Japanese man seeking aid for snake bite arrested

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 | News with 1 Comment

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A Japanese man seeking medical attention for a venemous snake bite was taken into custody when it was discovered that the snake that poisoned him was only one of fifty-one illegal venemous snakes in the man’s collection. Legal hijinks ensued.

Nobukazu Kashiwagi, a 41-year-old port worker, was bitten on his finger by an eastern green mamba as he tried to feed it.

The eastern green mamba is a highly venomous southeast African snake. Kashiwagi also had another of the world’s deadliest snakes, a six-foot, four-inch long black mamba.