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Re: NFC: Fwd: FW: Snake (OT)
I posted the pics on the nfc yahoo site, as I don't think they made it to
the list..?? The last one is perhaps in poor taste...let me know if I
should remove it. It is nonetheless an amazing photograph!
Best,
Scott
>From: "Scott Olson" <olson7 at hotmail_com>
>Reply-To: nfc at actwin_com
>To: nfc at actwin_com
>Subject: NFC: Fwd: FW: Snake (OT)
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:35:13 -0700
>
>This is OT, I know, but I had to share it! Hopefully the attached pics
>will
>show up in the list.
>
>
>>From: "Olson, Scott" <srolson at bechtel_com>
>>To: "'olson7 at hotmail_com'" <olson7 at hotmail_com>
>>Subject: FW: Snake
>>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:02:33 -0700
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Johnson, Joe (Brazil)
>> > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 6:37 AM
>> > To: Gusse, Mark; Gardner, Douglas; Mcspadden, Jeffrey; Magezi, Aaron R
>> > Cc: Gill, Buford; Karges, Doug W; Post, Gregory; Roche, Mauricio
>> > Subject: FW: Snake
>> >
>> > FYI, here is a (true and honest) picture taken at the Itiquera Hydro
>> > project last month. Needless to say, it caused a little commotion and
>> > excitement. There was a dog inside.
>> >
>> >
>> > <<DSC03660.JPG>>
>> > Now, Here are true and honest story and pictures about a dentist who
>>went
>> > fishing near the area we went several weeks back. Needless to say,
>>this
>> > fisherman did not make it home on time. (the last picture is a little
>> > graphic).
>> >
>> > Hunters and fishermen are known for lying and exaggerating their
>> > adventures. Here, however, is a true story of a snake that swallowed
>>a
>> > fisherman, identified as Dentist Jose Ronaldo. The happened in Mato
>> > Grosso, on the banks of the river Araguaia. A group of four fishermen
>> > from São Paulo, one of whom was the dentist Jose Ronald, went on an
>> > adventure as they routinely did this time of year. As they had done
>>many
>> > times before, they were to fish the waters of the famous river for the
>> > great painted, pirarucus, pirararas, tucunarés and piraíbas. But in
>>fact,
>> > this time they found a sucuri (type of Snake - Anaconda?) that would
>>put
>> > an end to the fishing.
>> >
>> > Upon arriving on the banks of the river, they choose a bare spot to
>>set-up
>> > camp. Later, they decided to try to try and discover better fish spots
>>or
>> > something to use as boats. The four separated. By dusk, only three
>> > returned to camp. Worried the three went in search, calling out the
>> > dentists name. They received no reply, The dense brush and lack of
>>light
>> > forced them to return to the camp for the night and wait until dawn.
>>None
>> > of the three slept that night. They believed that Jose Ronald had been
>> > attacked by one wild animal or another.
>> >
>> > At first light, they continued the search. They had trekked several
>> > kilometers, and by late afternoon they discovered the first signs of
>>the
>> > dentist. They found pieces of clothing on the bank of the river. They
>> > showed signs of a fight. Two of the fishermen thought that maybe there
>> > was an assault or kidnapping, giving them hope that he might still be
>> > alive. The third more experienced fisherman, saw the weeds kneaded
>>down
>> > and noted tracks of a snake, probably a sucuri of ten meters more
>>than..
>> >
>> > With the approach of the night, the three returned to the camp. The
>> > following morning the returned to follow the trail. By the afternoon
>>of
>> > the third day they had sighted a great snake (sucuri) sleeping to the
>>side
>> > of the river. She was enormous, with an obvious full stomach. They
>> > quickly suspected that that the bulge in the snake was the body of the
>> > dentist They killed the snake by hitting it over the head with pieces
>>of
>> > wood. After that, they managed to get it down to the camp where they
>> > loaded it into the bed of the truck and took it to a local bar/store.
