Zai whitaker autobiography sample
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Snakes, On A Different Plane
If you love reptiles and reading, there’s a good chance you’ve read Snakemanby Zai Whitaker.
Zai whitaker autobiography sample
Published in 1989, Snakemanwas a ‘rah-rah book’ (in Zai’s words) about Romulus Whitaker, India’s foremost herpetologist, to whom Zai was then married. Fast forward 35 years, throw in some personal and professional upheavals and we have the revamped version, Scaling Up.
For anyone interested in herps (a term that refers to all reptiles and amphibians), the book is a treasure trove of information and anecdotes.
Much of what is common knowledge today about snakes, crocs and turtles was discovered by this duo: how temperature determines the sex of mugger babies, male parental care in crocodiles and that king cobras ‘…[are] cannibalistic (which had led to the loss of a radio transmitter!)’.
Scaling Up is fascinating for any kind of reader, for the anecdotes here are both intriguing and amusing.
‘Carpet pythons were another kettle of snake… [