The Entangled Fortunes of Sea Snakes and Rhinos - Zoltan Takacs

A strange twist of fate has entangled the fortunes of sea snakes in Vietnam and rhinos in Africa. National Geographic Emerging Explorer and snake venom expert Zoltan Takacs explains that because of a Vietnamese sea snake harvest in which 80 tons of snakes are pulled out of the environment in a very casual manner, many of the snake poachers are bitten. And since there is a lack of antivenom in the area for the sea snakes, rhino horn is kept on hand to try to keep the venom's toxins from harming the people. Takacs explains that these people then learn a very painful lesson: rhino horn doesn't do anything to mitigate snake venom pain. Takacs also says that the breadth of the sea snake harvest is shocking to biologists and the impact on Vietnam's environment has yet to be fully understood.