Kentucky Reptile Zoo

01/18/2025

Bushmasters ( Lachesis muta) during venom extractions today.

01/18/2025

Jararacussu ( Bothrops jararacussu) during feeding time. People ask if snakes envenom frozen thawed rodents watch for drop of venom in video.

01/18/2025

01/17/2025

Colombian lanceheads ( Bothrops atrox) during venom extractions.

01/17/2025

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/05/venom-extractors-wrangle-the-worlds-deadliest-snakes.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR02zdkWpGq6vohjaGayprj59ZmEELZNYG9IwnJV3jyeJatP-M1xiSKKTic_aem_-CF7_pn-1O0YWl1c-nQECg

Jim Harrison has lost fingers, gone into a coma and had his heart stop four times – all while doing his job.

01/16/2025

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6kAycUDG968

New you tube video

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01/16/2025

Colombian locale common lancehead ( Bothrops atrox) 20 babies born today. Cleaning enclosure before putting them back in.

01/16/2025

Malayan krait ( Bungarus candidus) during venom extractions.

01/15/2025

Jameson mambas ( Dendroaspis jamesoni jamesoni) breeding pair being separated for cleaning and feeding. No drama involved.

01/14/2025

https://verbalshenaniganspodcast.podbean.com/mobile/e/verbal-shenanigans-episode-236-snake-milk-and-unicycles/?fbclid=IwAR1zrkHudxkuSUk76KdRgBVrV1B-Innh7RU8n4hLEXvAzYmto_dbMbTllN0

01/14/2025

Collett snakes ( Pseudechis colletti) during venom extractions.

01/13/2025

Malayan pit viper ( Calloselasma rhodostoma) during venom extractions. Venom being used to develop a new antivenom.

01/12/2025

After 35 days of waiting... we have new Malayan pit viper babies!

01/12/2025

Egyptian cobras ( Naja haje) different angles during venom extractions.

01/11/2025

Banded krait ( Bungarus fasciatus) venom extraction.

01/10/2025

Older video and the mamba recovered from fang infection.

01/10/2025

Kristen Wiley takes us on a winding journey into the world of Eastern Kentucky’s reptiles and snakes. While we might see snakes as a nuisance or threat, they are a valuable resource to researchers, who use the venom to create treatments for cancer and other diseases. This talk culminates with Jame...

01/10/2025

One of our young terciopelo (Bothrops asper) sitting pretty with a fresh shed and full stomach! As with most members of the genus, B. asper is often also called the fer-de-lance. This French/Creole name translates to "iron of the lance" or "lancehead". The regions that this snake inhabits show no original use of the name 'fer-de-lance' for this species. As a result, preference has been given to the name 'terciopelo' for Bothrops asper, although fer-de-lance is still commonly used.