>>The
>> > snake was opened and the body of the dentist removed. History did not
>> > have that to be exaggerated for this fishing trip, On the other hand,
>>it
>> > did not have happy ending.
>> >
>> > * Sucurí is a snake that does not possess poison, it if it rolls in
>> > victim, suffocated it, breaking all to it the bones and it swallows it
>> > dislocating its jaws.
>> >
>> > Atenção amigos pescadores!
>> > Assunto: Sucuri
>> >
>> > LEIA E VEJA AS FOTOS
>> >
>> > Os caçadores e os pescadores são tidos como mentirosos pelo fato de
>>eles
>> > aumentarem em muito suas aventuras. Aqui, no entanto, uma estória
>> > verídica, sobre uma cobra que engoliu um dentista pescador identificado
>> > como sendo José Ronaldo. O fato verídico aconteceu em Mato Grosso, mais
>> > precisamente às margens do rio Araguaia . Um grupo de quatro pescadores
>>do
>> > interior paulista dentre eles o dentista José Ronaldo, se aventurou
>>como
>> > faziam já há tempos, nesta época do ano , numa pescaria nas águas do
>> > famoso rio, em busca de grandes pintados, pirarucus, pirararas,
>>tucunarés
>> > e piraíbas. Mas na verdade acabaram encontrando uma sucuri de 12 metros
>>e
>> > meio que pôs fim a sua pescaria. Tão logo chegaram as margens do rio,
>> > escolheram uma clareira para montar acampamento e ao entardecer,
>> > resolveram tentar descobrir pesqueiros. Os quatro se separaram ao
>> > anoitecer , apenas três retornaram, ao acampamento. Preocupados os três
>> > começaram a gritar mato afora, o nome do dentista. Nenhuma resposta e a
>> > mata fechada , aliada á falta de luz fez com que voltassem ao
>>acampamento,
>> > e esperaram pelo amanhecer. Os três passaram a noite acordados.
>> > Acreditavam que José Ronaldo tinha sido atacado por uma onça ou
>>qualquer
>> > outro animal, com os primeiros raios de sol deram continuidade as
>>buscas.
>> > Bateram vários quilômetros e somente no final da tarde encontraram a
>> > primeira pista para localizar o dentista. Eram pedaços de suas roupas
>>que
>> > estavam a margem do rio. Havia sinais de luta. Logo dois pescadores
>> > pensaram que se tratava de um assalto, ou seqüestro e ressurgiram as
>> > esperanças de que José Ronaldo ainda estivesse vivo. O terceiro
>>pescador
>> > mais experiente viu o mato amassado e afirmou que aquele rastro era de
>>uma
>> > cobra provavelmente uma sucuri e ela deveria de ter mais de dez metros.
>> > Com a aproximação da noite os três voltaram ao acampamento, e somente
>>no
>> > dia seguinte seguiram o rastro encontrado . Na tarde do terceiro dia
>>eles
>> > avistaram uma grande cobra sucuri deitada dormindo ao lado do rio.
>> > Era enorme tinha parte do corpo deformado. Logo eles suspeitaram ser o
>> > corpo do dentista. Usando um revolver e pedaços de paus eles atingiram
>>a
>> > cabeça da cobra, matando-a. Em seguida, a carregaram até o acampamento,
>> > onde a colocaram na carroceira de um caminhão e foram para Barra do
>>Garça.
>> > A cobra foi aberta e o corpo do dentista retirado. A história não teve
>>que
>> > ser aumentada e, ao contrário de outras contadas
>> > por pescadores, não teve um final feliz. *A sucurí é uma cobra que não
>> > possui veneno, ela se enrola na vitíma, sufocado-a, quebrando-lhe todos
>>os
>> > ossos e a engole deslocando suas mandíbulas.
>> >
>> >
>> > <<Sucuri-01.jpg>> <<Sucuri-02.jpg>> <<Sucuri-03.jpg>>
>> >
>> >
>>
>
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