[MUSIC PLAYING]
I'll knock your territorial army pussy all over the
fucking town.
Let's hook it up, get in the ring, bear.
Bear versus cobra, let's get it fucking on.
Hi, I'm Steve Ludwin, I'm here with Vice to respond to all
the video comments to the documentary "Getting High with
Snake Venom." First off, I'd like to say it's been really
exciting, and the comments have been amazing and quite
cathartic for me to read.
Some are super intelligent and some are pretty super dumb.
But, hey, I understand super dumb, so we're going to answer
all the questions, hopefully, today.
Here's one right here.
It says, "How the fuck are you still alive?" If I ever had
another accident with snake venom and I needed to go to
the hospital, I wouldn't.
And I've been in situations already where normal people
would have gone to the hospital.
I induced a heart attack, I've had some serious breathing
problems, like paralysis on my lungs.
And I actually thought to myself, don't go and waste
hospital time.
You've done this to yourself.
Don't be a pussy, ride it out.
Here's another one.
"FUUUUUUUCK!
Just look at him
shaking." And I was.
My hands, as I was milking the snakes--
which are really dangerous snakes.
I definitely didn't want to get bit live on camera.
It was 9 o'clock in the morning, there was an
ambulance outside, and there were two camera crew guys.
The paramedics had to be there for health and safety.
But yes, I was shaking.
I was shaking like fuck.
But I don't shake.
Whoo, I am shaking there.
"I can't help relate the process to a drug addiction.
The glorification of injecting, the fear and
excitement at the same time, all very reminiscent of a
heroin addict." There's a lot of people saying that I'm
addicted to venom, I'm an addict.
That's not true.
There's no way.
It's not like a drug.
I don't feel like, hey, I need some venom.
Here's an interesting question.
"Cool stuff.
He's definitely some kind of freak super-human!
Is there some type of Snake-Man super
hero or action figure?
If not, some comic illustrator should make him into a
superhero."
Well, I'd total be up for that.
So Marvel, get in touch.
The one strange thing that I have noticed, I get these
incredible cravings, usually once a day now, for these.
And I just sort of started thinking to myself, well, the
snakes are eating these mice, so why can't I?
It's good, it's protein and stuff.
And I find that I can knock back quite a few mice.
They're good.
They're really good.
They're healthy.
They were sort of humanely killed.
I think mice are the future.
They taste like mice.
"I bet his sperm tastes weird."
I don't know how to answer that.
I don't think it tastes weird at all.
I think it tastes like pineapple juice.
Here's one from grambo519.
"Ever suck dick for snake venom?" No.
I mean, yes.
Is that a trick question?
That's a trick question, right?
Here's one from CatDonuts1234.
CatDonuts, cool.
"Awesome!
He's 46?
He looks 28."
People don't believe me.
I am 46 years old.
I was born in 1966.
What a year.
I don't know, people ask, are there anti-aging properties to
snake venom?
And the answer is yes.
There has been an anti-aging cream that's been on the
market for the last six, seven years that celebrities are
using that contains snake venom in it.
It's a big seller.
It's proven to work.
So, does snake venom have anti-aging properties?
Apparently so.
"Isn't this also sort of animal abuse?"
No, this isn't animal abuse at all.
I'd like to defend that.
None of the snakes are hurt.
They're all kept in a naturalistic way.
You saw a lot them were in those little containers--
that was just to transport them into the
room where I was milking.
All the animals are well looked after.
It is not animal abuse.
Here's a question from Mat397.
"Hey, Steve, is there a main goal you would like to achieve
with doing snake venom injections?"
I would like to take it further
and research it properly--
like I said in the documentary--
with a forward-thinking company, open-minded company,
and see if there is any medicinal value.
That's what I'd like to achieve.
"Could you make antivenom with his blood?"
I think that's an interesting question.
That's what I would like to research.
I'd like to see if I have reached a level of immunity to
the snake venom in my blood that can be used to help
somebody else.
We know that that's possible because Bill Haast has
already done it.
But I would like to see at what level my blood could be
used to make an antivenom, or to fight anything off, for
that matter.
"Steve, have you experimented with any venom from animals
other than snakes?"
No, I haven't yet.
But I think it is really amazing that the possibilities
of doing so in the future.
There are millions of undiscovered
compounds in all venoms.
It's not just snake venom.
There's sea anemones, there's cone shells, there's
everything.
All the venomous animals on the planet, I think their
venom should be studied.
What can kill you can also save you.
One of the really alarming things about this
documentary--
and I suppose I kind of knew that it was going to happen--
was the alarming amount of people that were saying, this
is cool, I'm going to try this.
I definitely, definitely don't want anyone to try it.
I don't think you should.
Like I said, I have over 25 years of experience working
with venomous snakes.
People are asking, what snakes do you use?
This isn't a cooking show.
There's no recipe here, OK?
So don't fuck up, because you will be underground.
And I don't want it to be someone who was
influenced by me.
All right, guys.
Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot for watching, thanks a lot for sending in
all your questions.
This has been Steve Ludwin and Vice.
And what else can I say?
One last thing--
don't be a dickhammer.