Comments on: Giant ‘jiboia’ snake in Brazil http://forgetomori.com/2008/criptozoology/giant-jiboia-snake-in-brazil/ Extraordinary claims. Ordinary investigations. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:49:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: that dude http://forgetomori.com/2008/criptozoology/giant-jiboia-snake-in-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 that dude Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:25:19 +0000 http://forgetomori.com/2008/criptozoology/giant-jiboia-snake-in-brazil/#comment-1557 It's a normal sized anaconda that died, most likely on the bottom of the body of water shown, and after filling with all manner of unpleasant decompository gasses, it floated to the top. This is basic "floater" theory. A chinook salmon who dies underwater will fill with gas and float to the surface, appearing much bigger/heavier because of extreme bloating. It’s a normal sized anaconda that died, most likely on the bottom of the body of water shown, and after filling with all manner of unpleasant decompository gasses, it floated to the top. This is basic “floater” theory. A chinook salmon who dies underwater will fill with gas and float to the surface, appearing much bigger/heavier because of extreme bloating.

]]> By: Mori http://forgetomori.com/2008/criptozoology/giant-jiboia-snake-in-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-588 Mori Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:17:16 +0000 http://forgetomori.com/2008/criptozoology/giant-jiboia-snake-in-brazil/#comment-588 Thank you for the comments, Craig! I've just dropped Arment an email. Best, Thank you for the comments, Craig! I’ve just dropped Arment an email.

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]]> By: craig york http://forgetomori.com/2008/criptozoology/giant-jiboia-snake-in-brazil/comment-page-1/#comment-584 craig york Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:58:50 +0000 http://forgetomori.com/2008/criptozoology/giant-jiboia-snake-in-brazil/#comment-584 Big, probably, but "extremely big"...maybe not. I can't help but notice the water in the foreground of the shot is out of focus, and remains so under most of the text. This suggests that the subject is within a meter or less of the camera. Thats based on a nodding acquaintance with photography, and this is one of those instances where I would really want to be proven wrong. You might drop a line to Chad Arment at http://www.strangeark.com/ . I have a lot of respect for his work, and he recently published an extensive work on out-size snakes in North America. He's also a herpetologist by profession, so I think this would be right up his street. Big, probably, but “extremely big”…maybe not. I can’t help but notice the water in the foreground of the shot is
out of focus, and remains so under most of the text. This
suggests that the subject is within a meter or less of the camera. Thats based on a nodding acquaintance with photography,
and this is one of those instances where I would really
want to be proven wrong. You might drop a line to Chad
Arment at http://www.strangeark.com/ . I have a lot of
respect for his work, and he recently published an extensive
work on out-size snakes in North America. He’s also a
herpetologist by profession, so I think this would be right
up his street.

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