You know how small Tokyo apartments are.....

[Wheezer]

TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A nearly fatal bite by a poisonous snake led to the arrest of a man Wednesday for keeping 51 deadly cobras and mambas in his Tokyo apartment without permission, police said.

Among the deadly cobras and mambas found in the apartment, one of the snakes was about six feet long.

Among the deadly cobras and mambas found in the apartment, one of the snakes was about six feet long.

The illicit collection was discovered when Nobukazu Kashiwagi called for an ambulance after being bitten on a finger by one of his snakes, a spokesman for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

Kashiwagi, aged 41, was trying to feed the snake when he was bitten in mid July. He was seriously ill in a Tokyo hospital for several weeks, but subsequently recovered. Police arrested Kashiwagi after he was discharged, the spokesman said.

Kashiwagi kept the deadly snakes without permission from the Tokyo metropolitan government, the police spokesman said.

Video footage by public broadcaster NHK showed the snake cases were piled up in his small apartment room. One of the snakes was about six feet long.

The police spokesman could not say where the snakes have been moved.

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[invidia]

Snakes in an Apartment

 

[Mikey]

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MUTHAFUCKIN' SNAKES!

 

[KaOTiK]

Link? You take the whole article without even linking to it.

 

[Jeff7]

Mambas, too? I wonder if there were any black mambas. Those things are supposed to be fierce attackers.
I just don't get it, why keep venomous snakes around? The only use would be with some kind of burglar alarm - front door opens unexpectedly, and the cages fly open.
Just don't forget to enter your code. 😉

Ball pythons, that's about my limit for a snake. The one I have now is almost exactly 3ft long. He's got a decent set of teeth on him, but there's no venom. He's usually quite docile, but when he's being fed, he's absolutely psychotic. As I'm sitting next to the cage getting out another thawed and warmed mouse, there are at least 2 bonks on the glass as he tries striking at me. The only other times I ever see his mouth open is when he is "yawning."

 

[ArJuN]

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[Chaotic42]

Tokyo apartment for $1600/mo :Q

 

[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Tokyo apartment for $1600/mo :Q

Jesus, that's expensive! And it's not exactly big...

That's it, I'm never moving to Tokyo...

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Originally posted by: Mikey
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MUTHAFUCKIN' SNAKES!

Ironically I just watched that yesterday and I just tuned to it when he said that.

I'VE HAD IT WITH THESE MUTHAFUCKIN' SNAKES IN THIS MUTHAFUCKIN' APARTMENT!