How to hunt the eastern diamondback rattlesnake

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Ross Allén is one of the world's leading authoríties on reptiles. Probably no one person ín this country understands the habits, dangers and the usefulness of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as he does. His knowledge is appreciated by all scientific workers in this field. He has saved hundreds of lives through his venom laboratory which supplies the material from which antivenin is produced and which protects the victims of snakebites from their deadly results. Allén, who is director of the Ross Allén Reptíle Institute at Florida's Silver Springs, is a selfeducated naturalist who started collecting snakes and other reptiles when still a boy, He has developed the catching of poisonous snakes into a science and maintains that anyone who is bitten has been careless or does not use proper precaution in his work. Allén has spent more than 30 years on explorations into the jungles of Central and South America, through the Everglades and in the Okefenokee swamps where he has collected... Tovább

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Ross Allén is one of the world's leading authoríties on reptiles. Probably no one person ín this country understands the habits, dangers and the usefulness of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as he does. His knowledge is appreciated by all scientific workers in this field. He has saved hundreds of lives through his venom laboratory which supplies the material from which antivenin is produced and which protects the victims of snakebites from their deadly results. Allén, who is director of the Ross Allén Reptíle Institute at Florida's Silver Springs, is a selfeducated naturalist who started collecting snakes and other reptiles when still a boy, He has developed the catching of poisonous snakes into a science and maintains that anyone who is bitten has been careless or does not use proper precaution in his work. Allén has spent more than 30 years on explorations into the jungles of Central and South America, through the Everglades and in the Okefenokee swamps where he has collected many rare spécimens of animal life. Many of his adventures have been recorded for movie and TV films. His reptile research has resulted ín publication of 480 artícles and scientific papers. In this book, "How To Hunt the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake for Rattlesnake Control Programs," he has described the habits of the rattlesnake, its danger and its usefulness, and his proven method of rattlesnake control. Vissza