Rearing up with its head four feet above the ground, the Black Mamba strikes with deadly precision. Without treatment the mortality rate is 100%, the highest among all venomous snakes in the world.
NATURE travels to Africa to pay the little guy a visit...tonight at 7pm
Then, NOVA reveals how snake venom causes the body to shut down, arteries to bleed uncontrollably and limbs to go black and die. But nature's most destructive and extreme poisons could contain the building blocks for a new generation of advanced drugs that could treat heart attack, stroke, diabetes, obesity and cancer. VENOM follows scientists as they track down & capture the planet's deadliest creatures, hoping to turn their lethal cocktails into medicine's brightest new hope...8pm
In Florida's Everglades, we join reptile expert Jeanette Wyneken to dissect two pythons: a nine-foot male and a 14-foot female. The program explores the science of slithering, as well as the development of "infra-red goggles" that let the snakes hunt warm-blooded prey in the dark and a flexible jaw that allows them to stretch their mouths around huge prey, including alligators...INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS...9pm
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