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The Fly
A South Carolina man tried to take a picture of his pet snake, a deadly Asiatic spitting cobra, but was bitten on the thumb in the
process. Teddy Terrants, 21, was paralyzed and on a ventilator before being flown to Kendall Regional Medical Center Thursday and
administered the antivenom. He did not regain consciousness until after receiving 10 vials of the anti-venom.
He said at first the bite felt like a bee sting. "I didn't feel nothing. I sat down. I was under the air condition(er). I just
started sweating. Pouring sweat," he said. The man refuses to blame his pet snake. "Not the snake?s fault. My fault. I shouldn't
have been messing around his pen," he said. Terrants? wife is nine months pregnant and wants to get rid of the snake. He refuses.
process. Teddy Terrants, 21, was paralyzed and on a ventilator before being flown to Kendall Regional Medical Center Thursday and
administered the antivenom. He did not regain consciousness until after receiving 10 vials of the anti-venom.
He said at first the bite felt like a bee sting. "I didn't feel nothing. I sat down. I was under the air condition(er). I just
started sweating. Pouring sweat," he said. The man refuses to blame his pet snake. "Not the snake?s fault. My fault. I shouldn't
have been messing around his pen," he said. Terrants? wife is nine months pregnant and wants to get rid of the snake. He refuses.
