Who has the personal information of the great photographer and herpetologist Austin Stevens?

Austen Stevens, who was born in South Africa, has been completely fascinated by slippery snakes since he was 12 years old. His passion for keeping reptile pets of all kinds, including some of the world's most exotic and deadly species, meant that by the end of Austin's school career, his private collection was considered one of South Africa's national treasures.

When Austin was young and serving in the war, he participated in the Angola War. His mission at that time was to identify and lure away venomous snakes, and first eliminate the dangers lurking in nature for his colleagues. Once, when he was trying to lure a viper out of a trench, he was bitten by a viper. This was Austin's first painful experience of being bitten by a snake. In order to save his life, he had to endure the pain and race against time, crossing a 480-kilometer-long enemy war zone, enduring a 1,600-kilometer flight, and finally made an emergency landing in front of the hospital.

Austin was in a coma for five days; doctors worked hard for three months to save his arm and save him from amputation.

After leaving the army at the end of the war, Austin was hired by the director of the Transvaal Snake Park to care for the reptiles at the park. During the six years he worked at the snake park, he received solid training and became a herpetologist.

After that, he became interested in film shooting. In order to raise funds and draw public attention to the current plight of African gorillas, Austin lived with the most venomous and deadly snakes in Africa for 107 days, day and night, creating an astonishing record. . On day 96, a cobra bit Austin, but he refused to leave, so he ended up being treated among the snakes. Despite his physical weakness, Austin finally completed the first 107 days of having sex with a venomous snake, breaking the world record.

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