| Later in the film, Buck reenacts the time he was grabbed by a python that had been lying in wait by a mouse deer trap in the jungle. (This incident would also be prominently shown in the film’s advertising and posters.) Buck later wrote that filming the animal captures and re-enactments such as this one were some of the most hazardous experiences he had while working around animals. |
Friday, January 02, 2009
"Wild Cargo" #10 (To be continued)
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Big difference between this "still" and the earlier still with the "escaped" python. In this one a good sized Reticulated Python is actually biting down on Buck's arm. (We assume there's padding under the sleeve because it would hurt like Hell and bleed through the shirt. In the early picture I think we can assume Mr Buck recreated the adventure using both a live python and a mounted python -- and that two fisted grip is applied to a long dead snake. He shape is wrong, mouth coloration too light, and grabbing that far back from the base of the skull a snake that size could easily turn around and grab the arm. In one of the books Buck tells a pretty good story about throwing himself on top of a King Cobra and pinning it to the floor with his body. Would love to have seen that tall-tale re-created.
This particular sequence ends with Buck shooting the python (more than once) at point blank range. Buck was too good a businessman to give up a perfectly good python in this manner, so if it actually was shot, I’m sure he charged the film’s budget for the cost of the python.
(For B.E. Trumble)
The cobra incident you describe was also restaged for WILD CARGO. Stay tuned!
LOL! Can't wait. Never quite understood the point of that adventure, since in my experience King Cobra are pretty easy to handle if you toss a blanket over them so they feel like they're "hiding."
Ben
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