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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/a2soup on 2023-07-01 18:07:47+00:00.

Original Title: TIL of Kevin Budden, who caught a deadly taipan by hand and hitchhiked to town still holding the snake. He lost his grip and was bitten, but bagged the snake and made the driver promise to get it to researchers. Kevin died the next day, but the snake was used to create the first taipan antivenom.