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Snake Wranglers

Season 2 2004

  • 2004-01-05T01:00:00Z on National Geographic
  • 30m
  • 6h 30m (13 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2004-01-05T01:00:00Z

2x01 Taipan Reign of Terror

Season Premiere

2x01 Taipan Reign of Terror

  • 2004-01-05T01:00:00Z30m

David Williams is on the hunt for a silent killer that lurks in Papua New Guinea's countryside. He catches and extracts the venom from the ferocious Papuan taipan, risking his life to create low-cost antivenom for the Papuan people.

2004-01-13T01:00:00Z

2x02 Saving the King of Snakes

2x02 Saving the King of Snakes

  • 2004-01-13T01:00:00Z30m

Snake expert Bruce Means is on the hunt for a kingsnake he discovered 40 years ago in the Apalachicola National Forest. A fellow snake scientist wants to name the snake for Bruce -- but do Bruce's kingsnakes still exist in the wild?

2x03 Jungle Geoff and the Viper Strike

  • 2004-01-19T01:00:00Z30m

Jungle Geoff lives on an island, canoes to work, swings from trees, and wrestles caimans -- all for science. But one natural wonder eludes him. He longs to observe the unique strike of the eyelash pit viper when it is least expected: during daylight.

2x04 Hunt for Africa's Viper Giant

  • 2004-02-09T01:00:00Z30m

An exotic jungle journey to the Congo basin takes snakeman Zoltan Takacs into the realm of the Baka Pygmies. Here he'll tap the Baka's ancient ways to help capture the infamous Gaboon viper.

2x05 Cambodia's Forbidden Pit Vipers

  • 2004-02-16T01:00:00Z30m

In the early 1990s, herpetologist Jenny Daltry had nearly completed her research on the Malayan pit viper in Southeast Asia when war prevented her from entering Cambodia. Now she returns to finish her study of the forbidden vipers.

2004-02-23T01:00:00Z

2x06 Devil Boas of Cozumel

2x06 Devil Boas of Cozumel

  • 2004-02-23T01:00:00Z30m

It's a slithering, writhing, all-consuming environmental disaster. Boas have invaded Mexico's Cozumel Island with a vengeance. Where did the conquering constrictors come from? Ace wrangler Jesus Rivas finds an unlikely answer.

2x07 Fer de Lance---A Killer Cure

  • 2004-03-05T01:00:00Z30m

Jim Harrison travels to St. Lucia in search of one of the most feared snakes in the Americas: the fer-de-lance or lancehead viper. He believes its venom has properties that could help stroke or heart disease victims. Join the quest for the killer cure.

2004-03-08T01:00:00Z

2x08 From Meerkats to Mambas

2x08 From Meerkats to Mambas

  • 2004-03-08T01:00:00Z30m

Snake wrangler Sean Thomas uses a mighty meerkat to help him bust problem snakes. However, Sean's latest mission requires him to leave his furry buddy behind, to confront one of the fastest, most fearsome snakes of all: Africa's black mamba.

2004-03-15T01:00:00Z

2x09 Swimming with Cobras

2x09 Swimming with Cobras

  • 2004-03-15T01:00:00Z30m

In the depths of an African lake lurks a mysterious serpent, a large and deadly snake about which little is known. Now a young Bolivian wrangler will unlock the secret life of the spectacular banded water cobra.

2004-03-22T01:00:00Z

2x10 Flying Snakes

2x10 Flying Snakes

  • 2004-03-22T01:00:00Z30m

A snake that can fly? Biomechanics snake wrangler Jake Socha wants to learn more. He travels to Singapore to capture rarely seen gliding snakes and obtain high-definition footage of their wingless flight.

2x11 The Honor of the Killer Habu

  • 2004-03-22T01:00:00Z30m

Is the deadly habu worthy of its fearsome reputation? On his first journey out of Australia, passionate snake protector Brian Bush searches for the Japanese habu and seeks to defend its honor.

2004-03-29T01:00:00Z

2x12 Mutant Tiger Snakes

2x12 Mutant Tiger Snakes

  • 2004-03-29T01:00:00Z30m

The Reevesby Island black tiger snake is one of the most lethal terrestrial snakes in the world.

2004-03-29T01:00:00Z

2x13 Copperhead Cannibals

2x13 Copperhead Cannibals

  • 2004-03-29T01:00:00Z30m

Australian snake wrangler Brian Bush journeys to Tasmania, land of the copperhead, to study the cannibalistic snakes. When hungry, these snakes will eat each other -- and their young.

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