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by copperhead8814 on March 16, 2002
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Did anyone just watch Deadly Reptiles II on Discovery?
Dont get me wrong, I enjoyed the program, especially the segments with Joe Slowinski, God rest his soul, and with Whit Gibbons. But I noticed a disturbing trend that was continued from the first DR show. The first segment was on the fer-de-lance. They listed the scientific name as Bothrops schlegelli, and the photo that accompanied this misnomer appeared to me to be an Amazon tree boa. If the producers of this show had access to Dr. Slowinski and Dr. Gibbons, they should be able to get the scientific name of the fer-de-lance correct. Ive heard B. atrox, B. asper, and even B. insularis referred to as fer-de-lance, but if I am not mistaken, B. schlegelli was used to describe the eyelash viper prior to its being placed in the genus Bothriechis. I'm no expert, so if i'm wrong, i'm sorry. Also a question. The show referred to their being species of sea snakes which are non venomous. Is this correct?
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RE: Deadly Reptiles II-Discovery Ch.
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by Naja_oxiana on March 16, 2002
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I was at work, so I only saw a few minutes of this, but you are correct, the name Fer-de-Lance is commonly attributed to a number of Bothrops snakes, asper, atrox and a few others. I believe that the true Fer-de-Lance is B. lancelotous or somethign like that. Bothrops was sucha large and problematic genera that it was broken down to include Bothriechis (Palm Vipers) and Bothriopsis, which may or may not be a valid genera. I believe that Porthidium is also part of the bothrops complex.
Yes, yu would think that TDC would go to the trouble to get everything correct, but that's TV...
Cheers
Roger
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by venom on March 17, 2002
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I worked on the show and no matter what you tell them, they will do whatever the hell they feel like, and edit it to look however they want it to look.
I really tried guys, and I've emailed them since and got NO response. I called them about DR1 and told them it was full of blatant errors and that I was concerned about being part of DR2, they said that this one would be better. WRONG. then again they also said they were gonna pay me....
If youre curious, in the gaboon segment, the big guy on the right in the black shirt and hat is me. When they say the guy who kept getting bit was only allowed "supervised" visits with venomous, I was the supervision. I brought the animals and supervised the safety on the set. I really tried to make it educational, and CORRECT, however they edited it to make it the way they wanted it to look.
Bottom line, they had access to correct info, just chose not to check out their facts.
-LL
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by copperhead8814 on March 17, 2002
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That's TV for you. They chose sensationalism over accuracy. Not your fault though, you tried. Buy the way, those Gaboons were beautiful.
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