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Are snakes tamed by breast milk?

Question of the Week - From the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith

Sep 12, 202500:05:01Science & Medicine

Sva writes in, asking whether stories of snakes being tamed by human milk have any grounding in science. James Tytko took on the question with the help of herpetologist Fortunate Mafeta Phaka, and Angela Julian of the Am...

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Are snakes tamed by breast milk? is an episode from Question of the Week - From the Naked Scientists by Dr Chris Smith. Sva writes in, asking whether stories of snakes being tamed by human milk have any grounding in science. James Tytko too...

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Published Sep 12, 2025, 00:05:01 long, audio available.