Snake handler ends record attempt after bitten by deadly puff adder

[snopes]

A snake handler's attempt to break the world record for living with the largest number of venomous vipers has ended after he was bitten on the foot by a deadly puff adder, requiring emergency surgery in hospital.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...uff-adder.html

[Insensible Crier]

I wonder if Guinness will close this category now.

[Auntie Witch]

Originally Posted by Insensible Crier

I wonder if Guinness will close this category now.

I think they need a "biggest idiot" category for people who do really stupid things in an attempt to make it into the book.

[Troberg]

Originally Posted by Insensible Crier

I wonder if Guinness will close this category now.

Didn't they clean out the "idiot records" a decade or so ago?

[tagurit]

But I have to be honest, the thought of living side by side with several black mambas does make me nervous.

Nervous? That's the snake I'm most afraid of. I wouldn't have a chance to be nervous. I'd be too busy having a heart attack.

[crocoduck_hunter]

I might be nutty, but I am not crazy

You voluntarily locked yourself in a room with Puff Adders and Black Mambas.

That's not nutty, that's crazy.

But since he's going to survive his attempt, looks like he's only up for an Honorable Mention instead of a Darwin Award.

[Mycroft]

Originally Posted by Troberg

Didn't they clean out the "idiot records" a decade or so ago?

I thought so too, but the OP states the record was set last year