Monday, April 14, 2008

Vipers, Mastodons, Willy's D



An Impromptu Walk on Sunday along the Zambezi River in British Honduras spilled forth a plethora of riches. First Adam S. and sidekick Matthew L. uncovered mastodon bones, which, according to resident animal authority Dr. Jamie M., date back some seven billion years.

Next the intrepid explorers stumbled upon a river rattler, a very venomous viper, that chased our young ones, bit two of them (Molly J. and Elizabeth S.), but fortunately resident venomous viper authority Patrick L. was able to suck the venom from the youngsters' legs so we could continue our trek through the wilds.

Next we stumbled upon an ancient stainless steel deloren, which resident windbag Willy S. promptly declared his own.

And finally we gathered to break bread, and wind, before setting off for home and settling in for 12 consecutive hrs. of masters coverage.






3 comments:

Heather said...

Wow, sounds like quite an adventure! Sorry we missed it!

Abbie Sorge said...

Uh, is that snake some kind of a joke? I have a serious aversion to snakes and the fact that one so large was so local makes me uneasy. What kind was it anyway? Where, too? I need to keep my eyes peeled next time I'm in the Natirar neck of the woods.

Blogmeister said...

that be a nj water snake. very aggressive. very fast. definitely not venomous but they love to bite the ladies on the behind.

plentiful along creek and river beds. i've seen several this spring all ready.

that one in the pic was probably only 6 or 8 feet long. just a baby.

have a nice swim!