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India's Snake Man: Snakebites, Tigers & Saving the Western Ghats | Nirmal Kulkarni | EP-24
Today, I am talking to Nirmal Kulkarni who at 12 years old, carried a snake to school in a steel compass box.That childhood fascination grew into a lifetime dedicated to understanding and protecting the wildlife of the Western Ghats.Nirmal is one of India's most respected herpetologists and conservationists, the Director of the Mhadei Research Centre.Nirmal shares incredible stories from more than two decades in the field including the snakebite that nearly killed him, the tiger that charged him during his first forest census, and the countless lessons he's learned from studying snakes…
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