These slithering creatures can inhabit the smallest corners of your home and the darkest places you don’t dare visit. Well, not anymore, because today we're eradicating every single snake on Earth. How would this hunt commence? Would we need to devise a bioweapon to complete the task? And why might things turn medieval?
Transcript and sources: What If We Killed All Snakes?
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00:00 What If We Killed All Snakes?


00:59 Snake facts


01:53 Hunting them down


03:49 Rat infestation


04:39 Bringing back the plague

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