Big Bad Snakes and Cute Frogs....

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Big Bad Snakes and Cute Frogs....

 Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Volcan Turrialba » Turrialba » CATIE By LaurenB
June 3rd 2007 My time in Costa Rica is drawing to a close, but there are a few really great things ive gotten to experience this week. First, we went to this museum/zoo of sorts that only had snakes and a few other creatures. We received a talk about the indigenous snakes of Costa Rica (two of the worlds most poisonous are locals here) and then they proceded to take the snakes out. Without much of a safety talk beyond ¨stay back 3 feet¨ we got to take up close and personal pictures of the world famour bush-master and the most venomous snake in the world the Tricepelo. Take a look at the pix...

Also, one of my professors took me to lunch at a restaurant high in the hills with a great vista of the costa rican country side. Truly amazing! The price of the meal came to about a dollar. Humming birds were everywhere at this place, and the next door neighbor even had a pet monkey! A little sad that the monkey was chained up, but he didn seem to mind once he had his lollypop...see the pix

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Photos

A table with a view please....
The view from our table at the restaurant. All for $1.25

Big and Bad
The tricepelo, most venemous snake in the world

Pretty, but deadly
another very venemous snake

Sleeping snakes...
In certain temperatures the snakes sleep and are almost comatose

Comments

[el amarillo]

all my cultured friends
make sure you check out thablackguy's post on south africa. oh, and thanks for not biting the snake and poisoning it. uh, I mean....