Episode 630
Are snakes tamed by breast milk?
Science or superstition...
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
September 12, 20255m 1s
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Show Notes
Sva writes in, asking whether stories of snakes being tamed by human milk have any grounding in science. James Tytko took on the question with the help of herpetologist Fortunate Mafeta Phaka, and Angela Julian of the Amphibian and Reptiles Group of the UK. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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