001478491 000__ 04552nam\a22009615i\4500 001478491 001__ 1478491 001478491 003__ DE-B1597 001478491 005__ 20231026034942.0 001478491 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001478491 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001478491 008__ 210927t20092010mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1013936560 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1029814733 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1032677621 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1037968276 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1041990206 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1046607937 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)1047017738 001478491 019__ $$a(OCoLC)979574801 001478491 020__ $$a9780674039025 001478491 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674039025$$2doi 001478491 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)457664 001478491 035__ $$a(OCoLC)442778424 001478491 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001478491 0410_ $$aeng 001478491 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001478491 050_4 $$aQL31.J23$$bA3 2008eb 001478491 072_7 $$aBIO015000$$2bisacsh 001478491 08204 $$a597.96096724$$222 001478491 1001_ $$aJackson, Kate, $$eauthor.$$4aut$$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 001478491 24510 $$aMean and Lowly Things :$$bSnakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo /$$cKate Jackson. 001478491 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA : $$bHarvard University Press, $$c[2009] 001478491 264_4 $$c©2010 001478491 300__ $$a1 online resource (336 p.) 001478491 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001478491 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001478491 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001478491 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001478491 50500 $$tFrontmatter -- $$tContents -- $$tPrologue -- $$t1. How It All Started -- $$t2. Back to the Congo -- $$t3. In Limbo -- $$t4. The Flooded Forest -- $$t5. Neighbors, Nets, and Nothing -- $$t6. The Red Snake -- $$t7. A Bottle of Snakes -- $$t8. A Day of Monsters -- $$t9. Time to Go -- $$t10. Red Tape Revisited -- $$t11. Planning My Return -- $$t12. Back to the Likouala -- $$t13. This Is Impongui -- $$t14. Snake Medicine -- $$t15. Making Herpetologists -- $$t16. The Home Stretch -- $$t17. A Stressful Day -- $$t18. Kende Malamu -- $$tEpilogue -- $$tAcknowledgments -- $$tIndex 001478491 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001478491 520__ $$aIn 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. 001478491 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001478491 546__ $$aIn English. 001478491 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 27. Sep 2021) 001478491 650_0 $$aHerpetologists$$vCanada$$vBiography. 001478491 650_0 $$aHerpetologists$$zCanada$$vBiography. 001478491 650_0 $$aPoisonous snakes$$vCongo (Brazzaville)$$vAnecdotes. 001478491 650_0 $$aPoisonous snakes$$zCongo (Brazzaville)$$vAnecdotes. 001478491 650_7 $$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.$$2bisacsh 001478491 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001478491 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)$$z9783110756067 001478491 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHarvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$z9783110442205 001478491 852__ $$bebk 001478491 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674039025$$zOnline Access 001478491 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1478491$$pGLOBAL_SET 001478491 912__ $$a978-3-11-044220-5 Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001478491 912__ $$a978-3-11-075606-7 HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)$$b2013 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_ESTMALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001478491 912__ $$aEBA_STMALL 001478491 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001478491 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001478491 912__ $$aPDA12STME 001478491 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001478491 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001478491 912__ $$aPDA18STMEE 001478491 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001478491 980__ $$aBIB 001478491 980__ $$aEBOOK 001478491 982__ $$aEbook 001478491 983__ $$aOnline