[LEPS-L:7978] Re: Something else occured to me.

[JoBiz_UFPR]

DEAR all

I think the original name of the river was "Teles Pires" from the name of a
companion of Mal. Candido Rondon a famous brasilian explorer [or may be
that's the actual name, because I don't know if 'Roosevelt' still exists
with that name].

Jorge

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De: jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net <jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net>
Para: leps-l at lists.yale.edu <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Data: Quinta-feira, 23 de Novembro de 2000 11:50
Assunto: [LEPS-L:7976] Re: Something else occured to me.


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>   Yes, I would like to know more about this ant.
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>jandwdic at postoffice.swbell.net wrote:
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>>    Thank you for your response. I am continually amazed at the promptness
and
>> erudition of the responces on this newsgroup. It is a pleasant change
from what
>> I am used to.
>>    If you are inclined to do so, I would love to see more information on
this
>> subject.
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>> "Chris J. Durden" wrote:
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>> > At 11:30  22/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>> > >Listers,
>> > >
>> > > I think it was a tributary of
>> > >> the Amazon, but I can't remember for sure.
>> > >>    Anyway, two of his men got stung by something fierce. They were
>> > >>    virtually
>> > >> incapacitated by it. If I remember right, they never figured out
what
>> > >> had stung them. That's exactly what happens with most asp stings
>> > >> because it takes a few moments for it to start stinging. Chances are
>> > >> if you are walking you will never see what stung  you.
>> > >
>> > ------  The river was later named "Roosevelt". It is a tributary of the
>> > Aripuana, a tributary of the Madeira, a tributary of the Amazonas. It
rises
>> > in Rondonia, flows through western Mato Grosso, into the state of
Amazonas.
>> >   In 1989 I was stung while in the forest along the Cachoeira, about
150
>> > miles west of the Roosevelt. It was quite painful initially and
lingered
>> > for days. The surrounding 4 square inches of skin still is numb. It was
a
>> > large black ant. If anyone is interested I can scan the transparency
and
>> > attach it to a private e-mail. Others on the trip clamed their
encounters
>> > were more painful and debilitating. I suspect this may be the stinger
of
>> > the Roosevelt trip.
>> > ........Chris Durden
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