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Kevin in China:
For those of you who remember the adventures of Kevin in China from two years ago, he is there again, doing his herpetology fieldwork and reporting regularly. Instead of this blog, he is posting his adventures and pictures on a...
Posted on July 1, 2008 11:43 PM • 0 Comments •
Kevin is back from China and busy with school, work and herping in the Sandhills so it took him some time to put together this last installment, covering the last few days in China, the last-ditch efforts to ID some...
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Posted on October 9, 2006 12:00 PM • 0 Comments •
Kevin has only 5 more days in China so, apart from rain, various farewell dinners are keeping him too busy to do much collecting. Except, this time, it is a different kind of herping altogether, watching the alligators at a...
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Posted on September 12, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
The adventures continue. It's like Steve Irwin, but without the cameras....
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Posted on September 5, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Well, nobody in the comments here or here could help Kevin identify the mystery frog yet (if you are a herpetologist or fancy being one, take a look) and now Kevin caught yet another, even more mysterious frog. Can you...
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Posted on August 28, 2006 11:54 AM • 2 Comments •
Perspectives, the magazine of the North Carolina State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in its Summer 2006 issue has highlighted five 'stellar' students, including Kevin (the third one, so you'll have to scroll down - they do not...
Posted on August 24, 2006 8:59 PM • 0 Comments •
Kevin, lacking all the necessary literature out in the middle of China, is having some doubts about proper identification of one of the frogs. He sent an e-mail asking for help. I know that many scientists read this blog, but...
Posted on August 22, 2006 2:59 PM • 2 Comments •
A broken taxi, a mouthy snake, and a question about snake embryology....
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Posted on August 22, 2006 11:58 AM • 0 Comments •
Kevin is back in the field, catching herps with abandon......
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Posted on August 18, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Kevin leaves the countryside for a little vacation in the capital....
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Posted on August 11, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Getting back to civilization...means having a Big Mac and realizing that watching MI3 dubbed in Chinese does not mean you miss anything of the brilliant plot and dialogue.......
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Posted on August 10, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
After getting over his sickness, Kevin moves on with his research......
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Posted on August 9, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
I was wondering why it took Kevin so long to send in another report. Well, he was sick......
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Posted on August 8, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Kevin is popular with the ladies....too popular......
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Posted on July 24, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Kevin goes on a huge hike, finds an enormous snake, watches another snake eat a frog, carries a snake for 45 minutes in his hands, gets bitten by a pseudocobra, drinks five liters of stream water and gets sick....
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Posted on July 18, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Here is a little tangent to Kevin's adventure. You may recall from one of the previous installments (Kevin in China, part 6 - The Mystery Snake) that there was an evening that Kevin does not remember very clearly, due to...
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Posted on July 17, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
More adventures in China - new snakes, new local customs......
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Posted on July 14, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Kevin sent three new reports. This is the first one. Next one tomorrow and the third on Monday. All exactly at noon!
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Posted on July 13, 2006 11:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Kevin went to another place and kept catching a snake he cannot identify. Then one of them laid eggs.... Also, teh first lizards.
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Posted on June 30, 2006 11:59 AM • 2 Comments •
New adventures in snake handling by Kevin in rural China.
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Posted on June 29, 2006 11:59 AM • 4 Comments •
More adventures of Kevin in China, catching and getting caught by reptiles....
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Posted on June 23, 2006 11:59 AM • 6 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Kevin goes to a new location and finally starts finding really cool snakes!
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Posted on June 22, 2006 11:59 AM • 7 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Kevin begins his trek through China, and sees (and photographs) three kinds of natural beauty...
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Posted on June 21, 2006 11:59 AM • 2 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
First installment in a series of reports about herpetology field work in unstudied, remote areas of China, wired in by Kevin Messenger. Pictures of snakes will follow...
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Posted on June 20, 2006 12:39 PM • 17 Comments •
