Some of the activities of the Institute include educating and divulging information related to venomous snakes in the country, and snakebite prevention, all this as part of the responsibility scheme of the Institute towards society. The purpose is to benefit the population by acquiring greater knowledge about the characteristics of these reptiles and the measures that can be taken to avoid accidents, as well as offering assistance measures in case they happen. Furthermore, the Institute offers information about its own history, as an entity specialized in ophidicism with an important international position in the production of antivenoms.