tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post1409001142340934577..comments2024-03-28T09:34:33.213-04:00Comments on Living in Potrerillos: Lord of the FliesJoycehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188454310320707737noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post-44355461062077189372018-03-29T05:56:37.805-04:002018-03-29T05:56:37.805-04:00I am Dr Purva Pius, a private money lender. I give...I am Dr Purva Pius, a private money lender. I give out loans with an interest rate of 3% per annual and within the amount of $1000.00 to $500,000,000.00 as the loan offer. 100% Project Funding with secured and unsecured loans are available. We are guaranteed in giving out financial services to our numerous clients all over the world. With our flexible lending packages, loans can be processed and funds transferred to the borrower within the shortest time possible. 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Many, many thanks for the link!<BR/><BR/>JoyceJoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188454310320707737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post-2756049505738916552008-05-26T09:13:00.000-04:002008-05-26T09:13:00.000-04:00Hey, Will! Always good to hear from you.That snak...Hey, Will! Always good to hear from you.<BR/><BR/>That snake story os from one of our Canadian friends, who encountered exactly that situation a few years ago. Ever resourceful, Jack grabbed a handy can of Raid and literally herded the snake out of the house by spraying it! Much funnier when Jack tells it.<BR/><BR/>I have heard quite a few stories of Panamanians dying from snake bite, mostly field workers. But since the availability of the heavy rubber-type boots, which EVERYONE wears, the incidence of snake bite has dropped 90% according to an American who has lived here a long time. Reason being that the small snakes strike low, and I've been told that the fer-de-lance does, too. Just about 6 months ago, a worker in Abajo had a small fer-de-lance strike at his ankle, but he was wearing boots and the bite didn't go through.<BR/><BR/>The fatal venom dose for humans is 50 mgs, but an average dose from a bite of the snake is 105 mg--more than twice that needed to kill you! Fun, no?<BR/><BR/>I haven't read descriptions of the average time it takes to die from the venom, which is not a neurotoxin but a hemotoxin, causing massive internal hemorraghing and tissue destruction. The nearest hospital from us is a good 30 minutes away, in David. One Panamanian told me that yes, they go as fast as they can to the hospital, but...his shrug was very eloquant.<BR/><BR/>It's by far and away the most common poisonous snake in our area, since the snake hunts rodents and therefore is quite happy in a cultivated area. we were told that the best prevention is to keep our grass and other herbage cut short in order to eliminate rodent habitat and thus make it unattractive to the fer-de-lance.<BR/><BR/>Will!! What in God's name are you thinking, moving here, if you are bug and snake phobic!!!!!! Try on hemorraghic dengue for size, which this year has been nearly epidemic in David. Mosquitos, you know.<BR/><BR/>you ought to be thanking patrick for yor snake-free ireland! :-)<BR/><BR/>Affectionately, JoyceJoycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188454310320707737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post-79938451617452116702008-05-26T08:49:00.000-04:002008-05-26T08:49:00.000-04:00I don't know if your were talking about the Bot Fl...I don't know if your were talking about the Bot Fly or not. I tried to find a post I did on it, but can't. Here is a YouTube video of it.<BR/><BR/>I don't care to experience it.<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23eimVLAQ2c<BR/><BR/>If the link doesn't come out , just do a search for YouTube Bot Fly Panama and you will find it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327256081595986023.post-51072645419206029592008-05-26T08:39:00.000-04:002008-05-26T08:39:00.000-04:00yikes! My one scariest issue re Panama, are the b...yikes! My one scariest issue re Panama, are the bugs, snakes, etc.<BR/><BR/>I have read on a few occasions about these larvae type thingies that burrow and grow below the skin of their host. Yikes.<BR/><BR/>I didn't like the imagary Joyce, of going to the bathroom and meeting a snake!!!<BR/><BR/>I guess snakes are my worst fear (along with scorpions). But then again, I never hear of anyone dying from snake bites there (and I have talked with a fair few people). The advice is always to catch the snake that has bitten you, and take it along to the hospital (for identification and anti-venom purposes). But what if you can't catch the bugger. Is the bitee screwed at this juncture.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes from snake-free Ireland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com