[The Sun] A MALAYSIAN firefighter dubbed "the Snake Whisperer" has died after he was bitten by a giant cobra he was hunting.Abu Zarin Hussin, who has been bitten by his own pet King Cobras eight times, was 33 when he passed away in hospital. Hussin headed the King Cobra Squad of his local fire department, teaching his colleagues how to capture the reptiles without harming them.
His luck finally ran out when he was called out to a snake catching operation in Bentong, where he was fatally biten. Hussin rose to fame when he was pictured kissing a King Cobra, one of several 14ft snakes he claimed to play football and read bedtime stories with.
It emerged last year that Hussin had ended up in a coma twice over snake bites, yet had no intention of ever giving up his perilous pets.
A dreadfully slow learner.