Tim Friede, a US citizen, has been bitten by snakes 202 times on purpose. Now, Immunologist are studying his blood in hopes of creating a better treatment for snake bites and now Antibodies found in Tim Friede’s blood have been shown to protect against fatal doses from a wide range of species in animal tests.

Mr Friede has been a fascination with reptiles and other venomous creatures. He used to milk scorpions and play with spiders’ venom as a hobby and kept dozens of snakes at his home.

Mr Friede has endured more than 200 bites and more than 700 injections of venom he prepared from some of the world’s deadliest snakes. This includes multiple species of mambas, cobras, taipans and kraits.

He initially wanted to build up his immunity to protect himself when handling snakes.

But the former truck mechanic said that he had “completely screwed up” early on when two cobra bites in quick succession left him in a coma.

He began injecting himself with small doses of snake venom and then slowly increased the amount to try to build up tolerance. He was hoping to protect himself from multiple snake bites.

He said, “This is my simple curiosity”

But Mr Friede’s 18 years mission could be a significant step in finding universal antivenom against all snakebites. Snake bites kill up to 140,000 people a year worldwide and leave three times as permanent disability.

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The first bite was from an Egyptian cobra and the second, an hour later, from a monocled cobra. Both bites occurred at his home in Wisconsin. Both were from highly venomous snakes. Neither bite was an accident.

In total, Friede let the cobras bite him on purpose ­­for up to 202 snakebites.

He explained, “It always burns and it’s, always painful, after the back-to-back cobra bites I had to be airlifted to the hospital and spent four days in a coma, was it a mistake, yes, was it stupid, yes, but all was for people and for the science”