# Victims of Venom

While snakes are perhaps the most notorious of the creatures who use venom, they are by no mean alone. Venom is frequently a weapon of choice in the natural world - a highly sophisticated and specialized chemical weapon - providing a variety of methods by which to attack and defend. Many amphibians have poisons in their skins which make them lethal to eat. Peaceful-looking coral reefs are actually deadly war zones, where coral fight for territory and food with stinging tentacles. The short-tailed shrew - one of the most common mammals in North America - uses toxic saliva to paralyze its prey, and then tucks the victim away alive to snack on later. One bite from a blue-ringed octopus is potent enough to paralyze ten humans. And the list goes on. This fascinating story of chemical warfare begins with a look at a man who extracts venom from deadly snakes for a living and has survived more lethal snakebites during his long career than any other person on Earth. 1 videocassette (approximately 60 min.) : 1/2 in Looks at creatures who use venom as their means of attack and defense VHS Originally broadcast as a program in the PBS series Nature George Page, host and narrator Photography, Giancarlo Pancaldi \[and others\] ; editor, Giancarlo Cersosimo ; music, Andrea Camilletti

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1997
- By: George Page, Paneikon (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), Radiotelevisione italiana., Television New Zealand.
- Genres: Nature
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/VictimsOfVenom)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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