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Strike. in the u.s. alone, venomous snakes bite more than 8,000 people each year. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. >> when you handle the snake, you try to have somebody around. >> he keeps dozens of snakes including that venomous cobra, native to southeast asia. it is considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. >> i literally pulled the whole snake out of the tub attached to my stomach and i felt the teeth sink into me. >> david knows there...

Them, but when they feel threatened they have one lethal strike. in the u.s. alone, venomous snakes bite more than 8,000 people each year. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. >> when you handle the snake, you try to have somebody around. >> he keeps dozens of snakes including that venomous cobra, native to southeast asia. it is considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. >> i literally pulled the whole snake out of the tub attached to my stomac...

>> it's not getting worse, but it's not getting better. the swelling is staying where it is. i'm going to try to release myself out of the hospital and go home at this moment. >> as a professional snake handler he hesitates knowing the antivenom becomes less effective each time it's administered to the same person, but experts always recommend taking the antivenom. >> so the antivenom guy says, listen, they're not telling you everything, but you're in preliminary renal failure right now, your kidneys aren't functioning. if you don't get this you're going to die. this is coming from a friend of...

Hours later he's not sure he wants it anymore. >> it's not getting worse, but it's not getting better. the swelling is staying where it is. i'm going to try to release myself out of the hospital and go home at this moment. >> as a professional snake handler he hesitates knowing the antivenom becomes less effective each time it's administered to the same person, but experts always recommend taking the antivenom. >> so the antivenom guy says, listen, they're not telling you everything, but you're in preliminary renal failure right now, your kidneys aren't functioning. if you don't get this you'r...

It's true, they're more scared of you than you are of them, but when they feel threatened they have one lethal strike. in the u.s. alone, venomous snakes bite more than 8,000 people each year. david weathers is a professional snake handler and knows the danger all too well. >> when you handle the snake, you try to have somebody around. >> he keeps dozens of snakes including that venomous cobra, native to southeast asia. it is considered one of the deadliest snakes in the world. david is about to find out why. as he prepares to move the cobra to a new sanctuary, it strikes. >> i literally pulle...