Vava Suresh (born 1974) is an Indian wildlife conservationist and a snake expert. He is known for his mission of saving snakes that have strayed into human-inhabited areas in Kerala, India. He has captured 200 (as of November 2020) King cobras, and is believed to have captured and rescued more than 38,000 straying snakes He hosts a snake capturing programme called "Snake Master" on Kaumudy TV. Throughout his work, he has survived many venomous snakebites, some of which caused him to be hospitalized, and placed on a ventilator or treated in the ICU. Suresh is widely known for his conservation activities like the rescue and release of endangered species of snakes, preservation of collected eggs until hatching, and creating awareness among people about snakes and their behaviour. 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 behaviour are widely acknowledge.
