Donald Schultz Takes Us On A 'Wild Recon' Adventure For Venom, DNA

Animal adventurer Donald Schultz undertakes a global mission for rare venom and DNA samples in Animal Planet's Wild Recon.

While other children were out playing soccer, nine year-old Donald Schultz was busy catching and handling the deadliest snakes on the planet. Born and raised in South Africa, Donald was the youngest person ever to give venomous snake demonstrations at the world-famous Fitzsimons Snake Park.

In Wild Recon, Donald travels to remote and jeopardous locales to collect the samples critical in cataloguing species and research that will one day save countless lives. He stopped by PIX studio with three exotic venomous animals and demonstrate how he would extract venom from them as seen on his show. Donald also talked about what venom from these specific animals is used for and how his job is very, very rare, specifically because of the dangers associated with it.

Wild Recon airs Tuesdays at 9pm on Animal Planet. For more information, visit animal.discovery.com.