Green mamba
© AFP/File Johanna Leguerre TOKYO (AFP) - Nobukazu Kashiwagi, a 41-year-old port worker, was arrested for keeping the dangerous reptiles without proper permission, police told AFP.
His secret got out after he was bitten by an eastern green mamba, a highly venomous southeast African snake among the 51 he kept.
He called an ambulance and was rushed to hospital where he briefly lost consciousness, Jiji Press said, adding he was arrested after returning home.
Media reports said a woman had earlier complained about being bitten by a snake after visiting the man in the trendy Shibuya area.
Kashiwagi's collection included a 1.9-metre (six-foot, four-inch) long black mamba, another of the world's most deadly snakes, as well as rats to feed his pets, the reports said.
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