Why 80% of India’s Life-Saving Anti-Venom Depends on This Tribal CommunityWildlifeBy Raajwrita Dutta07 Aug 2025 16:02 ISTIn Tamil Nadu, the Irula tribe utilises ancestral knowledge to extract snake venom, supplying nearly 80 per cent of India’s anti-venom.Read More
How This Tamil Nadu Tribal Community Has Made a Business Out of Snake VenomInnovationBy Krystelle Dsouza21 Mar 2025 12:00 ISTEven young children in the Irula tribe are trained in catching venomous snakes and then tapping their venom. Read More
Here's Why Snake Catchers From Tamil Nadu Have Been Called to FloridaWildlifeBy Aishhwariya Subramanian28 Jan 2017 12:24 ISTMen from the famed Irula tribe are helping officials in Florida deal with a deadly python problem.Read More
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