When the Survivor medical team calls for an evacuation, it’s never taken lightly and in season 49, that call came after contestant Jake Latimer was bitten by a venomous snake, a sea krait. The incident forced the medical team to pull the “Shoe Bandit” from the game, marking the 20th medical evacuation in the CBS reality competition show’s 25-year history and serving as a stark reminder of just how real the danger can be in Fiji. In an exclusive interview with The Hollywood Reporter , Survivor showrunner and host Jeff Probst takes goes behind the scenes of the emergency that played out on the Oct. 8 episode.

When the Survivor medical team calls for an evacuation, it’s never taken lightly and in season 49, that call came after contestant Jake Latimer was bitten by a venomous s

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