(CNN)As he approached his 50th birthday, Steve Ludwin felt like he might finally be growing out of his long-term habit.
For nearly 30 years, he has been injecting himself with snake venom out of sheer curiosity, despite receiving multiple warnings from researchers and medical experts that this practice was extremely dangerous and could endanger his life.
It instead took some severe bites from a snake -- two in the past year -- for Ludwin to begin understanding just how reckless his pastime could be.
"The pain is like someone has taken a sledgehammer, smashed it on your hand and then holds a flame underneath," Ludwin explained. "It's evolution telling you to stay away from these things."
The London-based musician, however, has spent his entire life doing exactly the opposite.
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