Panama Diary

David Calvin, the founder of the Paradise Earth Project and the co-host of the Paradise Earth TV series, created a nightly video diary while we were filming in Panama. This is the first evening of the diary entries.

The snake in the video was identified as a jumping pit viper. Our guides were extremely excited to find this snake in the area where we did, because it had never been sighted there before. This snake was carefully transported back to a large, well-constructed habitat at Willie Mazu (the nature center where we stayed). We were lucky enough to be able to get additional photos of this viper before we left for the next phase of our trip. Willie Martinez, the owner of Willie Mazu, called the University in Panama to let them know that the snake had been found in the area. The last we heard, a researcher from the University was coming to get the snake for further study. We were grateful that he had been found by Willie, who was more interested in studying him than killing him!