Man who let snakes bite him 200 times spurs new antivenom hope


Tim Friede, 57, who has exposed himself to snake venom hundreds of times with an aim to build up immunity, poses with a water cobra. -- PHOTO: AFP

SOUTH-EAST ASIA/PARIS (AFP): Tim Friede was feeling particularly down on the day after the September 11 attacks, so he went to his basement and let two of the world's deadliest snakes bite him.

Four days later, he woke up from a coma.

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