The nastier,the better
Snake Wranglers: Swimming With Sea Snakes
National Geographic Channel
Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
“Heyyyy! Snake!!” hollers extreme herpetologist Zoltan Takacs as he plunges into the turquoise shallows off Vanuatu, bare-handing a deadly yellow-lipped banded sea krait. “I hit the jackpot tonight!”
Takacs has been in hot pursuit of slithery sylphs since childhood. His wrangling mission: figure out why these lethal marine legends, whose one bite contains enough venom to kill a man, are resistant to their own poison. These boldly striped serpents are bodacious beauties, and we share Takacs’ gleeful enthusiasm as the krait count piles up.
Whether diving into snake-infested waters under a full moon in Fiji or snagging a big mama in its jungle lair, Takacs is having so much fun catching these “charming creatures” that we lose any fear in the joy of the chase.
-- Susan Dworski
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