My life with snakes started when I was 4 years old one day time in 1944. It came about this way my friend and neighbour Freddie a couple of years older than me and we were walking by little creek looking for frogs in a creek. I saw a piece of corrugated tin. I was sure there was a frog under it so I got down on my hands and knees so I could catch the frog when I turned over the tin. When I turned there was no frog but a pile of baby garter snakes. I grab them is quick as I could, I had three in my hand and I look at them and said to myself this is way cooler than any frog. And here I am many years later still trying to grab snakes.
Now days my herping (hunting snakes) is limited to the two trips per year. One in May the beginning of the rainy season and November the end of the rainy season. I usually have a group of eight people including myself and we meet in Costa Rica and spent eight days there. We spend six days and nights looking for snakes. On our last trip Number 28 we found 122 snakes. We find about 85% of the snakes at night. On May 4th, 2019 I will begin our 29th Trip.
You can go to ( CostaRicaHerpingAdventures.com ) for more information.
My goal in creating this website is that people will learn not to kill harmless snakes. This website will show photos of all venomous snakes living in Panama. When you come across to snake the first thing you should do his take out your cell phone and take a photo. Many people in this situation look for something to kill the snake. The Expression “The only good Snake is a dead Snake”. It wasn’t long ago we said about people. That wasn’t right then and it’s not right now in both cases. You can send me the photo of the snake via Whats App 305 393 2732. I can identify this snake for you and certainly tell you whether the snake is Venomous or Harmless. Better yet if You can call me on my WhatsApp number. Then we both can put our call on video and you can show me the snake. I’ll be able to give you my opinion of the situation and tell you whether you could be in any danger or not. We can together figure out what to do next, probably walk away in a lot of cases.
If you and I can help save Snakes and other forms of wildlife they will be around for your children and their children!
Contact: 305 393 2732 Whats App
Email: jim.kavney@gmail.com
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