Title:
Snake Handler (I)
Creator:
Courier
Date:
circa 1990-1999
Decade:
1990-1999
Description:
With student Kevin Berger looking on, Alan H. Savitzky, associate professor of biological sciences, sutures the two sides of an incision in a canebrake rattlesnake after replacing a small radio transmitter. The snake, which helps control the rodent population and Virginia's largest venomous snake, was anesthetized for the procedure. Savitzky along with his wife Barbara, a faculty member at Christopher Newport University are studying the ecology of this endangered species for the state Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to determine its habitat requirements and seasonal activity patterns in order to recommend management procedures. The Savitzkys and a graduate student track the snakes in a wooded area of southeastern Virginia near the North Carolina line. Students from Savitzky's course in Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy observed the procedure in his herpetology lab.
Subject:
Old Dominion University
Subject:
Old Dominion University--Faculty
Subject:
Biology teachers
Subject:
Snakes
Subject:
Herpetology
Subject (People):
Berger, Kevin
Subject (People):
Savitzky, Alan H.
Subject Department:
College of Sciences
Subject Department:
Biological Sciences
Coverage:
Norfolk, Virginia
Media Format:
Photographs
Source:
RG 32 Box 69
Collection:
Old Dominion University Photographic and Multimedia Collection
Publisher:
Old Dominion University Libraries
Rights Statement:
IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rightsholder:
Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries
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Identifier:
rg32-069-005-014