Exploring Snake Island_ The Quest for Life-Saving Antivenom

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00:00You'd think that with a name like Snake Island,

00:02there would be thousands of snakes all over the ground.

00:05But after killing all the ground animals on the island,

00:07the snakes now hunt the birds in the trees,

00:09the island's only remaining prey.

00:11We are officially entering the jungle.

00:13At any point now, a snake could jump from the tree and bite us.

00:16I was just worried about my legs,

00:18but now we've got to be worried about them falling from trees too.

00:20This is insane, bro.

00:22By capturing the snakes,

00:24scientists can extract their venom and create anti-venom with it.

00:28The anti-venom they create can be used to treat 90% of all snake bites in Brazil,

00:33meaning every snake we catch could save thousands of lives.