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Mean and Lowly Things

Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo

Jackson, Kate

Mean and Lowly Things

Mean and Lowly Things

Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo

Mean and Lowly Things

 

In 2005 Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. This book is an account of her research on the front lines of the biodiversity crisis—coping with endless delays in obtaining permits, learning to outrun army ants, subsisting on Spam and manioc, and ultimately falling in love with the forest.


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Beschrijving Mean and Lowly Things

In 2005 Jackson ventured into the remote swamp forests of the Congo to collect reptiles and amphibians. This book is an account of her research on the front lines of the biodiversity crisis—coping with endless delays in obtaining permits, learning to outrun army ants, subsisting on Spam and manioc, and ultimately falling in love with the forest.


ISBN
9780674048423
Pagina's
336
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1
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Paperback
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Engels
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Harvard University Press