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Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom

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Bitten by snakes 200 times – on purpose: US man’s quest to help deliver new antivenom
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Tim Friede put his ‘ass on the line’ to help stop snakebite deaths – whose numbers appear to be rising amid the climate crisisAs we overheat and degrade our planet, more people are set to come into contact, sometimes fatally, with venomous snakes. One man hopes to provide an unusual solution to this, after subjecting himself to 200 intentional snakebites to his body.For nearly 20 years, Tim Friede, 58, allowed some of the most lethal snakes in the world to bite him so he could build up an immuni

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