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Author:
Jackson, Kate, 1972-
Title:
Mean and lowly things : snakes, science, and survival in the Congo / Kate Jackson.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Harvard University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
vii, 328 p. : col. ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Jackson, Kate,--1972-
Herpetologists--Canada--Biography.
Poisonous snakes--Congo (Brazzaville)--Anecdotes.
Notes:
Includes index.
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.
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.
ISBN:
0674029747 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780674029743 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)175217625
LCCN:
2007041327
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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