First Woman to Milk a TIGER SNAKE | Venom Diaries

Annika joins Billy to milk a tiger snake and learn to handle Australia's most venomous snakes! 🐍 The first woman to milk a snake at the Australian Reptile Park in over a decade!
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Join Billy as he milks some of the most dangerous snakes in the world to create life-saving anti-venom. 💉
Since the 1950s, the Australian Reptile Park has been the sole suppliers of terrestrial snake venom for the purpose of making anti-venom. It is estimated that 300 lives are saved by anti-venom in Australia each year and since the program’s inception, over 25,000 Australian lives have been saved by the program. The Park is currently home to 250 venomous snakes that are part of the venom program, and are milked on a fortnightly basis.

All actions performed in this video are by a highly trained professional. Never attempt approaching or touching a snake unless you are a professional.

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Time Stamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - Meet Annika!
02:06 - Restraining a King Brown Snake
04:35 - First Aid
06:14 - Annika handles a King Brown Snake
08:17 - How to handle a Death Adder
09:30 - Annika handles a Death Adder
10:28 - How to milk a snake
11:22 - Annika Tiger Snake milking #1
14:51 - Annika Tiger Snake milking #2
16:34 - About Annika
17:41 - Venom processing
20:54 - Snake milking history
22:15 - Venom processing
23:27 - Outro