Brazil milks deadly snakes for their life-saving venom
An expert extracts venom from a rattlesnake at the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on November 12, 2019. The institute supplies the Ministry of Health with many snakes' venom for distribution countrywide. PHOTO | CARL DE SOUZA | AFP
Gripping the deadly snake behind its jaws, Fabiola de Souza massages its venom glands to squeeze out drops that will save lives around Brazil where thousands of people are bitten every year.
