Internationally renowned venom researcher Doctor Bryan Fry plunges into the deadly waters off the coast of Australia with his wife and research assistant, Alexia, to capture and milk highly venomous sea snakes for the creation of new antivenom. They begin their quest by scuba diving for sea snakes at the Great Barrier Reef, an underwater paradise replete with toxic fish, giant sharks, and the world's most venomous sea snake, the Dubois. Finding the Dubois here isn't a problem --the waters are filled with them-- but catching them by hand and milking them for their toxic venom is no easy feat. Their highly neurotoxic venom --for which there is no known antivenom-- can kill in under twelve hours and Bryan is well aware that one wrong move could cost him his life. Then its off to the Gulf of Carpentaria --an aquatic sanctuary literally teeming with thousands of venomous serpents-in hopes of nabbing the world's largest venomous sea snake, the Stokes. Bryan's been searching for this elusive giant for over five years. If he could just get his hands on the Stokes, it might provide him with invaluable information on the venom of this slippery predator. Will Bryan meet with success ? Or will his "white whale" elude him yet again? Come join Bryan and Alexia as they risk their lives unlocking the mysteries of venom so that others might live.
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