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PostSubject: New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons...   New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons... Icon_minitimeFri 27 Aug - 2:52

My name is Adam and I'm a writer living in New York, finishing a book about the Gaboon Viper.

This is a book for the general reader. It's not a scientific treatise (though I do try and get my facts correct). It's a travelogue, covering my time in the forests of Cameroon looking for the elusive gaboon and speaking with conservationists, farmers, hunters, witchdoctors, feticheurs and a sorcerer about their knowledge of and uses for the viper. Interspersed with this quest are brief vignettes on venomous snakes in general - their evolution, rich mythological pedigree, use in nostrums and medicine and, above all, examining their (undeservedly) bad reputation. I'm hoping my main character (GV) can serve as an entree to write about snakes in general. Maybe it'll dampen some phobias or even engender a bit of sympathy and awe...

If anyone has extensive experience with gaboons in captivity, can speak broadly/historically about the 'hot' trade in gaboons or simply has an interesting story or observation they'd like to share (and wouldn't mind me including in the book) I'd love to hear from you...

Thanks,

Adam Sudmann
asud@earthlink.net
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PostSubject: Re: New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons...   New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons... Icon_minitimeFri 27 Aug - 3:57

Gaboons are one of my first exotic hots to keep. That was almost 17 years ago and george is still alive and kickn and resides with two females at my buddies compound. I learned at an early age they are not an animal for the faint of heart. The speed and power of a giant coiled spring. Not to mention 2 inch 10 guage hypadermic needles loaded with huge quantities of multi-toxic venom. They are an incredible ssp.. These days I maintain almost exclusively arboreals.
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PostSubject: Re: New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons...   New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons... Icon_minitimeFri 27 Aug - 4:29

Welcome Adam. Interesting thing you're working on. I hope I'll have a chance to read it in the future.

Regards, BKK
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PostSubject: Re: New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons...   New Here & Curious to Learn More on Gaboons... Icon_minitimeSat 28 Aug - 2:36

Welcome Adam!

succes with your book!
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