THE SNAKE WHISPERER

1 How did you get involved in the antivenom program at the Australian Reptile Park?

I started working with snakes and the antivenom program four years ago. Obviously working with snakes is one of the final steps of training when working with reptiles, so it takes a long time to prepare and train to be able to work with them. We started working with Australia’s most venomous snakes in the 1950s. We extract venom from some of the