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From Bloomington, Indiana to Balankanché, Yucatán: Reflections of a naturalist in tropical America

机译：从印第安纳州布卢明顿到尤卡坦州的巴拉坎奇：热带美国博物学家的反思

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Fear of snakes is one of the most profound and pervasive of human phobias, yet human attitudes toward snakes and many of the other animals that herpetologists study are highly variable. With respect to snakes, some of this variation likely has a biological basis, as snakes may have been an important source of mortality in the evolution of our species. But experience must also be important in determining human attitudes toward snakes in particular, and amphibians and reptiles in general. I contend that small, seemingly inconsequential events can profoundly affect a person's attitudes toward amphibians and reptiles, and that such events can even serve to deflect one onto an altogether different career trajectory than what might otherwise have been. In support of this proposition I trace the development of my interests in herpetology, and in so doing identify the events and influences that were pivotal in the development of my attitude toward amphibians and reptiles and in shaping my career as a herpetologist. My interest in herpetology began as a boyhood fascination with snakes, sparked by a seminal publication in National Geographic Magazine. Later, fortuitous associations with supportive academic mentors were instrumental in setting my herpetological path. Yet, things did not have to play out the way they did; without those chance events and influences, things could so very easily have been different.
机译：对蛇的恐惧是人类恐惧症中最深刻和最普遍的恐惧之一，但是人类对蛇和爬虫学家研究的许多其他动物的态度变化很大。关于蛇，这种变化中的某些可能具有生物学基础，因为蛇可能一直是我们物种进化的重要死亡率来源。但是经验对于确定人类对蛇尤其是两栖动物和爬行动物的态度也必不可少。我认为，小的，看似无关紧要的事件可能会深刻影响一个人对两栖动物和爬行动物的态度，而且这些事件甚至可能使人们偏离完全不同的职业发展轨迹。为了支持这一主张，我追踪了我对爬虫学的兴趣的发展，并以此来确定对我对两栖动物和爬行动物的态度发展以及塑造我作为爬虫学家的职业至关重要的事件和影响。我对爬虫学的兴趣始于童年时代对蛇的迷恋，这是由《国家地理杂志》的开创性出版物引起的。后来，与支持性学术导师的偶然联系有助于建立我的爬虫学道路。但是，事情并不一定要像以前那样发挥作用。没有这些偶然的事件和影响，事情就很容易变得与众不同。

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