These slithering creatures can inhabit the smallest corners of your home and the darkest places you don’t dare visit. Well, not anymore, because today we're eradicating every single snake on Earth. How would this hunt commence? Would we need to devise a bioweapon to complete the task? And why might things turn medieval?

Transcript and sources: What If We Killed All Snakes?

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  00:00 What If We Killed All Snakes?


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  00:59 Snake facts


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  01:53 Hunting them down


• 
  03:49 Rat infestation


• 
  04:39 Bringing back the plague

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00:00:00 : What If We Killed All Snakes?
00:00:59 : Snake facts
00:01:53 : Hunting them down
00:03:49 : Rat infestation
00:04:39 : Bringing back the plague


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