Today on City, VICE takes a look at the improbable life of Steve Ludwin, who has been injecting what would for any normal human be fatal amounts of snake venom into his body since the late 80s.The basic principle laid out by pioneer herpetologist, Bill Haast, who died last year at the age of 100­, is that regular exposure to the venom results in the body developing an immunity.

Steve claims to not only never get ill, but that cobra venom is the ultimate pick-me-up, with effects lasting a days after injecting, making Steve stronger, faster, and more resilient.The hemotoxins that attack human blood cells in a tree viper’s venom can result in an agonizing death in less than 30 minutes. The neurotoxins in a cobra bite can kill a person in half that time. For the past 20 years Steve Ludwin has been privately milking an array of deadly snakes including rattlesnakes, monocled cobras, and a few casual vipers thrown in to the mix, and sticking all this lovely deadly snake juice in a syringe and mainlining it all the way to immortality.

Check it out tonight on City, if you think you can handle it.