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Super Rare Boa Found Once Again After 64 Years!!
This is a neat story! The Cropan's Boa hasn't been seen since 1953. Its not extinct! A live female was found almost 2 weeks ago!
WASHINGTON: One of the world's rarest boa - that dwells in the forests of Brazil - has been sighted for the first time in 64 years, indicating that the species is alive and well, scientists say. Corallus cropanii - also known as Cropan's boa - is known from only a handful of dead specimens collected after the snake was first seen and described in 1953.
The slippery serpent was captured in January - the second living specimen ever seen, and the first glimpsed in 64 years. The boa was brought to local scientists by rural residents of the Ribeira Valley Region in Brazil.
The snake, a female, measured about 1.7 metres in length and weighed 1.5 kilograms.
full story here: http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/world...-years-1662379
more here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...overed-brazil/
and a vid here: http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch...zil/vi-AAn8Ve7
they're gonna observe it for a bit and then release it back into the wild w/ a radio transmitter so they can continue to track it, study it and find more.
anyway i think it's really cool!
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Re: Super Rare Boa Found Once Again After 64 Years!!
Originally Posted by Ax01
...anyway i think it's really cool!
I think you're right about that. Good looking snake.
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Oh wow, what a cool story!
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Its an amazing planet we live on ! Thanks for sharing this post.
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I always cringe when I hear about radio transmitters on small animals. it's hard to imagine a snake not being bothered by it, but maybe it's not a problem, but it does make me cringe.
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Oh no
Hey I think I have a few of those in my rack. I didn't know they were rare.
Actually, a real cool story.
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It's always great to hear that not everything is going horribly wrong in our rain forests. Hope they can find a breeding population and get an accurate species count with that tracker!
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Re: Super Rare Boa Found Once Again After 64 Years!!
Originally Posted by Slither Seeker
I always cringe when I hear about radio transmitters on small animals. it's hard to imagine a snake not being bothered by it, but maybe it's not a problem, but it does make me cringe.
the radio transmitters used these day are not the big bulky collars most people think of from 80s nature shows. Usually it's a little thing attached to the skin that will fall off after the adhesive wears off (probably when the snake sheds in this case) or they're injected under the skin like a pet micro chip or surgically inserted into the animal's body cavity.
Example (warning for video of surgical procedure).
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Re: Super Rare Boa Found Once Again After 64 Years!!
Originally Posted by Lizardlicks
It's always great to hear that not everything is going horribly wrong in our rain forests. Hope they can find a breeding population and get an accurate species count with that tracker!
yep, totally! this is welcomed news esp. when giraffes, cheetahs, rhinos, etc. are at the tipping point. i hope we can turn the tide but that's easier said than done.
Last edited by Ax01; 03-09-2017 at 02:11 PM.
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