Doctor Zoltan Takacs travels to the South Pacific nations of Vanuatu and Fiji in search of deadly sea snakes in an attempt to answer the question 'why are some snakes resistant to their own venom?' Diving at night in snake-infested waters, and braving sharks and shipwrecks, Takacs captures one of the world's most venomous snakes, the banded sea krait, and draws blood from its heart to bring back DNA samples to his lab. Doctor Takac's trek begins with a daring night-hunt on a remote island near Vanuatu, where a venomous snake bite would mean certain death. Scuba diving 80 feet to the ocean floor, Takacs encounters a W.W.II aircraft and abundant sea life, before cornering banded sea kraits in coral caverns. Takacs arrives in Fiji by seaplane, and on his first dive has a close encounter with a shark. The highlight of his journey is a bold night-time dive and an eerie underwater duet with a huge banded sea krait on the prowl for eels.
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