Well, I didn't see the entire TV program, but what about that guy in his 70s
who gets bitten regularly by venomous snakes (and claims beneficial effects)
and milks venom for the pharmaceutical companies?

He's probably already been asked to volunteer by his corporate sponsors.
Anybody know more about this guy?

David Kirsh
Durham, NC

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>From: "Andrew K. Rindsberg" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: mollusca Cone snail toxin question
>Date: Fri, Oct 6, 2000, 4:19 PM
>

>David Campbell wrote, "Identifying which cones are hazardous has a couple of
>major problems, in addition to the fact that direct experiments are
>unethical."
>
>Hmm. Direct experimentation hadn't occurred to me before, but now you've
>filled my mind with thoughts of the people I would volunteer as guinea pigs.
>Their faces terrified, or perhaps merely resigned or even quizzical, as the
>cone -- fatal, allergenic, or harmless? -- approaches them in their
>water-filled cages. Yes. Thank you, David.
>
>Andy
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama