Why would anyone keep 51 deadly snakes (among them cobras and mambas) in his flat in Tokyo?
It was bound to happen.
The flat's owner got bitten by one of his "pets" (presumably a cobra) and almost died.
I'm blogging about his because (especially if you've had me as an instructor in one of my journalism classes) "snakes" always rate at near the top of my list of most read about topics for journalists to report on.
Here's the stor--reported today by the Associated Press.
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.
2 comments:
Two things:
1) Dah!
2) In the words of Forrest Gump, "Stupid is as stupid does."
Yes, yes, yes. Forrest got it right.
He might have also said: Life is like a bunch of cobras that you keep in a box. And by golly, you never know when one might sink his fangs into your fingers when you peak inside the box.
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