Snakes
One of the things that Sao Paulo is famous for is the Butantan Institute where hundreds of thousand of remedies for snake bites and other infections are created. We visited this world-famous institute and its museums recently where they have over 60,000 live and bottled snakes from all over the world. 
This was the largest live snake at the institute. This boa constrictor was about 13 feet long and unlike most of the snakes there, was quite active.
The famous "snake pit" was a bit of a disappointment as we had visions of Indiana Jones in our minds...but there were enough snakes to make anyone who doesn't like them to get that "crawly skin" feeling. We had a very nice day at Butantan. We even got to see some monkeys, although we weren't able to get very close to them.
Cary Sawatsky posted this message at 7:53 p.m..
