Snakes of Goa
- Author: Rahul Alvares
- Publisher: Ocotillo Bloom
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Models, famous people, actors, these are not difficult to photograph, they love the attention, they will readily pose. But snakes are an entirely different cup of tea. You get too close to them and they hiss and snarl. If you are too far from them, they all look alike. These pictures of the known and unknown snakes and reptiles of the beautiful, small state of Goa were leisurely shot over a decade by Rahul Alvares, Goa's well known snake-handler and wildlife photographer. About the Author: Rahul Alvares was born while his parents lived out on a farm in Thane, near Valpoi, at the foot of the Western Ghats in eastern Goa. To the consternation of his mother, he was visited by a snake while sleeping in his cradle. His passion for wildlife took him to the Pune Snake Park and then to Romulus Whitaker's Crocodile Bank outside Chennai, where he got further opportunities to hone his snake handling skills with members of the Irula tribe. His first book, Free from School, which recorded this education, has been translated into Hindi, Marathi, Indonesian and Chinese. Besides snakes, Rahul Alvares has also developed his passions for wildlife photography, high speed motorbikes, body building, and even singing occasionally in a heavy metal band: obviously, in some way, all these hobbies appear to be compatible with his reptilian brain! His large collection of bird photos appeared in Birds of Goa, written by the celebrated ornithologist, the late Heinz Lainer, and published by the Goa Forest Department.
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