When Snakes Bite

Five tales of five unique and courageous people who work with deadly snakes. Rev. Jimmy Morrow handles deadly snakes every week as a part of his church service at the Church of God in Jesus Christ's name in eastern Tennessee. Ninety year-old Bill Haast is the founder of Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, the largest supplier of snake venom in the country and a believer in its medicinal healing power. Lt. Pat Reynolds and Lt. John West, wildlife import inspectors at Miami International Airport, handle shipments of exotic and dangerous reptiles and animals from all over the world. Aussie Tim Hawks successfully breeds Taipan snakes, perhaps the most potent of all venomous snakes in the world. And Prof. Chuck Peterson, researcher at Idaho State University, studies snakes in the Idaho national parks by using global positioning system and radio transmitters. Five stories, as varied and unusual as the men who live them.