Our Unexpected Contribution to Costa Rica's New SNAKE Discovery!

[@OchoVerde]

This is gonna go on our PERMANENT Record! LOL!

[@johnnytubes]

Great find Kate…Epic video Frank. But how were the pork chops?

[@OchoVerde]

Nice observation! The pork chops 🥩🥩in Costa Rica are always delicious!

[@janesettle3199]

Well, how cool is THAT!!!! Way to go, Frank & Kate!! 🐍

[@OchoVerde]

Blind squirrels....LOL!

[@aracnoloco]

Very cool. I made the first record for CR of a small tarantula species, which was known as Ami bladesi from Panama only, but was later synonymized with Neischnocolus panamanus (current valid name). CR has some surprises yet to be discovered...

[@OchoVerde]

Heck yeah!! I think parts of CR are understudied for sure.

[@azwildlife]

What an amazing find!

[@OchoVerde]

Thanks! We are hoping to find more!

[@costaricawild6329]

Good job!👍

[@OchoVerde]

It was really kind of stinky and those dang ants too!

[@Metoo-y7q]

Good for you two😊 how awesome 😊

[@OchoVerde]

Thank you!! 😊 Looking forward to finding a live one!

[@readytogo6569]

Way to go, Lori!🏆🎉

[@OchoVerde]

✅✅

[@dirkswildworld]

Wow. That's so cool. This is how science sometimes makes progress😅👍🙂. Congrats, what a find. So bad it was a dead one...

[@OchoVerde]

It was very cool! We were so lucky in many ways. They never would have seen the snake except they saw a Crested Cara Cara eating it and they investigated! Then, miraculously, the vultures never found it after 5+ hours of being on that road.

[@brendabohannon2529]

how awesome yall found a rare specimen!! Sad that is was dead but still its amazing!!

[@OchoVerde]

Since Dec 2023, I have 2 close by friends send me photos/videos of this species, but they were both very much alive!! Not suitable for a museum specimen, so we know the population is probably pretty. Now to find a love one!!

[@brendabohannon2529]

@@OchoVerde I absolutely believe you will find a live one! I am excited for it to happen!

[@guanacastewildlifemonitori8194]

Very cool

[@OchoVerde]

We were very lucky that scavengers didn’t get it!

[@e-reptiledysfunction2243]

Interesting, ur lucky nothing had eaten it, I once found a dead coachwhip, moved it off the road, went back that afternoon and it had been stripped down to nothing but bones

[@OchoVerde]

Yes. We were very lucky !! Things like tasty snakes do not last.

[@mandyhertel8776]

Wow.

[@OchoVerde]

Now we have to find a live one!

[@mandyhertel8776]

@OchoVerde If anybody can find one, y'all can.🐍 In your poll, I chose black as my favorite color of snake, but now I'm on the fence. This pseudoboa is really a gorgeous color!

[@jimfleming3975]

Why, yes, RFK Jr.

[@OchoVerde]

Yep.

[@Metoo-y7q]

😂