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Dec 2024
17m 9s

Why Keep a Diary of a Toxic Snakebite?

Sam Kean, Bleav
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After 40 years of studying snakes, Karl Schmidt finally suffered his first bite. And when he did, he kept a gruesome diary to document the suffering and danger—right up to the edge of death...

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