Comments on: Darwin and the Voyage: 07 ~ South of the Tropics https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/13/darwin-and-the-voyage-07-south/ Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/13/darwin-and-the-voyage-07-south/#comment-550932 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:47:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/13/darwin-and-the-voyage-07-south/#comment-550932 (all were non venomous, wonder if the Indians knew the venomous ones and did not point them out.)

Right! How would you know! This is why short term ethnography never works. You’ve got to get up pretty early in the morning to fool the natives, and even getting up early will not work unless you do it every day for a few years.

]]> By: Jim Thomerson https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/13/darwin-and-the-voyage-07-south/#comment-550931 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:34:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/13/darwin-and-the-voyage-07-south/#comment-550931 I think every living person knows something I don’t. We were out in a fairly remote part of Amazonas state in Venezuela. Collecting fish, accompanied by a tribal Indian. It started to rain, which we ignored, being already wet. Our companion, however, was dry. In less than a minute he had created a rain proof structure for himself out of large leaves, and a seat underneath of woven vines. I was impressed.

Along was an expert on snakes of the region. We went snake hunting with a couple of Indians. They were very good at finding snakes, but did know them very well. My friend instantly recognized each snake (all were non venomous, wonder if the Indians knew the venomous ones and did not point them out.) He would grab the snake, tell the Indians a name for it and show them the key characters. The Indians were interested and impressed.

]]> By: laurisa https://gregladen.com/blog/2008/02/13/darwin-and-the-voyage-07-south/#comment-3886 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:12:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2008/02/13/darwin-and-the-voyage-07-south/#comment-3886 Love it. Afriqua kicks my ass every single day. How did I get thru life before coming here? Of course they’re ALL laughing!

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