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'Unparalleled' snake antivenom made from man bitten 200 times (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by idunnololz@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not one mention of how this guy got his hands on so many different snake venoms in order to acquire this broad immunity. Interesting dude nonetheless.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Snake handler job had one mention.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I just opened the article again and searched for “handler,” which has zero results?

What am I missing? Was there a video I didn’t watch?

[–] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He initially wanted to build up his immunity to protect himself when handling snakes, documenting his exploits on YouTube.

[–] PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ah, okay. I see now. “Snake handler” generally refers to a professional, but the subject of the article was described as a former truck mechanic. I just didn’t process that in the correct order.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 points 2 months ago

I caught it from this:

He initially wanted to build up his immunity to protect himself when handling snakes, documenting his exploits on YouTube.

Maybe i read into it a bit, but here is his bio: https://www.centivax.com/tim