SNAKE CHARMER, THE: A LIFE AND DEATH IN PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
Although it was still too dark to see well, Joe absentmindedly thrust his right hand into the sack to extract the specimen and have a look. Immediately, he winced with pain and yanked out his hand. A tiny black-and-white banded snake, less than ten inches long, was dangling limply from his middle finger, its fangs still sunk into his flesh.
In the fall of 2001, deep in the jungle of...
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