Hi everybody! I'm a newbie to the APS forums so I thought I'd drop a line in here to introduce myself.
I'm a fourth-year Genetics student at the Australian National University in Canberra, and I've had a life-long fascination with snakes, although I'm interested in reptiles of all kinds. Ideally, next year I will be able to do honours on a snake-related genetics-based project, although we'll see how we go. I have recently been following the research of Dr Bryan Fry into the evolution of venom toxins in snakes and lizards, so something in that field would be fantastic.
I don't own any snakes, although I would very much like to. (My mum currently absolutely forbids it, and as I still live at home I pretty much have to accept that.) So at the moment, my biggest aim is to try to find a way to get snake-handling experience without actually needing to own a snake myself - if anybody has any advice, please let me know!
Other than that, I just want to say hi!! I look forward to discussing herp-related issues with you all (as well as ogling the photos, of course)!
~Fliss
PS Ooh lookie, I'm an egg!! *giggles and bounces excitedly*
I'm a fourth-year Genetics student at the Australian National University in Canberra, and I've had a life-long fascination with snakes, although I'm interested in reptiles of all kinds. Ideally, next year I will be able to do honours on a snake-related genetics-based project, although we'll see how we go. I have recently been following the research of Dr Bryan Fry into the evolution of venom toxins in snakes and lizards, so something in that field would be fantastic.
I don't own any snakes, although I would very much like to. (My mum currently absolutely forbids it, and as I still live at home I pretty much have to accept that.) So at the moment, my biggest aim is to try to find a way to get snake-handling experience without actually needing to own a snake myself - if anybody has any advice, please let me know!
Other than that, I just want to say hi!! I look forward to discussing herp-related issues with you all (as well as ogling the photos, of course)!
~Fliss
PS Ooh lookie, I'm an egg!! *giggles and bounces excitedly*