TY - GEN AB - In 2005 Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. This book is Jackson's unvarnished account of her research on the front lines of the global biodiversity crisis-coping with interminable delays in obtaining permits, learning to outrun advancing army ants, subsisting on a diet of Spam and manioc, and ultimately falling in love with the strangely beautiful flooded forest. AU - Jackson, Kate, CN - QL31.J23 DO - 10.4159/9780674039025 DO - doi ID - 1478491 JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 KW - Herpetologists KW - Herpetologists KW - Poisonous snakes KW - Poisonous snakes KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. LA - eng LA - In English. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674039025 N2 - In 2005 Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the northern Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. This book is Jackson's unvarnished account of her research on the front lines of the global biodiversity crisis-coping with interminable delays in obtaining permits, learning to outrun advancing army ants, subsisting on a diet of Spam and manioc, and ultimately falling in love with the strangely beautiful flooded forest. SN - 9780674039025 T1 - Mean and Lowly Things :Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo / TI - Mean and Lowly Things :Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674039025 ER -