National Geographic: Land of the Anaconda Page #2
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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
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
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
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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