Can snakes really save more lives than they take?
Kristen Wiley & James Harrison |
TEDxCorbin
• March 2019
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 James “Jim” Harrison performing a venom extraction with an eastern diamondback rattlesnake that wows the crowd.