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Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:50 pm
by jonahpach
A recent foray into the interiors in Mizoram had me and my driver camping on the outskirts of the very fishing village where my pickup had crashed last year. The next morning we drove into the village and on stopping at the nearest teashop we discovered this bug*3r neatly coiled up on the chassis of the pickup...
Would have ended up in the pot had I not been a recogised wildlife rehabilitator.. (It's a reticulated Burmese/Myanmarese?? python by the way)
Jonah
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:13 am
by hamiclar01
errr........ nice!
do you see a lot of these around?
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:37 am
by mundaire
Sweet one Jonah... and kudos to you for keeping this beauty out of the pot!
Cheers!
Abhijeet
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:46 am
by OverUnderPump
Good work Jonah.
To come across snakes in unexpected spots is a pretty common occurrence up in the North East. Snakes gravitate towards food and heat ( the warm chassis in this case). And yes they do get eaten
, that too is a pretty common occurrence, as do monitors.
regards
OUP
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:49 am
by kalashnikovcult
hi Jonah,
glad to see that beauty ..well i m here in the usa ..and its kinda easy to get snakes ..packed and processed ..except that u need to cook them...i m looking for a good recipe ...can u help me with that ?
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:21 am
by Mark
Interesting as Burmese Pythons are becoming a nuisance in Florida, where they are not a native species.
I guess the larger ones eat deer and alligators, and that is a bit too large for my comfort level!
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:09 am
by Sakobav
Jonah
Great deed
As Mark mentioned Burmese pythons are thriving in Florida.
best
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:28 am
by kanwar76
Woah Jonah,
Thats a big one, good on you for not letting this beauty end up as a burpp!!!
You are living a nice life my friend..
-Inder
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 11:03 am
by TenX
I second Inder's thoughts ... You have a lot of envy around you...
Maybe the big one came to paint the number plate
Good going chief... and very nice pics...
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:29 pm
by rcdoma
Well done Jonah!
Besides pythons, Floridans have a problem with alligators too. On cold days they look under their cars for basking gators lest their feet get mistaken for easy prey
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:13 pm
by jonahpach
kalashnikovcult wrote:hi Jonah,
glad to see that beauty ..well i m here in the usa ..and its kinda easy to get snakes ..packed and processed ..except that u need to cook them...i m looking for a good recipe ...can u help me with that ?
Heck I only know how to boil eggs and make an omlette... I also hate fish and all other things that have scales on them. Sorry!
Jonah
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:42 pm
by dev
These be fighting words Jonah
. Anyway be careful with the constrictors they might just decide to give you a tight squeeze for your good deeds.
Dev
Re: Hitchhikers and their ilk..
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 5:01 pm
by nagarifle
yammy lets mix it with bamboo shoots and little chilly shell we.