Mark O'Shea on close encounters with venomous snakes

The Life Scientific by BBC

Oct 7, 202528:28Science & Medicine

How do you feel about snakes? What about highly venomous ones? For Mark O’Shea, close encounters with the world’s most rare and deadly snakes are not only his profession, but his passion. Mark is a Professor of Herpetolo...

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