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| Tim Friede taking a snake bite at his home in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin (Video below) |
January 21, 2016, NewsCrunch
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In the last 16 years he has inflicted upon himself 160 bites from poisonous snakes.
A chilling video shows him pulling out a black mamba at his home and offering his hand to the poisonous creature.
The snake delivers two back-to-back bites and he bleeds profusely, but survives with a smile.
Tim Friede does this in the name of science – to help scientists develop a human vaccine for snake bites.
His effort seems to be paying off. His body has double the amount of antibodies to snake venom, according to Dr Brian Hanley, a PhD Microbiologist from the
Dr Brian Hanley told Daily Mail that his company Butterfly Sciences would help Tim develop his vaccine.
But the journey has been far from smooth for Tim Friede. He nearly died in 2011 when he got himself bitten by a cobra. He went into coma, but managed to survive.
His wife of 20 years divorced him over his obsession with snakes.
But there is no stopping Tim Friede, who continues to keep five deadly snakes at his home for his experiments.
His wife of 20 years divorced him over his obsession with snakes.
But there is no stopping Tim Friede, who continues to keep five deadly snakes at his home for his experiments.