At the time we visited Trinidad, cruisers were advised not to go ashore and if you did, not to leave the touristy compound. However, we had previously arranged for a guide to take us up into the mountains to the ASA Wright Nature Center, one of the premiere birding sights in the Caribbean.
The highlight of that trip, besides all the hummingbirds, was a Bushmaster pit viper curled up trailside.
Bushmasters hunt at night and have heat-sensing pits on each side of their head midway between the nostril and eye, which helps them to locate warm-blooded prey.
National Geographic says the bushmaster has a bite so venomous that humans only have a 25% chance of surviving one.
Snakes will pop up on future blogs, especially in our Florida travels, however our most impressive snake was our encounter with a 25’ Anaconda in the Amazon. Definitely a future blog.
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