{"id":204459,"date":"2025-10-11T05:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204459\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:23:08","slug":"regina-survivor-contestant-returns-after-being-bitten-by-venomous-snake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204459\/","title":{"rendered":"Regina \u2018Survivor\u2019 contestant returns after being bitten by venomous snake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regina\u2019s Survivor contestant Jake Latimer was sent home after five days on the reality television show filming in Fiji due to a bite from a \u201chighly venomous\u201d banded sea krait.<\/p>\n

The snakes have fangs containing a venom that \u201cinhibits swimming and breathing abilities of their prey,\u201d according to Oceana, an international advocacy group focused on ocean conservation.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Latimer was disappointed he couldn\u2019t go further on the show, he was glad to return home to meet his newborn son.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, he created a TikTok account to update his fans on what happened to him since the episode aired Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to thank everyone for their support,\u201d he said in his four-minute TikTok reel. \u201cI can\u2019t thank the medical staff of Survivor enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

He described how his \u201cmind was racing\u201d with doubts about if he would ever meet his son.<\/p>\n

In an earlier interview with 980 CJME, Latimer said that after getting a call telling him he was going to be a contestant on the show, he said he discovered that the filming would take place during the period his wife Louise was was expected to give birth.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until he got a push from Louise that he eventually signed onto the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many people that apply,\u201d she said. \u201c(He) had the chance to do it. Just go do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The couple\u2019s son Jax was born happy and healthy with Latimer able to be there.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing down in Fiji, I thought about it a lot. It was on the top of my mind,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re playing Survivor to to win the game and you\u2019re playing to make alliances, but at the same time I\u2019m thinking about this kid being born back at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the latest episode that aired Wednesday, Latimer was thinking about his wife and soon-to-born son when he felt a scratch on the bottom of his right foot. At that time, he was sitting on the beach. He saw what was later identified as a black and white banded sea snake.<\/p>\n

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Kele Tribe from Survivor, Season 49, scheduled to air on the CBS Television Network. (L-R): Jake Latimer, Sophi Balerdi, Alex Moore, Jeremiah Ing, Kimberely \u201cAnnie\u201d Davis, Nicole Mazullo. (Robert Voets\/CBS)<\/p>\n

Host Jeff Probst said this type of snake bite was \u201cunprecedented\u201d for the show\u2019s 10-year-run in Fiji. Survivor has been filmed in the South Pacific nation for many seasons, starting with Season 33 (Millennials vs. Gen X) in 2016.<\/p>\n

Moments later, Latimer was shown being transported to Base Camp where medical crews gave him fluids and bandaged his right foot. The on-staff doctor determined it was a likely a \u201cdry bite,\u201d which meant there was less likelihood of venom being transferred.<\/p>\n

Show organizers decided to send Latimer home due the mental and emotional stress he faced being away from his wife.<\/p>\n

Latimer apologized for not being able to help his tribe get to the final leg of the competition.<\/p>\n

He also thanked his fellow contestants for their support and that he was looking forward to being a dad.<\/p>\n

Supportive response on social media<\/p>\n

Within 24-hours of Latimer\u2019s post, he received nearly 500 comments on his reel recounting his experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cFantastic how fast the medical crew jumped in for you\u2026 Your TikTok shows how well spoken and polite a true Canadian shows\u2026 Absolute class\u2026 I hope you get another chance. Way to represent Canada be proud,\u201d read one comment.<\/p>\n

Another fan said, \u201cYou won the truest meaning of Survivor, you survived a deadly venomous snake that could have taken your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 with files from Gillian Massie<\/p>\n

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