The Snake Master

The python’s rapid growth, polyphyodont teeth, and temperature-regulating scales not only protect it from danger but also enable it to kill.

Phetchabun is a lower northern Thai province where people and snakes live within a ‘touching’ distance.

Sukhothai, capital of an ancient kingdom, lies in the Yom river valley close to a high mountain range.

Bueng Boraphet, a freshwater swamp that has nurtured Nakhon Sawan residents for centuries, is home to many species of fish, aquatic birds, and snakes.

Sa Kaeo is a province best known for its legendary poisonous snakes. Siamese Russel’s vipers’ hematoxic venom can cause renal failure in their victims.

Over generations, a legend has been told about the banded krait as a symbol of danger.

Nick Nirut takes us on a trip along the River Mae Klong to study the way of life of people who depend on this watercourse for their livelihood.

This mission leads Mr. Nick Nirut to Phachi River Wildlife Sanctuary in Ratchaburi province.

The black spitting cobra is one of three varieties of the Siamese spitting cobra, the others being the brown and striped varieties.

Mr. Nick heads towards the south of Thailand to meet Professor Montri Sumontha, one of Thailand’s leading herpetology experts.

Ranong is a peaceful province on Thailand’s west coast along the Andaman Sea.

Nick is on an expedition to encounter the deadly pit viper.

King cobras are regarded as the largest poisonous snakes.

Nick Nirut continues his king cobra exploration mission in the south of Thailand.

Nick Nirut chooses the tropical rainforest along Thailand’s western border as his next destination.

The Tenasserim mountain range is a natural borderline between Thailand and Myanmar.

The dense mangrove forest lining the shoreline makes this area capable of nurturing newborn marine animals.

The Snake Master is on a new mission after poisonous aquatic snakes in Songkhla Lake.

Snake Master Nick Nirut continues his search for poisonous aquatic snakes of Songkhla Lake.