NTV Wild Talk S5 E5; Splendid Snakes
The thought of a snake makes many quiver with fear. So Smriti Vidyarthi went to Bio-Ken snake farm in Watamu and got up close to better understand and appreciate these incredible reptiles.
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Bio Ken Snake Safari Galana
Snake Safari with Bio-Ken in Kenya
Snakebite - Milking a Black Mamba for Venom at BioKen Snake Farm, Watamu, Kenya
Black mamba venom extraction - a small vodka shot of venom from one snake is enough to kill 40 people. Snake handlers and venom experts milk one of Africas most deadly snakes and explain - at BioKen Snake Farm in Watamu. BioKen houses the biggest collection of venomous snakes in Kenya and is the lead advice centre for snakebite.
There is still no heat stable, accessible anti-venom for different snakes. To make anti-venom for this East African black mamba for example, the venom needs to be extracted like this, then to go through a whole crude process, which has not changed in over 100 yrs. The extracted venom, basically gets injected into an animal - horse or other - so that it creates the antibodies, which are then extracted from the blood and injected back into humans. Crazy! In most places it is not even available and people just lose a limb or die.
Despite under-reporting is over 70% especially in rural areas with poor infrastructure, there is evidence that 4.5–5.4 million people a year are bitten by snakes, that 1.8–2.7 million of them develop clinical illness or envenoming after snakebite, and that the death toll could range from 81,000 to 138,000.
This video was taken in 2016 to help raise awareness on the need to get snakebite on the WHO NTD list, which it now is, but anti-venom is still urgently needed. @sambolton007 Thanks to all @BioKenSnakeFarm and keep up the great work!
Paula Kahumbu with a snake handler at Bio-ken Snake Farm |#LiveWithPaula
Deadliest enemies: Boniface catches a giant Puff Adder (Bitis arietans arietans), a venomous viper species at Bio-ken Snake Farm in Watamu.
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Bio-Ken Puff Adder capture. November 2017
The Professional Snake Handlers from Bio-Ken Snake Farm captured this very large female Puff Adder from a small traditional house in the Jimba area, Watamu, Kenya. Always expect the unexpected when handling venomous snakes.
Python Capture and Relocation in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest
Bio-Ken capture a python at a forest station, and release it in a remote location deep in the forest.
Snake Farm in Watamu - 2018
Bio-Ken is a research centre, which deals with reptiles, especially snakes and snake-bite. Located less than 5 minutes drive from the hotels in Watamu - Kenya, it houses the largest collection of Snakes in East Africa and is open to the public. Find more on our blog.
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SAVING SNAKES IN WATAMU S.1 E.6
Kenya is home to 126 different snake species.
More than 1000 people die each year from snakebites in Kenya. By educating communities about snakes and snakebites we can reduce the number of people who get bitten and the number of snakes that get killed.
Learn more at Bio-Ken Snake Farm
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Kenyan snake farm owner battles to secure more anti-venom
Kenya boasts some of the world's deadliest snakes, key among them green and black mambas and spitting cobras. As in other poor, rural areas of Africa, Latin America and Asia, venomous snakes pose a public health risk that experts, such as Royjan Taylor, Director of the Bio-Ken venomous snake centre, say has been neglected for far too long.
Bio-Ken Python Capture
Royjan Taylor and the Bio-Ken Team capture and remove a goat eating python.
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Royjan Taylor and the Bio-Ken Team capture and remove a goat eating python.
Williams and Warrell on Snakebite in Africa - November 2012
David Williams from the Global Snakebite Institute interviews Professor David Warrell from Oxford University on the problem of snakebite in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Young pythons released into the wild
Bio-Ken's Saving Snakes releases young pythons on the banks of the Galana / Sabaki River.
Villa Ocean Breeze, Watamu, Kenya - Photos & Price
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Villa Ocean Breeze is a detached villa located in Watamu in the Coast Region Region and is 900 metres from Bio-Ken laboratory and snake farm. The unit is 1.4 km from Nice Beach During Low Tide. Free private parking is available on site.
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City: Watamu,
Location Address: Jacaranda Road p.o.box 26,
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Kenyan snake farm owner battles to secure more anti-venom
Kenya boasts some of the world's deadliest snakes, key among them green and black mambas and spitting cobras. As in other poor, rural areas of Africa, Latin America and Asia, venomous snakes pose a public health risk that experts, such as Royjan Taylor, Director of the Bio-Ken venomous snake centre, say has been neglected for far too long. Full story:
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BEACH TRIP & SNAKE FARM | Malindi, Kenya
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we travelled from Nairobi and stayed at Turtle Bay Resort in Malindi, Kenya. Chilled on the beach and went to Bio Ken Snake Farm also :)
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Snakes alive!
It really was snakes alive when our kids from Children of Watamu Happy House children's home went to visit the local snake farm.
Bio-Ken Snake Farm is a research centre, which deals with reptiles, especially snakes and snake-bites.
It houses the largest collection of snakes in East Africa.
Mama Sue and our children heard there are about 127 different snake species in Kenya most of which are non-venomous.
Of the remainder, 18 have caused human fatalities and only another six could be fatal to humans; and 10 would cause severe pain.
The snake farm also deals with identification and treatment of snake bites.
It was a fascinating and educational trip for the kids who were given a guided tour and even got to handle some of the snakes.
Large Brown Spitting Cobra - Catch and Release, Galana River
Clips from a Bio-Ken Snake Safari in Kenya