Video About Self Injecting Snake Venom

[KingObeat]

Found an interesting video about a guy in England who self injects snake venom. Defiantly worth a watch.

http://youtu.be/8q_m-rDUNw0

[JaGv]

reptile people are worse than star trek fans

[threezero]

check out vice's other documentary. Love these guys, provacative topic and excellent documentary making in general

[Crotalids]

The guy is an idiot.

[Raptor]

The guy is an idiot.

Mind explaining why instead of making an ignorant statement?

The tl;dr of it all is that the body can produce antibodies that help defend against the effects of venom. How do you think we get antivenin? By injecting horses with small amounts of venom over time and pulling blood off them.

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I haven't watched the video, and I don't have time at the moment, but I intend to once I get back home.

[Crotalids]

Mind explaining why instead of making an ignorant statement?

The tl;dr of it all is that the body can produce antibodies that help defend against the effects of venom. How do you think we get antivenin? By injecting horses with small amounts of venom over time and pulling blood off them.

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I haven't watched the video, and I don't have time at the moment, but I intend to once I get back home.

What he is doing is of no benefit to anyone but himself, so either he is doing it to save his arse because he cannot handle venomous snakes properly, or he is doing it because it gives him a rush and he is an attention seeker.

The only reason Bill Haast ever did it was because it was an occupational hazard that he might be envenomated on a frequent basis.

What he is doing is not science, he doesn't use any controlled measures what so ever. He is mixing different types of venoms together and then injecting himself with them, it's a joke. Hence why no medical or scientific institution has come forth and started to do research into this. Medical companies and institutions have been doing research into the uses of venom components for a long time, long before he started self envenomating, so what he does is of no use.

He doesn't need to make what he does public either, the only reason he would want to make it public is for attention.

It's a joke he even compares himself to Bill Haast. It's obvious it gives him a kick, much like a heroin addict, and just make other hot keepers look like idiots to the general public who know nothing about it.