A man tragically took his own life by allowing his own serpents to bite him until he drowned and suffocated in his own blood in scenes "like a horror movie".

Authorities discovered Marius Joubert, 28, had been illegally importing exotic animals, and had around 60 of the creatures in his home, when police arrived last year. A source close to the investigation said: "The venom is both a neurotoxin and a cytotoxin which means it shut down his lungs and suffocated him and also caused severe bleeding and destroyed his body tissues. ‌".

"It was an extremely painful and horrific way to end his life and it took about 9 hours from the bite to collapse and another 3 hours for the snake's venom to kill him."

The security guard suffered the gruesome death following his arrest in South Africa. The t

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