Like nearly all living reptiles, snakes are cold-blooded, meaning they rely on the environment to regulate the temperature of ...

NEW YORK — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has ...

Friede would know. Over the past few decades, he's let himself be bitten over two hundred times, by all kinds of venomous snakes — black mambas, taipans, cobras, kraits, and more. He calls it ...

He also allowed the snakes — mostly one at a time, but sometimes two, as in the video — to sink their sharp fangs into him about 200 times. This bit of daredevilry (one name for it ...

I mean, you can have levels of anxiety that goes through the roof." Friede has been fascinated with snakes for as long as he can remember. He used to hunt garter snakes growing up in Wisconsin.

Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times — often on purpose. Now scientists are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites. Friede has long had a ...