National Geographic: Land of the Anaconda Page #2

Year:
1999
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play host to the anaconda study.

With so much ground to cover

the best way for Jesus to keep tabs

on his radio-tagged snakes

is from the air.

Conspicuous in the hyacinth below is

the giant female that ate the capybara

a snake Jesus has named Diega.

Warmth from the sun speeds up Diega's

digestive process...

bloating her with gasses

and keeping her afloat.

Jesus will keep an eye on her

and return to collect her when she's

gotten back her girlish figure.

With the serpent sleeping

off her meal,

this part of Eden seems

impossibly idyllic.

But not all of the capybara's

companions in the Ilanos

are as harmless as the snowy egret.

For this is the land of the caiman,

South America's infamous

alligator cousin.

For a reptile of this size,

there is no more sumptuous meal

than the giant rodent.

The scent of blood

in the water draws a crowd

of fearsome scavengers from below

Red piranha gather

hoping for leftovers.

But today

the hungry caiman will disappoint.

He's not about to let even a careless

mouthful escape his jaws.

Twice a day now

the anaconda patrol makes the rounds,

with spotters on the roof Renee

behind the wheel, and her dog, Chukka

an apprentice snake hunter himself

riding shotgun.

It's been a red-letter day

four snakes already captured

and one to go.

They've come for Diega

who's been digesting her capybara

supper for more than two weeks.

Jesus prefers to do his

snake-hunting barefoot

it's the best way to feel the

slippery skin of an anaconda

under the hyacinth.

But in waters that contain piranha,

stingrays,

electric eels and caiman,

he's taking a considerable risk.

When anaconda-hunting,

there's safety in numbers

and colleague John Thorbjarnarson

sometimes joins in.

When you go out, never by yourself

because these animals are big

and they are predators

and you are potential prey.

Two of my assistants

have been attacked by anaconda.

Chukka, look, snake, Chukka.

A protesting Diega is removed

from her refuge.

Fortunately, she's still sluggish

from her meal

and would rather escape than attack.

Wow!

It's beautiful.

Look at those colors.

Diega is not nearly as taken

with Jesus as he is with her.

Renee puts an old sock over

the snake's massive head

to keep the teeth at bay.

Stay!

Stay!

Be good.

This is like mud wrestling.

Previous catches of the day

are getting restless in the truck.

It's time to steer a course for home.

With their home doubling

as their laboratory,

living with snakes has become

a way of life for Renee and Jesus.

I think we can do the female first.

It's eight hundred

and forty-three, right?

Once inside,

they begin processing the snakes.

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