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Word: sucuri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hunter Siemel, the man who kills jaguars with a bayonet, has devised a new method for capturing the giant anaconda boa constrictor. These monsters live in swamp pools which the natives skim and will not talk about except to mutter, "sucuri," their name for the anaconda. In the cold, dry season, anacondas sometimes slip out of pools to bask in the sun. Hunter Siemel's plan is to get between his snake and the water, put it on the defensive. Other men will surround it on the land side. Each man will be equipped with a long pole with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Catching Them | 8/25/1930 | See Source »

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