Learn about snake handlers, venom in medicine, pythons in the Everglades and more
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Tonight on Nature, Nova and Inside Nature’s Giants, learn about snake handlers, venom in medicine, pythons in the Everglades and more.
On Nature‘s “Black Mamba” at 8/7 pm CT on KET, a team of snake handlers hopes to change public perception of what they feel is a misunderstood snake, the black mamba, one of Africa’s most feared.
Then, at 9/8 pm CT on KET, Nova‘s “Venom: Nature’s Killer” follows two scientists on their expeditions to track down and capture the planet’s most deadly creatures. Find out how nature’s deadliest cocktails could be medicine’s brightest new hope.
End your snake night with “Monster Python” on Inside Nature’s Giants at 10/9 pm CT on KET. In Florida’s Everglades, “python hunters” attempt to control the python population (approximately 100,000) through a cull. The program explores the science of slithering, the development of “infra-red goggles” that let the snakes hunt warm-blooded prey in the dark, and a flexible jaw that allows them to stretch their mouths around huge prey.