The Gold Coast Bulletin

Suicide by snake bite

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A SPURNED husband broadcast his death live online after allowing his venomous pet snake to bite him.

Reptile expert Arslan Valeev, 31, was seen going to his black mamba’s cage then showing the camera a bite on his hand. It is widely considered the world’s deadliest snake.

Mr Valeev from St Petersburg, Russia, and ex-wife Katya Pyatyzhkin­a had hundreds of thousands of followers for their YouTube channels about snakes.

After the bite he said: “Pass on to Katya I loved her very much.”

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