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NV Press: Animal Planet host w snakes

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Posted by: W von Papineäu at Sat Jan 16 16:16:15 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by W von Papineäu ]  
   

LAS VEGAS SUN (Nevada) 16 January 10 Animal Planet host plans 10-day stay with snakes on Strip (Amanda Finnegan - Courtesy of Discovery Channel)
"Wild Recon" host Donald Schultz will be spending 10 days in a glass box filled with 100 snakes outside O'Shea's from Jan. 17-26.
As if O'Shea's wasn’t bizarre enough with its attractions like hypnotist Luke Jermay, its former “Freaks” show and the leprechaun that runs around the casino floor, the property will be adding another sideshow attraction beginning Sunday.
Animal Planet’s Donald Schultz, host of the channel's “Wild Recon” program, will spend 10 days in a glass box filled with 100 snakes.
The spectacle is being filmed for a TV special called “Venom in Vegas,” set to air Feb. 9 on Animal Planet. Harrah’s Entertainment, which owns O’Shea’s, said Schultz is doing the stunt to raise awareness for snakebite victims around the globe.
Animal Planet is partnering with the University of Arizona’s Venom Immunochemistry, Pharmacology and Emergency Response Institute for the event and will be on hand in case anything goes wrong.
The 16-foot by 20-foot glass box will have a bed and bathroom. He’ll eat, sleep and do everything else alongside snakes such as pythons, rattlesnakes and cobras, Harrah’s said.
Schultz will start with 50 snakes and have five new ones added each day. Sounds like Indiana Jones’ worst nightmare.
Animal Planet host plans 10-day stay with snakes on Strip


   

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