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by HELERI on May 30, 2002
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Giacomo, I would like to say that I applaude your ability to apply your true and beneficial feelings about snakes and the forests of Sumatra in your story. Showing that snakes play a vital role in rainforest ecosystems is a step in alerting others of the rate at which the great rainforests of the world are being demolished! Great article! Robert
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by Langaha on June 3, 2002
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Nice article. I enjoyed it. I strongly agree with your plee about saving our rainforests. I think it is so dissapointing to know what is going on in this world, and that I can't do anything about it. It is very sad to think that whole ecosystems, containing beautiful flora and fauna are just being taken out with no consideration. Unfortunately I think this will continue to happen at an astonishing rate. When you study a particular animal or animals(such as snakes)for your lifes passion, it hurts to see them die undeservedly. A lot of people can't grasp that thought, because of a lack of awareness of the wildlife on this earth, and how much is to be learned about it. I hope to experience the rainforest some day as well. Good herp hunting. ---Anthony
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by SnakeEyes on June 10, 2002
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That was a fantastic article. You were very lucky to experience living in a totally different counrty and lucky enough to have close encounters with its flora and fauna!
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by Bitis on June 15, 2002
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This is a very exciting articel. Five yeahrs ago I was in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo but I haven`t had the chance to see a snake there. It must be very exciting to live there. For me it would be a paradise to live with venomous snakes in Asia or Africa.
In Germany we have only the common adder (Vipera berus) and the european asp (Vipera aspis). But three weeks in the yeahr I am always on a big vacation. Normally I am in Kenya to relax. But I have no time to relax, because I am there to catch snakes. This is much better as relaxing!
You are very lucky. Be aware of spitting cobras, they are very fast in spitting and your reaction is not enough.
Think always of glasses before you handle an african or asian spitter!
Wish you a nice weekend!
Greetings Flo
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by LIZZIE on September 30, 2002
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i am from Singapore and am glad you got to experience the wonderful flora and fauna of that part of asia. your story is awesome, just watch out for those spitters!
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by Skinnypimp on June 23, 2003
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A legal pimp is a lawyer in the court making paper
I was sporting snakes while this fool was buying gators.
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by southernstylereptiles on July 1, 2006
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Your article was super interesting and informative. You were a lucky guy to encounter animals like that in their natural habitat. I hope to take a trip to Asia or Africa but haven't be able to go. SSR.
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by zeke on May 18, 2008
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wow- at 60 years of age I have spent the last 50 years dreaming of working with venomous snakes. If I were you I would have done the exact same thing and yes a bite or a dead on spit would have been well worth it - I think. It must have been heaven living around these magnificent creatures. Since I live in NYC the only snake I have ever had was a burmese python- before they passed new laws regarding wild animals. I got him as a small juvenile and had him for 12 years. He was the most docile and friendly animal one could imagine UNTIL. One day I failed to wash my hands after feeding the rats I kept for his food. He had a real "go " at me. He was about 10 feet long and weighed a lot. If I had not kept calm and walked over to a mirror to find his head or tail to unrap him - I'd be dead. My wife insisted that it was time for henry to go to a zoo. He is now at the famous Bronx zoo and I visit him. He had never showed any sign of aggression and would have never did what he did if it wasn't for my outrageous stupidity. Henry, I apologize for my stupidity that ruined our decade + relationship which I enjoyed so much. Man, passion is great and keeps us humans going. Tell me more about your experiences with the snakes you encountered. Great article - thank you.
Zeke from NYC
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by LexS on February 17, 2010
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Great article. I too lived in Sumatra(Duri)many many years ago(50 to be exact)for 6 years when I was a kid. Although I never collected snakes (I did see a live king cobra of about 12 feet and large monitor lizards), I did collect insects and tropical fish from the jungles that then surrounded Duri.
Back then, you could fly for a couple of hours over Sumatra and see nothing but forest as far as the eye could see. It is a tradegy that most of the jungle has been destroyed along with millions of animals, insects, birds etc.
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