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Snakes

Best Article Science

A Rattle with Death in Yosemite

The author survives a bite by a venomous snake in a remote area of Yosemite National Park.

My leg, from toe to hip, turned black and yellow and eventually swelled to 24 inches, more than twice its normal circumference.

Kyle Dickman Outside Jun 2018 25min Permalink

Religion

Touching Death: The Turbulent Life of One of America’s Last Snake-Handling Preachers

Cody Coots is pastor at the same church where his father died during a service three years ago.

Jordan Ritter Conn The Ringer Aug 2017 25min Permalink

Sports

Snakes Alive!

The Rattlesnake Derby is like a bass-fishing tournament, except you really don’t want a bite.

Jeff MacGregor Sports Illustrated Jul 1998 15min Permalink

Science

Tangled Up in Indigo

The writer’s obsession with a genus of snake known as “indigo.”

Padgett Powell Garden and Gun Apr 2015 30min Permalink

Reprints Science

Mithradates of Fond du Lac

A weekend with the only person on Earth who can survive five venomous snakebites in 48 hours.

Kent Russell The Believer Jun 2013 35min Permalink

Science

Love and Death in the Cape Fear Serpentarium

Some passions are more dangerous than others.

Wendy Brenner Oxford American Dec 2005 20min Permalink