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| Hans Breuer (right) posing with his young audience in this file photo |
Make a date with Malaysia
Nature Society Kuching Branch’s very own
expert in snake, Hans Breuer this 26th
April, 2013 (Friday) at UCSI University, Kuching at 7.30pm.
Hans, a German expatriate, will be giving a 90-minute talk on
snakes.
The talk will cover general
discussions with the audience about what snakes mean to them, what they mean to
people in general and why they are important, what to do when one meets a wild
snake, snake bite treatment, and natural history and biology of snakes.
During the talk, there will
be a show and tell session by the speaker.
Hans was previously based in
Taiwan since 1989. Over the years, he has accumulated quite a fair amount of knowledge
about Taiwan's herpetofauna.
He speaks fluent Mandarin
and has experienced in giving talks to primary and secondary-level children on
Taiwan’s snakes and snake conservation.
He believes in giving
children a chance for a deeper understanding and appreciation of a highly
fascinating, yet much-maligned class of animals, their role in the environment
and their beauty.
As a rule, children do not
fear snakes until adults teach them them to, so he tries to enlighten them
before ophidiophobic relatives get a chance to ruin it forever for them.
Admission to the talk is
free, please register with mnskuching@gmail.com
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