SNAKE WRANGLERS: VENOM HARVEST, National Geographic Television

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Thirty years ago, Rom Whittaker helped a snake-catching tribe go from killing vipers for their skins to conserving them for venom. What will he find on his return?

Snake hunter Rom Whitaker helped the Irula tribe found a venom extraction coop that produces most of the antivenom made in India.

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