Wikimedia Commons/Survivor 49 Celebrity A medical first on Survivor 49: A contestant is bitten by a venomous sea krait, an event more dangerous than a rattlesnake bite and unprecedented in the show... March 18, 2026 AceShowbiz - On Survivor, a series known for testing human endurance and strategy, a medical emergency unfolded that has never been seen before in its 25-year history. During the third episode of Survivor 49, contestant Jake Latimer suffered a snake bite unlike any previously recorded on the show.