding behind a small hill of leaves and stuff, and then it moved, saif it was a LARGE SNAKE, bump was a pig it had for lunch

[AmBraCol]

For the record, they aren't much in the chow department. Tough, chewy, not much flavor. Ate one years back that had been attempting to dine on a feral rooster. The rooster was one that was on the Ark with Noah, judging from the size of his spurs. Tough old bird. Still, he was better eating that that sucurí (anaconda) was.

Here's a video made of some pics of one wrapped around a bovine - that'll give you an idea of how big some of them are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r2hPAFa6MU

[AmBraCol]

And here's a baby being captured in February of this year...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtlv5p5il-A

[AmBraCol]

And if there's any doubt one COULD swallow a human - take a look at this one found in Paraná...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feDKoWUu3Co

That's a capybara inside, the world's largest rodent. Capable of reaching a weight of 80 kilos, they are larger than many humans. If the snake can get one of those down, there's no question they can down a person as well.