Snake Farm at the Instituto Butantan
Deadly snakes, spiders, and scorpions from around the world can be seen at the world’s largest producer of snake anti-venom. The parkland setting is a rare oasis of calm in the midst of Butantan’s scientific campus. Other attractions here include a historical museum, a biology museum, a microbiology museum and, of course, the serpentarium, which is where the venoms themselves are extracted. Institutio Butantan is one of Brazil’s largest research facilities, and oldest with building dating back to 1901.
