Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo

by Kate Jackson

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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.
  • ISBN13 9780674039025
  • Publish Date 1 July 2009 (first published 30 November 2007)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Harvard University Press