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Or one man with more than 200 bites and more than 700 injections of venom he prepared from some of the world's deadliest snakes[0]. [0] https://www.bbc.com/new

Or one man with more than 200 bites and more than 700 injections of venom he prepared from some of the world's deadliest snakes[0]. [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5d0l7el36o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5d0l7el36o

worthless-trash 1y ago
A man called "Ram Chandra" used to come to my school in the 80-90's and educate us on the danger of snakes (he has since passed away). There is a little talk of it here https://www.mackayandwhitsundaylife.com/article/remembering-the-taipan-man https://www.mackayandwhitsundaylife.com/article/remembering-... I had seen him get bitten by a bunch of different snakes during his time demonstrating dangerous animals to my school on different occasions, he was always very kind and educational. I believe he had was also involved in milking snakes and making antivenom, but the specifics evade me. I believe he went to many different schools educating the small townships of the Australian outback (Imagine more than 20 less than 30) and always had time to answer my stupid questions as a child. This part of my local culture will be missed.
- thorin 1y ago
  It doesn't mention if he died from snake bites... Sounds like an interesting guy!
  - stuckkeys 1y ago
    “Milking snakes…” tempted to put that on gpt and see what that looks like.
  - worthless-trash 1y ago
    I just got off the phone from my parents, they seem to believe it was complications from continuous snake bites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCoaycbbus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCoaycbbus He's definitely a machine.
JTbane 1y ago
Anyone else find it hilarious that snake bites follow the logic of "expose yourself to just a little deadly poison to gain immunity"?
- jjtheblunt 1y ago
  Why? It's immunologically sensible : let the immune system train antibodies on a non lethal amount of novel protein antigen, like traditional vaccines, and (i bet to your point) in stark contrast with "homeopathy" in some definitions.
  - zamalek 1y ago
    Homeopathy is way more extreme, for what it's worth. The idea is to keep diluting the thing until it's basically chemically absent, with only the "nature" or the juju or whatever it is.
    - Terr_ 1y ago
      Relevant Mitchell & Webb comedy sketch, title translated for Americans as "Homepathic ER". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWieBlI1bA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWieBlI1bA
- genman 1y ago
  Their venom is protein based so what can they do?
abhishaike 1y ago
I mention this in the article :)

worthless-trash 1y ago

A man called "Ram Chandra" used to come to my school in the 80-90's and educate us on the danger of snakes (he has since passed away). There is a little talk of it here https://www.mackayandwhitsundaylife.com/article/remembering-the-taipan-man https://www.mackayandwhitsundaylife.com/article/remembering-... I had seen him get bitten by a bunch of different snakes during his time demonstrating dangerous animals to my school on different occasions, he was always very kind and educational. I believe he had was also involved in milking snakes and making antivenom, but the specifics evade me. I believe he went to many different schools educating the small townships of the Australian outback (Imagine more than 20 less than 30) and always had time to answer my stupid questions as a child. This part of my local culture will be missed.

thorin 1y ago
It doesn't mention if he died from snake bites... Sounds like an interesting guy!
- stuckkeys 1y ago
  “Milking snakes…” tempted to put that on gpt and see what that looks like.
- worthless-trash 1y ago
  I just got off the phone from my parents, they seem to believe it was complications from continuous snake bites. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCoaycbbus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xCoaycbbus He's definitely a machine.

JTbane 1y ago

Anyone else find it hilarious that snake bites follow the logic of "expose yourself to just a little deadly poison to gain immunity"?

jjtheblunt 1y ago
Why? It's immunologically sensible : let the immune system train antibodies on a non lethal amount of novel protein antigen, like traditional vaccines, and (i bet to your point) in stark contrast with "homeopathy" in some definitions.
- zamalek 1y ago
  Homeopathy is way more extreme, for what it's worth. The idea is to keep diluting the thing until it's basically chemically absent, with only the "nature" or the juju or whatever it is.
  - Terr_ 1y ago
    Relevant Mitchell & Webb comedy sketch, title translated for Americans as "Homepathic ER". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWieBlI1bA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqWieBlI1bA
genman 1y ago
Their venom is protein based so what can they do?

abhishaike 1y ago

I mention this in the article :)