We be so Jon Snow: Understanding Snakes with Gerry Martin (Part 1)
We be so Jon Snow: Understanding Snakes with Gerry Martin (Part 1)Description
Sara Mohan takes a trip to Hunsur (near Mysore, Karnataka) to meet world-renowned snake man Gerry Martin. In his cosy office, surrounded by tanks and tanks of snakes, Gerry unravels the mysterious world of serpents coil by marvellous coil.
Snake origin stories, snake lengths (sorry to break it to ya, but the length of your…SNAKE is irrelevant), venom and fangs, the BIG 4, kissing king cobras , what NOT to do around snakes and why we’d have no food if snakes were to disappear...
This is the first instalment of a two-part story on these enigmatic creatures, told in Gerry’s inimitable, no-nonsense, giggle-inducing style.
SHOW NOTES:
Snake Evolution:
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/news/new-findings-reveal-the-origins-of-modern-day-snakes/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/mother-all-snakes-was-surprisingly-modern-180955349/
Who is the longest of them all?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_snakes
Iranian Spider-tailed Viper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFjoqyVRmOU
Eyelash Viper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axJalwdWPmI&feature=emb_imp_woyt
How flying snakes fly?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpW5aWMxrEw
http://www.indiansnakes.org/mobileapp
https://www.instagram.com/tigressontuktuk/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCth7fXVB3c1pRvz_ET8MrWg
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