Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo /

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"In 2005 Kate Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. Her camping equipment was rudimentary, her knowledge of Congolese customs even more so. She knew how to string a net and set a pitfall trap, but she never imagined the physical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Kate, 1972-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Jackson, Kate, > 1972-
Herpetologists > Canada > Biography.
Poisonous snakes > Congo (Brazzaville) > Anecdotes.
Herpétologistes > Canada > Biographies.
Serpents venimeux > Congo > Anecdotes.
NATURE > Animals > Reptiles & Amphibians.
Herpetologists
Poisonous snakes
Canada
Congo (Brazzaville)
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Anecdotes
Biographies
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How it all started
  • Back to the Congo
  • In limbo
  • The flooded forest
  • Neighbors, nets and nothing
  • The red snake
  • A bottle of snakes
  • A day of monsters
  • Time to go
  • Red tape revisited.

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