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We found a surprise on our bird feeder a couple of days ago a Fer de Lance. Fortunately my husband and a couple of friends helped capture him safely and the University of Panama came up and took the snake for making anti-venom. It is one of the most dangerous snakes in Latin America as you can see in the picture where they are milking the venom out how long his fangs are. They believe this snake to be a female because of it's size and about 4-5 years old, she was about 6' long.
What an exciting find! I made the suggestion for the benefit of others because there are at least 4 different Bothrops snakes that have the common name Fer de Lance in the Neotropics. :-)
WOW!! It is so beautiful!! It is good the venom was collected by experts, and that she or anyone was not harmed.
Love snakes but if I see one of those I would be scared for sure! Thank you for sharing, RachelleSmith.
Spotted on Oct 3, 2013
Submitted on Oct 9, 2013
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