The "normal" snakes down in CR are so cool. That Bird/Puffing, how cool to see it in action. Love that coral. Dig that ending with the lizard meal, nice capture. Mimi ever get into trouble or is she wary of snakes?
Mimi usually does not follow me into the jungle at night. If she does, she responds to "Casa casa" and heads back to the house. This is the first time that I have seen her respond to a snake. All dogs in Costa Rica loathe iguanas... more than cats. So I hope she never confuses a snake for an iguana. Snakes can be slow eaters... so once I started holding the phone over my head... it went on and on for over 6 minutes. I was dying there at the end from trying to hold it steady in the dark for so long.
Hello Frank! Thank you so much for yet another fascinating post much appreciated, the coral snake was in incredible!! Those Fer Der lance are incredibly stunning creatures but I won’t lie those guys scare me!! Great to meet Mimi!! 🐕 Very impressive salamander 🦎 well it’s 10pm here in Kent England very warm today not compared to Costa Rica I’m sure!! I’m 58 today Frank and this has been a lovely ending to my birthday thank you for bringing us so much pleasure excitement and joy stay safe please Frank I wish you every success keep up the great work thanks Frank take care mate 👍
We are very fortunate to have all 3 species of sally's on our property in the southern zone. Its always a treat to see them on a night hike! The Allen's salamander is an excellent climber. Sometimes I see them 10 or 12 feet up on a tree.
Have always enjoyed your videos-- both SC and CR locations. Liveing in south Georgia we encounter many of the same species and habitat types as those you showcase in SC. In fact weve documented 34 herp species in our yard. Now were going to herp CR at the end of June! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I really enjoyed my trip to S. GA a few months ago. I hoped to see an Indigo snake there, but I couldn't find one. 😬 34 species!!!! Incredible! End of June is a great time for CR! We are hoping to go back in early July. Have a fun trip! Thanks for the comments!
That’s a confident, deadly snake. Lachesis and Bothrops have a certain demeanor and power that I’ve never seen in any other species. It’s like they won’t start the fight but they will finish it. They’re both fascinating species that tend to get looked over by venomous African and Asian snakes.
It could be, but I have seen no evidence that it is a contributor. They have been looking at the dark red-ringed coral snake for several years in this part of Costa Rica. I think in late 2023 some folks recognized it as a new species!
I have never seen one in person. They are in our area according to Twan Leenders' book. I just looked at the Snake ID page on Facebook, there are probably less than reported sightings on it. I think they are more common in the higher altitudes.
Awesome video. I lived in Costa Rica for 9 years and I miss it. What an increíble place. I found lots of snakes there, some in my house. Edit, those river shrimp/prawns can get pretty huge and they're the best shrimp I've ever eaten. And I grew up catching shrimp in Florida. In CR we speared them at night. Their eyes glow pink when light hits them at night and they were easy to get (and slightly illegal, but I didn't know at the time).
I love house, yard, and driveway snakes. 9 years! How much fun was that? Yes.... you can actually see a little eye shine in this video. We see the people getting the shrimp about once a year from our creek on the trail cameras. Some use a machete/gig, which is fine with me. However... some use a poison which wipes out almost everything in the creek for a while. Thats not good and is very illegal.
@@OchoVerde I hate it when they use "veneno" in the river. Or anywhere really. I used a frog gig, and my friends made spears with bike wheel spokes and a stick. It really was fun living there, especially at the beach in Pavones down by Panamá. I love it there.
@@comfortablynumb9342 Wow.. Pavones is close to us. We are near Golfito, which is now only about an hour from us. They have paved a lot of the road to Pavones and Zancudo.
@@OchoVerde that must be nice. It was awful in 09-12 when I was in Pavones. One night I heard an ambulance come and go up the mountain and later it left. In the morning at sunrise I went to the beach to fish. A Tico friend and I watched a guarda costa boat doing circles off the beach with 2 officers. Then one swam ashore and told us a kid was bitten by a terciopelo at night and left in the ambulance. He lost his leg. His uncle was looking for the snake in the morning and it bit him too. The boat was there to take him to Golfito. We loaded him up, and I've never seen anyone in that much pain before or since. His ankle must have been 10" around and his toes looked like a swollen mass. It was a little traumatizing to see. DO NOT get bitten by one! Please! The kid lost his leg from the hip down. He's Guamei indigenous and lived way up in the reserve. I hope that road is better, he had a rough walk on crutches. What do you do down there? Do you need the help of a trustable American who speaks Tico Spanish fluently? I can garden, fish, translate, build stuff, maintain things, and I know how to live cheap and happy there. I had to come back to care for my mother but my sister took over now and I am free to go. I grew up in Florida, catching fish and reptiles. I fished and farmed in Costa Rica. I miss living there! So if you need reliable help I'm available.
