me and my mug

[KevinS]

I posted in the original thread, but I guess we're all supposed to make our own now. I'm 20 years old and a college junior majoring in environmental science. I planned to get a PhD in herpetology, but now I think I'll stop after I have my master's. I've kept all kinds of herps at some point, but I don't have much experience with Rhacs. I had two young cresteds a few years ago and now I have another juvenile that I hope to include in a small breeding group before too long. Here's a nice picture of me at 1:30 am after 48 hours without sleep. I know how you guys like the glamorous shots.
http://myspace-285.vo.llnwd.net/00243/58/23/243413285_l.jpg

[ericdrob67]

Good to meet you Kevin :)

[Lumpynutz]

kevin, are you from WV? or you just go to school there, are you a mountaineer? WV is a great state for herping. A lot of nice rivers and streams to catch aquatic reptiles!! I used to live in Northern Virginia, so I'm pretty fimiliar with that area.

[DDReptiles]

Glad to meet you, again :D

[RangerGrrl]

8) Good to meet you with a face to add to the name!

[Haroldo]

Good to meet you. You're majoring in environmental? What's your focus?

[cherrykasper]

Good luck with your Masters or PhD or whatever it is you decide to do. I sure as heck don't have that dedication for acedemics. I just want to get done and get out and get hands on in my career. I really wish I was driven though.. It'd make things so much easier.

Anyhoo, nice to meet you!

[Sanskrit]

Nice to meet you Kevin. :)

[KevinS]

kevin, are you from WV? or you just go to school there, are you a mountaineer? WV is a great state for herping. A lot of nice rivers and streams to catch aquatic reptiles!! I used to live in Northern Virginia, so I'm pretty fimiliar with that area.

I've lived in WV all my life, and there is some good herping to be done here. A friend lets me dump a lot of my field herping photos here if you want to see some of the stuff I've found in the last year: www.clayfischer.com/kevin

Osamabin, I don't have a focus within environmental science. I was actually going to be a bio major, but with environmental science I don't need organic chem, foreign languages, or any microbiology. I just want to get through the first 4 years so I can get my masters in herpetology.

[Jillie]

Welcome to the group Kevin!! :D Good luck with school!!

[Matthew Parks]

Don't you guys have hellbenders down there. The big giant salamander things?

[Lumpynutz]

hellbenders are awesome, I've looked unsuccessfully for them in the wild. I hear they are now showing up with deformities like a lot of the frogs being found in the wild. It's a shame that a lot of herps are going extinct due to pesticides, water and air pollution and habit destruction. Mankind is nothing but a virus, that's eating up this planet.

[Chao0104]

Hi, Kevin, good to meet you again. :D

[Crested Lady]

Hi Kevin! Yeaaa... someone put a picture in their thread. Lol. :D :wink:

[DDReptiles]

Hellbenders are sooo cool I've never found one in the wild but the aquarium that I worked at had 2 and that think could eat a huge rat in seconds and they were never full. Really cool animals :D

[KevinS]

Don't you guys have hellbenders down there. The big giant salamander things?

Yeah, I've personally never found one though. We have them in a lot of clean fast moving streams with rocky bottoms. My herp professor has found a lot of them, so maybe I'll get a chance to catch some with him.

[KevinS]

Alright, here's a decent pic that shows how I normally look.
http://myspace-729.vo.llnwd.net/00247/92/77/247457729_l.jpg

[DDReptiles]

You look different in that pic. Cool :D

[KevinS]

You look different in that pic. Cool :D

I'm a master of disguise. :mrgreen:

[KevinS]

How's this for a big corn? (I hope Hurley sees him)
http://www.clayfischer.com/kevin/a%20goon%20and%20his%20snake/ppo.JPG
http://www.clayfischer.com/kevin/a%20goon%20and%20his%20snake/P1010034.JPG

[Melle]

Wow, thats a beautiful corn! How old is he/she?

[KevinS]

Thanks, he's 4 years old.

[DDReptiles]

Yeah thats a chunker alright :shock:

[ramanth]

Hi Kevin. *waves*

[PCherper]

Welcome to the Forum!!!!