These Conservationists Are Desperate to Defrost Snake Sperm
These Conservationists Are Desperate to Defrost Snake Sperm
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 16, 20186m 57s
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Show Notes
It’s hard to pick which species to save in Brazil right now. Yellow fever is tearing through primate populations, wiping out squirrel and howler monkeys. Poachers are nabbing giant anteaters for meat and blue macaws to sell as exotic pets. But conservation biologist Rogério Zacariotti wants to save a venomous yellow viper—the golden lancehead. But the snake isn't making it easy for him.
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