| Cacique Caribe | 03 Apr 2012 3:46 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 03 Apr 2012 4:01 p.m. PST |
Glad those things are gone? Well, don't get too comfortable:
link Dan |
| jpattern2 | 03 Apr 2012 4:29 p.m. PST |
I saw the titanoboa story last week. Very cool.
Your second post, though, is a doctored photo. I first saw that photo in the late '90s or early '00s, but it pops up every few years, usually when some other large snake, such as titanoboa, makes the news. Even the crypto sites agree that it's a hoax. |
| Bob Murch | 03 Apr 2012 7:17 p.m. PST |
Boy, that calls to mind those Robert E. Howard stories where Conan had to fight the giant snake gaurdian of some lost temple or another. I don't think I'll show my wife this one. Bob |
 John the OFM   | 03 Apr 2012 7:56 p.m. PST |
Hey, I was walking my pet elephant just a few minutes ago.
Has anybody seen him?
Dumbo! Dumbo? |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Apr 2012 8:41 p.m. PST |
John, I found him! He said he's going snorkeling again in some lake in Scotland:
Dan |
| Cacique Caribe | 03 Apr 2012 8:43 p.m. PST |
Bob, Is this the little snake you meant?
Dan |
| Striker | 04 Apr 2012 3:04 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 04 Apr 2012 3:06 a.m. PST |
There ya go. I knew there was a believer somewhere! Well, I'm not a believer, but "I want to believe" (as it says in the cheesy x-files poster).
That Percy Fawcett was definitely the original Indiana Jones. I'm still hoping they find his "Lost City of Z": catchpenny.org/fawcett.html link TMP link
link link I want to believe, even if Brad Pitt doesn't: link Dan
PS. Check out what I pulled up when I googled the words "fawcett and the snake" (which is the title of the color illustration above):
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| rvandusen | 04 Apr 2012 5:03 a.m. PST |
It is interesting that the fossil record has confirmed Fawcett's tale of giant snakes in South America-only 30 million years too early! The Titanoboa is one cool snake. Much smaller than Titanoboa, but there were snakes that ate dinosaurs:
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8545450.stm Sanajeh indicus |
| Oddball | 04 Apr 2012 9:07 a.m. PST |
Snakes! Why did it have to be snakes? Wow, that is a really cool addition to any jungle pulp game. |
| Bob Murch | 04 Apr 2012 11:43 a.m. PST |
When we were at the 2010 Explorers Club dinner, Jim Fowler (remember Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom) was a speaker and at one point he had about 6 people carry a 23ft anaconda out on stage. Later on after the snake was supposedly put away he turned around to examine the crate and with mild alarm asked the audience if anyone had seen where the anaconda had gotten to. Bob |
| Cacique Caribe | 04 Apr 2012 1:25 p.m. PST |
LOL. Are you sure??? I dunno, Bob. He must have been some speaker, to get and keep the attention of every person. If I was sitting close to the stage, and they put a 23ft anaconda in a pen on stage, I don't think it would slip out without being seen. My eyes would no longer be on the speaker. They would be completely focussed on the snake in front of me! Are you sure you guys weren't captivated by the pretty assistant on stage? :) Dan |
| Bob Murch | 04 Apr 2012 2:09 p.m. PST |
They were supposed to have a young black bear come out on stage as well but at the time Jim said the bear was being shy and we didn't get to see him. A more suspicious person might wonder if bear and snake met to the bear's ultimate discomfort. Unfortunately, Jim's pretty assistant was MC Dan Akroyd. I've seen him on TV since so I know the snake didn't get him. Bob |
