36 vials of antivenom used
Eric Goode required a remarkable 36 vials of antivenom after being bitten by a rattlesnake, depleting the hospital's entire supply.
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Joe Rogan opens with genuine enthusiasm for the new docuseries, calling Monsters of God a freak show in the best possible sense. Eric Goode and Jeremy McBride ease in with the Florida python problem — an estimated 500,000 Burmese pythons overrunning the Everglades — tracing the crisis back to the pet trade of the 1970s, when a baby python was an irresistible novelty. Eric casually mentions he had one wrapped around his neck as a teenager, gave away his whole reptile menagerie when he went to college, and genuinely cannot remember what became of the python. The conversation quickly establishes the episode's tone: funny, slightly horrifying, and full of unvarnished honesty from people who know this world from the inside.
500,000 pythons in Florida Everglades
Florida's Everglades is estimated to have around 500,000 invasive Burmese pythons, largely attributed to the pet trade releasing them.
Eric Goode's Rattlesnake Bite: 36 Vials of Antivenom and Almost Stopping Breathing
Eric Goode was hiking in the California mountains when a rattlesnake bit him through his river sandals. Over the next two hours he felt a metallic taste, then the sensation of sandbags crushing his chest. The hospital ran out of antivenom — all 36 vials — and had to get more from Ventura via Highway Patrol while he lay on a gurney thinking he was going to die.
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