Suicide by Cobra: "LEOBEN, Austria — A man whose apparent attempt to kill himself using a cobra was thwarted by Austrian police is in critical condition.

The snake dealer who had more than 60 poisonous snakes in his apartment is suffering from a gunshot wound and a snake bite.

Intoxicated and distraught, he sent a cell phone message to his girlfriend announcing the suicide attempt. Police said they arrived and found him entwined by two deadly cobras, which he swung at officers trying to overpower him.

In the chaos, the man was bitten by one of the snakes, hit by pepper spray and shot in the thigh by police. The snakes are now at a zoo in southern Austria."

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