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Snake hunter lives wild life in Bolivian lowlands
Vesty Pakos, 47, a former Washington mechanic, tracks deadly snakes in Bolivia for an OAS funded anti venom project. He extracts venom, advocates conservation, and works across the semitropical grasslands near El Porvenir, 150 miles northeast of La Paz, after leaving urban life behind.
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EL Porvenir
Bolivia
Vesty Pakos
Pakos
Organization of American States
Linz
Austria
la Paz
Washington, D.C
U.S
Washington
OAS
el Porventir
Conservation International
Bolivian Academy of Sciences