Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo / Kate Jackson.
Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo / Kate Jackson.
Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo / Kate Jackson.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2008.
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N597.96096/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
vii, 328 p. : col. ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. How It All Started -- 2. Back to the Congo -- 3. In Limbo -- 4. The Flooded Forest -- 5. Neighbors, Nets, and Nothing -- 6. The Red Snake -- 7. A Bottle of Snakes -- 8. A Day of Monsters -- 9. Time to Go -- 10. Red Tape Revisited -- 11. Planning My Return -- 12. Back to the Likouala -- 13. This I...
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Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"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 siring a net and set a pitfall trap, but she never imagined the physical and cultural difficulties that awaited her." "Culled f...
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Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo / Kate Jackson.
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Includes index.
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c2008.
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N597.96096/1
Record Identifier
74VM0MV6PGZg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM0MV6PGZg
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ISBN
9780674029743 (cloth : alk. paper)
0674029747 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
597.96096724
MMS ID
991001679979702626
