Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo / Kate Jackson.
2008
QL31.J23 A3 2008 (Mapit)
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Title
Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo / Kate Jackson.
Author
Jackson, Kate, 1972-
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780674029743 (alk. paper)
0674029747 (alk. paper)
0674029747 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2008.
Language
English
Description
vii, 328 p., [24] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Call Number
QL31.J23 A3 2008
Dewey Decimal Classification
597.96096724
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 string a net and set a pitfall trap, but she never imagined the physical and cultural difficulties that awaited her."--Jacket.
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Includes index.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.