Literati invites you to a session on
The Snakes of Goa
by
Rahul Alvares
Sunday, 28th October 2007 at 11.30 a.m.
There will be a slide presentation followed by a discussion.
The talk will cover different aspects described in his book 'The Call of the
Snake' including how to identify snakes, myths about snakes, how to deal
with snake bites etc.
Rahul's travels through the snake world of India which resulted in his book
Free From School in which he describes the benefits of his year away from
school shall naturally be a essential part of his presentation.
For those of you who don't know Rahul, Rahul learnt snake handling at the
Pune snake park, spider rearing at Madras, and croc handling under Romulus
Whitaker at the Croc bank in Mammallapuram. Rahul has been retrieving snakes
from human habitations in north Goa for the last eleven years and has
rescued more than 800 snakes. He also edits an on-line newsletter on this
work called The Creepy Times -
http://www.geocities.com/rahulsnakesite/creepy.html
http://www.literati-goa.com/
