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by jay71284 on March 19, 2002
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Hello, my name is jason and i live in the central region of North Carolina. I am 18 and have had many non venomous snakes through my life. From simple kings to harder green tree pythons. I would like to have a career in herps(hot herps and normal herps) I have many books and shows about reptile. Im into every thing about them as i can be. I love it. What are some calsses i should take. Where cold i get traning and what is a good college to go to around here? The closest place to me with a good reptile collection is the knoxville zoo anf rainforest adventures in tenneesee. I would like to work some where in a zoo or venom lab when i am ready, maybe even with enough tranning to do something of my own in the field of herps.How do i get started, i have already read the books and want to go to the next level. Please help. Jason
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by Naja_oxiana on March 19, 2002
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Hi there Jason,
You would do well to study biology as an undergraduate major, possibly minoring in bio-chem. Or double major, what path you chose there is up to you. I have heard that Duke has a decent herpetology programme, but I'm not for sure. You might contact somebody at the forest service what colleges do herpetological research on native populations or ask your high school's career planner/guidence counselor to look into what in-state colleges have herpetologists in their biology depts.
If you can get your hands on a few volumes of Herpetologica or Herpetology or Toxicon, you might find some staff or lab technicians at certain universities who specialize in something that specifically interests you. Otherwise, you may be better off persueing a general Biology degree and doing herpetological work as a post-grad. This might be your best path anyways.
Now as far as a career, you may end up as a curator in a zoo or as a lab technician or monitoring the population of a single sub-species of garter snake in a national forest. There are any number of careers availible to you with a background in herpetology. If you email me, I will try to point you in a few directions that others here might not think of.
Cheers
Roger
Naja_oxiana@yahoo.com
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by Mojo on March 26, 2002
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Hello, Jason another good idea is exploring university web sites. Go to their biology programs and see whos doing what research that may possibly interest you.I know University of Georgia has a few proffesors studying herps so u may want to try there, also tuiton is comparatively cheap compared with some universities like Duke. If you really want to research herps you should consider going to grad school, there you will be more able to get into the "good" stuff so to speak. If zoos interest you you should call your local zoo to find out about volunteering there. I know up here at BGSU a few students volunteer at the Toledo zoo and one has since been hired in. Also If your interested in venom lab work you would be best to get a degree in Biochem, pharmacology, or even organic chem i suppose. These are just my opinions as a bio undergrad and really the best advice you can take whatever university u go to is to get to know the faculty and let them know your interests and they will help steer you in the right direction.
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by JWarren on April 1, 2002
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The curator at rainforest adventures is named Don. He talked to me about this stuff before. Perhaps if you get ahold of him he might talk with you for a few minutes.
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