I forgot to mention in my last blog one of the coolest things we saw on our drive into Khao Yai on the first night back!
So we were driving up the winding roads of the park and it was around 8:30 at night and dark out, when in the middle of the road crossing from one side of the forest to the other was: A BANDED KRAIT!
Banded kraits are rare snakes here at Khao Yai, but they are one of the most deadly snakes in the entire world. They are very distinctive looking with black and white bands all along their bodies. Unfortunately because it was dark out, and because I was too freaked out to get out of the car, I just took a picture from inside the car and this picture is not good quality. But if you click on it and enlarge it, you can see the snake on the road. It was pretty exciting to see it. One thing that was super cool about it, was that when the car approached it on the road and we stopped for it, it started to move sideways to move away from the car. That was really neat! Then it just continued straight across the road and went into the forest.
Banded kraits are rare snakes here at Khao Yai, but they are one of the most deadly snakes in the entire world. They are very distinctive looking with black and white bands all along their bodies. Unfortunately because it was dark out, and because I was too freaked out to get out of the car, I just took a picture from inside the car and this picture is not good quality. But if you click on it and enlarge it, you can see the snake on the road. It was pretty exciting to see it. One thing that was super cool about it, was that when the car approached it on the road and we stopped for it, it started to move sideways to move away from the car. That was really neat! Then it just continued straight across the road and went into the forest.
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I would estimate this one was not 2m, maybe 1.5... or 1.8