When Bruce was bitten by a taipan as a child, his life was saved thanks to a reptile enthusiast who paid the ultimate price

The tragic origins of the first taipan antivenom that saved 10yo Bruce Stringer's life in Cairns

A 10-year-old boy became the first recipient of taipan antivenom in 1955 and survived. But there was no such luck for Kevin Budden, who captured the first snake of its kind for milking five years earlier, but died in the process.