Freese H. 1997 June 13 net. When injected w/ Nembotal it rings (continued) a huge P. leucomelas that had been swallowed seems first. Nice conversation w/ Natasha and Nikolai at lunch about Russian more we and they all like very much Close to Eden in English and Tintery of Love in Russian. New item on menu - pickled baby eggplant, very salty and not especially tasty, but Nikolai likes them a lot. He says Trineresurus easy to breed: lower night temps to 15 C, day jumps to 18-20C for three months. Must ask him about seasonality of breeding in Old Woldscotlas. Out w/ film crew to faho Jelenety w/ borrowed T. stejnegeni , then walkin upper loop road. At 1920 hrs, 945m, Dave Hardy spots a small adult T. stejnegeni crouching in the concrete ditch between newtpark rd. and the first (heavily under reconstruction) ruin; only response to torqs was crouchy. Leave film crew ~ 2030m and join Kelly and Marjorie on lower reaches de Starcast. Missed one huge P. leucomelas ~ 3-4m up in tree. Recall funny remarks by Mawales at lunch, re bathing scene at cisterns: "There weren't banana plugs up there!"