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The true tales in this collection will take readers from the chicken houses of Arkansas to the caves of Venezuela and Mexico to the coast of Alaska. These fifteen adventures range from amusing to life threatening. Some are filled with suspense and danger in exotic places, while others document more routine but important biological field and lab work. Meet the roommate with the rash that wouldn't go away, a friendly bull, some blind cave fish, killer whales, drug smugglers, and hairy roots that are used to produce new medicines. Read about researchers crawling through rotten-egg-smelling muck in search of an elusive mosquitofish, diving into the cold black water of the White River in search of mussels, flying with bush pilots in Alaska, and working with David Attenborough in Arkansas. Here are teachers and researchers, biologists all, all from one university, real people who get their feet wet and their hands dirty in the pursuit of knowledge.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Poisonous Plants, Purple Paint, and Pot
  2. pp. 1-9
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  1. Nobody’s Dolphins
  2. pp. 11-19
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  1. Into the Black Water
  2. pp. 21-42
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  1. Face to Face and Nose to Shoulder
  2. pp. 43-48
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  1. Orca Threaten, Toss Them the Dog
  2. pp. 49-70
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  1. Hold That Pose Please
  2. pp. 71-81
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  1. Rooting for New Medicines
  2. pp. 83-88
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  1. Search for the Lost Pecos Gambusia
  2. pp. 89-105
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  1. Thanksgiving Dinner with Memories of the Ozarks
  2. pp. 107-112
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  1. Sir David Attenborough Visits Arkansas
  2. pp. 113-122
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  1. Cave Biology: It’s Not a Job, It’s an Adventure
  2. pp. 123-134
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  1. Just Floatin’ around Carriacou
  2. pp. 135-149
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  1. The Hunt for Public Germs
  2. pp. 151-153
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  1. The Sears Craftsman Wooden-Handled, Four-Pronged Potato Rake
  2. pp. 155-159
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  1. Kind of Blue—It’s All about the Name
  2. pp. 161-168
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  1. About the Authors
  2. pp. 169-173
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 175-182
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  1. Back Cover
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