DBAHO Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 A 92-year-old man living in a Himalayan village in India has survived 272 snake bites by following a simple tip - never eat salt, a report said. Amar Singh, whose home is deep in the remote Narag valley in India's mountainous Himachal Pradesh state, loves the creatures and despite being bitten never hits or kills them, the United News of India said. Instead, he picks up the hissing snakes and deposits them in their jungle homes. Singh received his survival tip more than 50 years ago from a traditional healer of snake bites, the report said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Come on, at some point it became fun for the masochist And they all bit me in the groin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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1549 Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Come on, at some point it became fun for the masochist And they all bit me in the groin remind me to wear a cup if I ever handle snakes. Then again, I would have a cool story..."I lost the left one to a desert rattler in Pheonix, the other one has been to scared to come down ever since" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 remind me to wear a cup if I ever handle snakes. Then again, I would have a cool story..."I lost the left one to a desert rattler in Pheonix, the other one has been to scared to come down ever since" LMAO, that's in the archive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CrimsonWeltall Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 He credits salt? Ok. After the first dozen bites, he'd probably have some decent immunity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 Come on, at some point it became fun for the masochist And they all bit me in the groin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox_Sonix Posted June 15, 2004 Share Posted June 15, 2004 i've actually read that if you get bit several times by a snake your body begins to develop somewhat an immunity to those kinds of venoms (i.e hemotoxic, neurotoxic, myotoxic, etc...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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