What It Feels Like To Die of a Boomslang Bite
American herpetologist Karl P. Schmidt died of a snakebite in 1957.
Nov 2, 2015 10:13 PMMay 24, 2020 12:22 AM
The deadly boomslang, the species of snake fingered in the death of Karl Patterson Schmidt. (Credit: William Warby)
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