Marty Crump has searched for salamanders along the Amazon River; she has surveyed amphibians and reptiles in hostile Huaorani Indian territory; she has been stung by a conga ant and had run-ins with an electric eel, a boa constrictor and a bushmaster viper. In the course of her travels she has dined, not always eagerly, on wild rat, parrot, guinea pig and chicken foot soup. And for those among us who prefer our experiences to be vicarious and far away from biting insects, venomous snakes and inhospitable surroundings, she ...
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Marty Crump has searched for salamanders along the Amazon River; she has surveyed amphibians and reptiles in hostile Huaorani Indian territory; she has been stung by a conga ant and had run-ins with an electric eel, a boa constrictor and a bushmaster viper. In the course of her travels she has dined, not always eagerly, on wild rat, parrot, guinea pig and chicken foot soup. And for those among us who prefer our experiences to be vicarious and far away from biting insects, venomous snakes and inhospitable surroundings, she has written "In Search of the Golden Frog". The book is a detailed and fascinating chronicle of Crump's adventures as a field biologist - and as a wife and mother - in South and Central America. Following Crump on her research trips through Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, we learn of amazingly diverse landscapes, equally diverse national traditions and customs, and the natural history of her subject of study, the frog. In leading us through rainforests and onto windswept coasts, Crump introduces us to such compelling creatures as female harlequin frogs, who pounce on males and pound their heads against the ground, and she sounds an alarm about the precipitous decline in amphibian populations around the globe. Crump's pesrpectives as both a scientist and a mother, juggling the demands of family and professional life, make this highly readable account of fieldwork simultaneously close to home and wildly exotic. A combination of nature writing and travel writing, the richly illustrated "In Search of the Golden Frog" should whet travellers' appetites, affirm the experiences of seasoned field biologists, and offer the armchair naturalist vivid descriptions of amphibians and their habitats.
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