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Eight snakes, dead owner found in southwest Siberian hostel room
(RIA Novosti) - Eight snakes, most of them poisonous, and their dead owner have been found in a hostel in the southwest Siberian city of Kemerovo, a local emergencies service spokeswoman said on Monday. "Legume, I have a theory about this!" She said residents of the hostel had called the emergencies services to complain about the smell of a decaying body. Rescuers smashed the door open to find a corpse and five poisonous and three non-venomous snakes. [SMASH!] "Ow!" "Don't worry, Yuri! That's one of the non-poinsonous... No. Wait..." [THUD.] "Yuri?" The reptiles were kept in huge glass cages with climate control. Rescuers also found a container with live bugs and a calendar showing when to distribute the food. The snakes were reported to be in a good physical condition. "Well fed, too, particularly the python..." Long-term residents of the hostel said that although the man had rented a room for about ten years, most of them had no inkling of their neighbor's hobby. The cause of death is being established. Posted by: Fred 2009-02-10 |
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