00:00While most snakes caught by Stu and his team are released back into the wild
00:07Alright mate, important job to do. I'm looking forward to this.
00:11Some species are sent into state to help create life-saving antivenom.
00:18What end have I got here? I have the tail end. Excellent.
00:25I'll give you that.
00:34Okay, brown snake is out. Let's keep our movements to a minimal.
00:39Now, I'll get you to slowly pass me that.
00:42He's been quite well behaved so far.
00:45Things may turn a little bit differently. There we go. Hey, head down.
00:49As you can see, as soon as he sees that bag coming towards his head,
00:54he's not happy about it, but no mucking.
00:57Look at that open mouth striking. I know. Beautiful snake, hey?
01:01Once the snake is safely secured,
01:03perfectly into the bag,
01:05it can travel to its new home.
01:08So where's this guy going?
01:10Yeah, so he'll be sent down south and he'll be getting milk probably once a month.
01:14He'll be getting the venom extracted out of his venom glands
01:17and that venom's going to go towards producing antivenin.
01:20Oh, wicked.
01:21For basically saving human lives and also obviously pets and that sort of stuff,
01:25which is pretty important.
01:27So that snake is secure.
01:30Snakes that form part of the antivenom program are extremely well looked after
01:35and are responsible for saving hundreds of human lives every year.
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