Learn all about snakes at Crocworld this month
The cost of the tickets is R50 per person and includes entrance into the centre as well as an early bird breakfast.
Snake lovers are in for a treat when Durban-based herpetologist, Cormac Price, speaks at Crocworld Conservation Centre on Saturday, 8 February.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has categorised snakebite and human snake conflict as an unrecognised global epidemic and Price will share some of his findings as part of his research into the behaviour of urban snakes and the interaction with humans.
Having grown up in Dublin, Ireland with a passion for the ecology and conservation of reptiles and amphibians, Price completed a BSc in Zoology at the University College Dublin, and his Masters in biodiversity and conservation at Trinity College Dublin. This amphibian and reptilian passion led him to Indonesia and Nepal, before taking him to Durban where his research has continued.
He recently completed his PhD at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, where he examined different aspects of the ecology of two species of freshwater terrapin – the serrated hinged terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus) and the marsh terrapin (Pelomedusa galeata) – under the supervision of Professor Colleen Downs.
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Price now works closely with expert local herpetologist and founder and owner of KZN Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Nick Evans. The main focus of their work, based in Durban and surrounds, is to examine the ecology of the black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) and Mozambique spitting cobra (Naja mossambica).
The cost of the tickets is R50 per person and includes entrance into the centre as well as an early bird breakfast with tea or coffee. For more information or to make a booking, contact Morne van Zyl at the Fish Eagle Café on 083-658-7073 or email mvanzyl@cbl.co.za. Alternatively, contact Martin Rodrigues on 078-484-1859 or Crocworld Conservation Centre on 039-976-1103.
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