Meet the Filipino snake catcher who has been bitten so many times he has become immune to COBRA VENOM - and lets them bite him once a week to maintain his strength. <br /><br />Joe Fernando Quililan, 31, started handling the wild reptiles as a hobby when he was just 14 - tracking them down in the jungle and removing them from neighbours' homes. Since then Joe - dubbed ''venom man'' - has suffered hundreds of bites, been ''hospitalised and almost died five times'', and had his right index finger amputated after a viper bite.<br /><br />Incredibly, Joe allows a deadly cobra to bite him ONCE A WEEK because he believes it maintains his body's resistance to the venom that would normally kill people.<br /><br />Medics have confirmed that Joe has an abnormally high amount of antibodies but are at a loss to explain his immunity - saying he is the first person they have found who can handle such bites.<br /><br />Footage taken at Joe's home in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, shows him allowing a deadly Philippines Cobra to bite his right arm. The bite would normally cause instant breathing problems and unconsciousness in its victims - in some cases leading to death - but super-human Joe simply shrugs off the wound - saying he can feel the ''warmth of the venom run through his veins.''<br /><br />Joe said he ''frequently'' allows snakes to bite him in order to keep his resistance high.
