Karl P. Schmidt

Karl P. Schmidt

A herpetologist named Karl P. Schmidt documented his own death after he was bitten by a juvenile boomslang snake. He made detailed notes on the symptoms he experienced, almost right up to the end. He died 24 hours after the bite, bleeding in his lungs, kidneys, heart, and brain.

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