5 comments on “Philippine Python Guimit Island

  1. Goff on said:

    I enjoyed looking at this, so nice to see a place in the Philippines where wildlife still remains. My wife is from Negros and it has been totally cleared for sugar cane, sad really

  2. dutchpickle on said:

    Hi Goff,

    Thanks for your interest! Samar is probably one of the least developed islands in the Philippines.

    dp

  3. Raymond Tiamzon on said:

    i really enjoyed looking at your site.
    im too exciting bout snakes. actually i bought a Philippine python to my friend and i enjoyed of looking and sometimes playing with it. ok thats all. thank u. take care gud luck…

  4. dutchpickle on said:

    Just for general information – it is wise not to mess around with animals you are not familiar with.

    Bats can carry rabies and that disease has not been eradicated in this country. My girls cousin died from rabies in Manila after being bitten by a rabid dog.

    I once was in the process of moving a bat that had been driven to the ground by a gust of wind and it made a serious attempt to bite me. There is no cure for rabies.

    About snakes – A guy that spends a lot of time researching snakes in Indonesia emailed me that the snakes in these photos are in fact rat snakes, but don’t take chances with snakes, even if they are harmless.

    A neighbor kid died last week after being bitten on the foot by a snake. He was carrying a bag of cassava home and cried out to his father that he had been bitten.

    Then he continued on home carrying that bag on his head, just pumping that poison through his 13 year old body. When he got home he tried desperately to pry his eyes open with his fingers and then slowly slipped away and died. His foot turned black and the family buried him last Sunday – sad story but true.

    Snakes are beautiful animals but best left alone. Pythons are of course non-poisonous

  5. M.C. de Castro on said:

    Hi,

    I’ve just got back from the Philippines where I visited Bohol and Cebu. The Phlippines is a great place as it is still – in general – unspoilt.

    As for pythons, yes they are non-venemous, but can still be dangerous as they have so much bacteria in their mouth. Stay away as they could strangle and even eat you, which must be a horiible death! Arrgh!

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