EsotericForest
Night Shadow
What books should I look into purchasing to expanding my corn snake book collection? Also if you want to throw in some suggestions to other excellent snake related books, you can post those too.
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Expanding My Corn Snake Library
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airenlow
hope is not a strategy
Ditto on the highlighted ones!
EsotericForest
Night Shadow
Which books have Kathy and Don done? What are their last names?
EsotericForest
Night Shadow
Is it Kathy Love and Don Soderberg?
Nanci
Alien Lover
Josh, have you read The Lizard King? That book fascinates me! I'm on my third or fourth reading of it.
"On the surface, Strictly Reptiles of Hollywood, Florida is the world's largest reptile import-export company, legally selling hundreds of thousands of snakes, spiders, and other creepy crawlies each year, and the likely source behind the green iguana or turtle in your local pet store.
But to Special Agent Chip Bepler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, owner Mike Van Nostrand and his father are the brains and bank behind a vast global wildlife smuggling network.
In THE LIZARD KING, author Bryan Christy takes readers on a wild ride into a criminal jungle extending from South Florida through Europe, terminating in a Southeast Asian mastermind, "the Pablo Escobar of wildlife trafficking," who uses cheap reptiles as a front to traffic the world's most precious animals, including rhinos, pandas, and snow leopards.
THE LIZARD KING is the true story of crafty smugglers supplying rare animals to collectors and zoo curators worldwide; it is the story of an amazing multi-million dollar industry in genetically-designed snakes selling for $100,000; and it is a story of obsession."
The people in the book- they're still out there selling reptiles! There is so much history in it- history of the reptile pet trade, the people involved, the evolution of various herps as pets. I love the stories from peoples' childhoods, how they started out as little kids collecting salamanders, and turned into traders of millions or billions of dollars of herps.
The Snake Charmer is an amazing book. I had a copy that was getting passed around to anyone here who wanted to read it, but it got stolen. I need to buy another copy so I can read it again, and then I guess start loaning it out!
"On the surface, Strictly Reptiles of Hollywood, Florida is the world's largest reptile import-export company, legally selling hundreds of thousands of snakes, spiders, and other creepy crawlies each year, and the likely source behind the green iguana or turtle in your local pet store.
But to Special Agent Chip Bepler of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, owner Mike Van Nostrand and his father are the brains and bank behind a vast global wildlife smuggling network.
In THE LIZARD KING, author Bryan Christy takes readers on a wild ride into a criminal jungle extending from South Florida through Europe, terminating in a Southeast Asian mastermind, "the Pablo Escobar of wildlife trafficking," who uses cheap reptiles as a front to traffic the world's most precious animals, including rhinos, pandas, and snow leopards.
THE LIZARD KING is the true story of crafty smugglers supplying rare animals to collectors and zoo curators worldwide; it is the story of an amazing multi-million dollar industry in genetically-designed snakes selling for $100,000; and it is a story of obsession."
The people in the book- they're still out there selling reptiles! There is so much history in it- history of the reptile pet trade, the people involved, the evolution of various herps as pets. I love the stories from peoples' childhoods, how they started out as little kids collecting salamanders, and turned into traders of millions or billions of dollars of herps.
The Snake Charmer is an amazing book. I had a copy that was getting passed around to anyone here who wanted to read it, but it got stolen. I need to buy another copy so I can read it again, and then I guess start loaning it out!
Sweetseraph
New member
In addition to Kathy and Don's books, I have "What's Wrong With My Snake?" by John & Roxanne Rossi. My morph guide is in the mail! The Lizard King sounds really good; I'll have to find that one too.
Nanci
Alien Lover
Here's a description from the website. The tragic blunder happens in the first chapter- so it isn't much of a spoiler to know _something_ happens to him. This book- the last chapter- made me bawl my eyes out!!!
"Snakes have always fascinated us, from ancient myths to 21st-century horror films. From 20-foot-long pythons that can squeeze a man to death and eat him whole, to tiny serpents with venom powerful enough to kill dozens of grown men, snakes are endowed with an awesome power that pulls perpetually at the human imagination. The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge, by acclaimed international journalist Jamie James, chronicles the career of the American biologist Dr. Joe Slowinski, one of the leading experts on venomous snakes in the world. For Joe, the lure of snakes was all-consuming: tragically, his life’s passion also became his undoing.
In the fall of 2001, he was leading an expedition deep in the jungle of Burma, in search of rare species of snakes. It was the most ambitious scientific expedition to the region ever mounted. At dawn on a rainy morning near the Chinese border, in a tragic blunder, Slowinski was (I edited out what happens!)
A daredevil obsessed with venomous snakes since his youth, Slowinski was a modern-day explorer who rose quickly to the top of his field, discovering many previously unidentified snake species in his brief yet exhilarating career. The Snake Charmer is at once brilliant biography and exotic travel literature, blended with an accessible introduction to the bizarre – and sometimes controversial – world of snake science. The narrative transports the reader into primeval wilderness, from the Everglades to Peru to Burma, in search of rattlesnakes and boa constrictors, kraits and cobras.
For the first time, The Snake Charmer documents Joe Slowinski’s final expedition and the events that preceded it. Exhaustively researched in interviews with Slowinski’s colleagues and family, and the author’s own trek into the wilds of Burma, this absorbing examination of Joe Slowinski’s research, relationships, and bold field exploration is animated throughout by the passion and charisma of the man himself. The Snake Charmer will enthrall readers from the first page to the last."
"Snakes have always fascinated us, from ancient myths to 21st-century horror films. From 20-foot-long pythons that can squeeze a man to death and eat him whole, to tiny serpents with venom powerful enough to kill dozens of grown men, snakes are endowed with an awesome power that pulls perpetually at the human imagination. The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge, by acclaimed international journalist Jamie James, chronicles the career of the American biologist Dr. Joe Slowinski, one of the leading experts on venomous snakes in the world. For Joe, the lure of snakes was all-consuming: tragically, his life’s passion also became his undoing.
In the fall of 2001, he was leading an expedition deep in the jungle of Burma, in search of rare species of snakes. It was the most ambitious scientific expedition to the region ever mounted. At dawn on a rainy morning near the Chinese border, in a tragic blunder, Slowinski was (I edited out what happens!)
A daredevil obsessed with venomous snakes since his youth, Slowinski was a modern-day explorer who rose quickly to the top of his field, discovering many previously unidentified snake species in his brief yet exhilarating career. The Snake Charmer is at once brilliant biography and exotic travel literature, blended with an accessible introduction to the bizarre – and sometimes controversial – world of snake science. The narrative transports the reader into primeval wilderness, from the Everglades to Peru to Burma, in search of rattlesnakes and boa constrictors, kraits and cobras.
For the first time, The Snake Charmer documents Joe Slowinski’s final expedition and the events that preceded it. Exhaustively researched in interviews with Slowinski’s colleagues and family, and the author’s own trek into the wilds of Burma, this absorbing examination of Joe Slowinski’s research, relationships, and bold field exploration is animated throughout by the passion and charisma of the man himself. The Snake Charmer will enthrall readers from the first page to the last."
EsotericForest
Night Shadow
The Lizard King does sound quite interesting...perhaps I will pick it up. I am a big reader when I have the time. For awhile I was reading 1,200 page books on a very regular basis haha.