Explores venomous animals and their relationship with man.

Bites and stings: the television programme -- Introduction -- The natural history of venomous animals -- Venoms and antivenoms -- The trade in venomous animals -- Venomous animals and religion -- Venomous myths and legends -- Snake charmers -- Venomous animals in the modern world -- The keeping of venomous animals -- Conservation -- Rattlesnake roundups and killer bees -- Appendix: Suppliers of antivenoms worldwide.