Venomous villains...or wrongly reviled reptiles? This intriguing National Geographic will open your eyes to the fascinating and bizarre ways that lives of humans and snakes have become intimately, unexpectedly intertwined. Trek into New York's urban jungle to encounter exotic snakes and their devoted owners: snake-phobia therapists and their serpent-dreading patients. Go face-to-fang with dangerous snakes, from a suburban rattler-removal service to religious snake handlers. Join scientists on the cutting-edge of snake-venom research and an emergency room doctor on the firing line of life-threatening snakebite trauma. It's a bush with one of nature's most feared-and revered-animals, on this whirlwind tour of THE UNITED SNAKES OF AMERICA.