It’s a long way from my house to Hays, Kansas.  Eleven hours behind the wheel is enough to make one wobbly, wild-eyed and weary, but the annual meeting of the Kansas Herpetological Society was worth it. A big part of the KHS meeting are the presentations that occupy the daytime hours.  Listening to herpetologists speak on a variety of topics is an intellectually energizing experience, even when the details may be over my head.  I don’t know much about P-values or Bayesian inferences, but I can ponder the big questions as well as anyone. Eli Greenbaum from the U of T – El Paso was the keynote speaker.  His topic:  “Mambas, Malaria, and Militias: 21st Century Herpetology in the Jungles…