Dr. Fry is extremely creditable. The author is a sensationalist nut job. Brian has his own forum where he is accessible and comments on these issues with any and all who ask. Now while some of the snakes he talks about are potentially dangerous (Telescopus dhara, Boiga nigriceps and Boiga cynadon along with species like Psammophis) the vast majority of the snakes he says have some sort of venom are still HARMLESS to humans. Brian himself will probably at some point slap the crap out of this writer,