The following contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Survivor 49.

In 48 seasons, not a single Survivor castaway has been removed from the game as a result of an animal attack. That all changed Wednesday with a single snake bite that sparked a medical emergency and sent ripples of panic throughout production.

The Kele tribe’s Jake Latimer was sitting at the water’s edge when he was confronted by a black and white-striped snake we’ve seen on our screens many times before. Only this time, it wasn’t just B-roll we were watching. The sea krait (the snake’s official name) “just latched onto me,” Jake said in the episode, before a producer stepped in to assess the situation. His castmate Alex then confirmed it in the tribe’s handy camp guide: This was a very, very venomous snake.

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