Sara Ruane, a reptile and amphibian curator at the Field Museum, rates snake attacks in movies based on their realism.
She separates fact from fiction regarding whether you can suck venom out of a snake bite in "Babylon" (2022), starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, and "True Grit" (2010), starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, and Matt Damon.
She breaks down the differences between venomous and nonvenomous snakes in "Snakes on a Plane" (2006), starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kenan Thompson, and Julianna Margulies.
She looks at the way different characters seek to treat snake bites in Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Vol.
She talks about how antivenom works in "Bullet Train" (2022), starring Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Bad Bunny.
Persons:
Sara Ruane, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Jon Voight, Jennifer Lopez, Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Alan Rickman, Harrison Ford, Samuel L, Jackson, Kenan Thompson, Julianna Margulies, Quentin Tarantino's, Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Matthew McConaughey, Aaron Taylor, Johnson
Organizations:
Field Museum, Raiders, Reptiles Department