Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

Entries Tagged as 'snake handling'

A Humble Request for Help

April 4th, 2012 · 6 Comments

As I steal another day to focus on the book—my deadline is less than two weeks away—I was hoping to ask y’all for a bit of help with a research matter. Let’s say I walked into an American embassy or consulate in the spring of 1978, claiming to have lost my passport while traveling. What […]

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“They Shall Take Up Serpents…”

November 3rd, 2009 · 5 Comments

Yesterday’s quick mention of religious snake handling set us off on a minor research tangent. We’re accustomed to witnessing the practice via cheesy TV segments, which have always struck us as a tad too overproduced to convey the emotional appeal of grasping serpents in the name of the Lord. Fortunately, The Tubes now contain a […]

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Antivenin and Econ 101

November 2nd, 2009 · 3 Comments

We initially didn’t quite believe the top-shelf venom prices quotes in this 1995 piece about Caucasian vipers. Upwards of $1,000 per gram just struck as too high, given the relative abundance of the most desirable species. But sure enough, the latest price list from the Kentucky Reptile Zoo proved our skepticism misplaced; a gram’s worth […]

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