Should I Be Terrified Of Snakes… And What Are They Going Through These Days, Anyway? with Dr. Sara Ruane

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Sara Ruane is a herpetologist and assistant professor at Rutgers University - Newark who joins Jonathan to breakdown all things snakes! She covers their environmental benefits, the differences between constrictors and venomous snakes, and more. Dr. Ruane is on Twitter @sara_and_snakes. Her website is https://sararuane.com/. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook.

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0:00.0	Beyond Benitos, I'm getting curious, I'm Jonathan Vaness, and every week I sit down for
0:06.3	a 40-minute conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that gets
0:10.8	me and a very curious state of mind on today's episode.
0:13.8	I'm joined by Dr. Sarah Ruon, her pathologist out at Rutgers University.
0:18.6	Today, she blows my mind.
0:23.0	We're going to talk about all things snakes, genuses, species, and basis species, non-invasive
0:28.2	species, big snakes, little snakes, poisonous snakes.
0:30.7	What's to do if you find a snake, all the different types of snakes, how the snakes work?
0:33.9	You have a list of this episode.
0:34.9	It's major.
0:35.9	I'm so excited about it.
0:36.9	Take a listen.
0:37.9	Welcome to Game Curious.
0:42.9	This is Jonathan Vaness.
0:44.4	I'm so excited to welcome to the studio, Dr. Sarah Ruon.
0:49.7	Welcome.
0:50.7	Welcome to YouTube, Jonathan, for being here to talk to me about snakes.
0:54.3	Okay.
0:55.3	Here's the thing.
0:56.3	Yeah.
0:58.2	My first full sentence was, I don't like snakes.
1:03.0	I've been scared of snakes my whole life.
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