Vava Suresh catching the cobra that reaches child’s play area and the cobra that swallows rat-snake
Suresh, popularly known as Vava Suresh (Malayalam:വാവ സുരേഷ്) (born 1974), is an Indian wildlife conservationist and a snake expert. He is known for his missions for saving snakes straying into human inhabited areas in Kerala, India. He captured 100 king cobras, he is believed to have captured and rescued more than 50,000 straying snakes. He has been bitten 300 times by venomous snakes and bitten more than 3000 times by all types of snakes. He has been on ventilator thrice and six times in ICU, mainly because he doesn't use any type of safety equipments. He is widely known for his conservation activities like the rescue and release of endangered species of snakes, preservation of collected eggs until hatching periods, and creating awareness among people about snakes and their behavior. He releases his reptile collections into natural habitats at regular intervals of time. His efforts to capture venomous snakes from human populated areas and to educate the people about snakes and their behavior is widely acknowledged.
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