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Biologist & Python Hunter Joe Wasilewski Survived Venemous Snake Bites and Killer Constrictors

Biologist & Python Hunter Joe Wasilewski Survived Venemous Snake Bites and Killer Constrictors

FromThe Nature of Florida with Oscar Corral


Biologist & Python Hunter Joe Wasilewski Survived Venemous Snake Bites and Killer Constrictors

FromThe Nature of Florida with Oscar Corral

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Mar 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Joe Wasilewski started his "herping" when he was a young soldier guarding a secret military base in the everglades. After that he worked at the Miami Serpentarium with owner Bill Haast, who injected himself with cobra venom regularly to build up immunity to snake bites. Today, he is an internationally renowned invasive species expert and master python hunter.  He talks about surviving venemous snake bites, his glory days of herping and the changes he has documented in the everglades ecosystem after pythons invaded.
Released:
Mar 24, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (21)

The Nature of Florida is the premiere podcast in the Sunshine state dedicated exclusively to environmental topics. Journalist and Filmmaker Oscar Corral hosts the podcast, which features a different interview every episode with someone who is passionate and knowledgeable about an environmental issue. Mermaids, surfers, journalists, scientists, leaders, advocates: Oscar selects people from a wide variety of backgrounds to talk about Florida's globally unique environment, its challenges and solutions for preserving it for the next generation. How do industries like phosphate mining, agriculture, septic tanks and development affect the environment? And how do people who enjoy Florida's outdoors, like fishermen, surfers and hunters, see things? We hear from the people who are at the forefront of the state-wide struggle to save what's left of Florida's natural world. This podcast is sponsored in part by The Everglades Foundation; the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida and The Felburn Foundation.