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POPSMan puts rattlesnake in mouth to impress an ex Girlfriend. Nearly dies En route, they spotted a police car and asked for help. His next memory, he said, was waking up at the hospital. Doctors could not get a breathing tube down his throat. Dr. Richard Mullins cut a hole in Wilkinson's neck to insert the breathing tube. Physicians started giving antivenin, moved him to intensive care and kept him sedated until the swelling went down. The Poison Control Center sees about 50 people a year with snake bites, usually hikers. Deaths from rattlesnake bites in Oregon are extremely rare. Wilkinson, who works in construction, has yet to return to work. His three Western diamondback rattlers have been removed from his home. He says co-workers have been pretty blunt. "They were like, 'What the heck were you thinking?"' Wilkinson said. The answer? "It's my own stupidity." You at least got that right.
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POPSNato 'tracking' Russian bombers Itar-Tass quoted Russian air force spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky as saying: "At present, several pairs of Tu-160 and Tu-95MS aircraft are in the air over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which are accompanied by Nato planes". The world is polarising again, thanks to U.S. government's aggressive stupidity.