Our next General Meeting will be "Stiletto Snakes: Their Lives, Their Venom and My Left Thumb" Meetings are at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extention, 8050 Paradise Road, Suite 100,
Friday August 6, 2010
Myke Clarkson
Myke Clarkson has spent his life researching, photographing, and working with the animals many people fear and or loathe--snakes. Fear can often be a sensible reaction to some of the animals Myke deals with. Less than two years ago a risky antivenom research project cost him his left thumb and nearly his life. Some could have seen this injury as the opportune time to hang up the snake hook and retire, but instead Myke has taken it to a whole new level. Myke is now traveling to more countries than before, and working on several major television programs as an Animal Handler and Consulting Producer. While away Myke is still taking more award winning Photographs than ever before, and even squeezing some time in for some humanitarian Antivenom Research with AVRI. To Myke this isn't a job, it's not a hobby, it's a passion that he hopes to share with the world.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89123-1904
(corner of the 215 and Windmill) Follow the sidewalk (on the entrance gate side) to the second building
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 21-24: 33rd Annual Herpetological Symposium- Tucson, AZ. http://www.kingsnake.com/ihs/
July 22-25: 12th Annual American Tarantula Society Conference- Tucson, AZ http://atshq.org/
August 6: Myke Clarkson "Stiletto Snakes: Their Lives, Their Venom and My Left Thumb"
Sept. Jr. Herpers Meeting day TBA- Shark Reef Aquarium Classroom “Herpetology for Kids” All Members welcome must RSVP.
October 7 : Don Boyer curator of Reptiles San Diego Zoo
Reptile Halloween Costume Contest! Cool Prizes