Getting High Injecting Snake Venom

We met with a guy who's been injecting himself with snake venom for 20 years and he looks better than ever.
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The hemotoxins which attack human blood cells in a tree viper's venom can result in an agonising death in less than 30 minutes. The neurotoxins in a cobra bite can kill a person in half that time. for the past 20 years Steve Ludwin has been sticking all this lovely deadly snake juice in a syringe and mainlining it all the way to immortality. Privately milking an array of deadly snakes including rattlesnakes, monocled cobras, and a few casual vipers thrown in to the mix, Steve has been injecting what would for any normal human be fatal amounts venom into his body since the late 80s.

The basic principle - laid out by pioneer herpetologist, Bill Haast, who died last year at the age of 100 - is that regular exposure to the venom results in the body developing an immunity. Steve claims to not only never get ill, but that cobra venom is the ultimate pick me up, with effects lasting a days after injecting, making Steve stronger, faster and more resilient. Finally it looks like mainstream scientific research might be catching up.

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[DemBombaclot]

I'm happy to see a top comment with actual point.

Common sense and logic seems to be pretty rare these days (sadly).

Have a good day :)

[HAranzaleZ]

Can I get likes for no reason please?

[TheKingWhiteBoyBD]

I might try that some day

[Wheelman stan]

oh my god, like prays jesus and stuff!

[Efrain Jurado olivares]

he is a reptilian.

[Maximum RaGE]

I don't think he's gonna die because he already built up anti-bodies

[prince enweani]

u might find the solution to some of our problems in medicine

lol killing snakes

[photographer85]

I hope I don't seem prejudice but I notice that he trembles quite a lot...

I guess all that venom might have done some nerve damage.

[Artie Mustardo]

Herroin addict

[riotofdablood]

For ages, many civilizations considered the snake to be the symbol of good health. Even today, you can see the snake/glass symbol on almost every pharmacy.

Whether or not the snake's venom has healing properties, I'm not a big fan.

[EinGugelhupf]

when i hear that guy talk about how he feels like hes got more energy after injecting cobra venom all i think is: ever heard of placebo ?

[Spudwellington]

this guy is soooo shaky