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Man found dead at home with more than 100 snakes

A dead man and 124 snakes were found in a house in Charles County, Maryland
Many of the snakes were venomous including cobras and black mambas (Picture: NBC4/Getty)

A man was found dead with more than 100 snakes – some venomous – inside his home in Maryland.

The 49-year-old had not been seen for a day, prompting a neighbour to knock on the door before spotting him unconscious on the floor.

He was pronounced dead at the scene but the cause is still being determined by a medical officer, according to NBC Washington

When the police arrived they found tanks holding 124 snakes both venomous and non-venomous, including pythons, cobras, rattlesnakes and black mambas.

A dead man and 124 snakes were found in a house in Charles County, Maryland
The chief animal control officer had never encountered a collection this size (Picture: NBC4)
A dead man and 124 snakes were found in a house in Charles County, Maryland
The cause of the man’s death is currently unknown (Picture: NBC4)

Animal control officers called to the scene said each reptile appeared to have been cared for meticulously.

‘They were all very properly secured. They were racked. He did not keep a lot of furniture inside the home so there was no place if a snake, for example, were to escape, where it could hide or hurt anybody,’ a Charles County spokeswoman said.

She added: ‘Our chief animal control officer said in his more than 30 years of experience, he had not encountered this kind of thing before.’

The non-venomous snakes were to be taken to Virginia by a licensed handler while the venomous snakes were sent to North Carolina with a second licensed handler.

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