Early disaster. In 2000, he began exposing himself to venom. He started with scorpions but soon changed to snakes. A year later, he let two cobras bite him.

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom. May 4, 2025 9:12 AM ET. ... DANIEL: Friede used to hunt garter snakes growing up in Wisconsin.

He let snakes bite him some 200 times to create a better snakebite antivenom. By Ari Daniel. Published May 2, 2025 at 1:26 ... He used to hunt garter snakes growing up in Wisconsin.