Tim Friede put his \u2018ass on the line\u2019 to help stop snakebite deaths \u2013 whose numbers appear to be rising amid the climate crisis<\/p>\n
As 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.<\/p>\n
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 immunity that could one day be developed into a universal antivenom.<\/p>\n
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