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Venom Day 2018

Posted on December 12, 2018 by R.J. Southworth

This December, Bangor University hosted its ninth Venom Day conference, in which researchers get together to talk about the most recent studies of venomous and poisonous animals. As I studied for my own degree in Bangor, Venom Day provides a great annual opportunity to go back to … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Himachal Pradesh – Part 4

Posted on October 27, 2018 by R.J. Southworth

14th August As with the Great Himalayan National Park, arriving in the dark had given me little sense of where we were, and it was only in the morning that I was able to fully appreciate our surroundings: tall mountain … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Himachal Pradesh – Part 3

Posted on October 22, 2018 by R.J. Southworth

10th August After three nights in the Great Himalayan National Park, it was time to get on the road again, this time heading west to the lower altitudes of Palampur. Stopping along the way for a breakfast of simosas, and later … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Himachal Pradesh – Part 2

Posted on October 13, 2018 by R.J. Southworth

7th August Today was a driving day, and we had a long journey ahead of us, all the way up north to the Forest Rest House Ropa in the Great Himalayan National Park. The previous night, Dr Omesh Bharti – … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Himachal Pradesh – Part 1

Posted on October 9, 2018 by R.J. Southworth

Snakebite is considered a “neglected tropical disease” by the World Health Organisation, and it kills more people in India than anywhere else in the world; 45,000 fatalities per year is the official figure, though it is almost certainly an underestimate, … Continue reading →

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