A blogger who died from a black mamba bite lived for several years in a basement with snakes. Video: Arslan Valeyev died from a black mamba bite Blogger Valeyev died from a snake bite

I love YouTube: there is a lot of useful information, and it’s interesting to follow some people’s video blogs. One of my subscriptions is the BobCat channel, on which the spouses Katya and Arslan posted videos of their tame lynx Hannah, and then two more domestic lynxes Martin and Umka, and also often conducted live broadcasts - streams. And now Arslan is no more.

To say that I am shocked by this news is to say nothing. The worst thing is that there is already a sea of videos on YouTube where the relationship between Katya and Arslan is discussed up and down and subscribers are encouraged to discuss it, and most importantly, they talk out loud about whether Arslan’s death was an accident or a suicide.
Now let's talk about everything in order.

Snakes, lynxes and love

I subscribed to the BobCat channel 11 months ago. Then Arslan already had his own YouTube channel “Private Exotarium”, on which he talked about reptiles, because he has been keeping and breeding them at home for more than 20 years. But reptiles were not too interesting to me, but lynxes - they are cute and funny. Everyone loves cats, even if they are big ones. Katya and Arslan lived in a private house near St. Petersburg, built enclosures in their yard, and kept a real lynx kitten in the house. Since the kitten was taken from its mother on the third day after birth, it grew up absolutely tame, very affectionate and sociable. Hannah grew up and moved from home to her own enclosure. Two more lynxes soon settled in Arslan and Katya’s yard: the tame, but not wild, Martin and the almost tame Umka. Arslan and Katya several times organized large-scale streams like “Night in an enclosure with a lynx” or a whole day in an enclosure with lynxes.

Watching the streams and regularly released videos was incredibly interesting. It’s not that I’m very interested in the peculiarities of keeping large wild cats in a private home, I just somehow got used to Hannah and her owners.

I never liked Katya. There seems to be nothing so repulsive about her, but for some reason she aroused and continues to arouse antipathy. Arslan, a comrade who was not at all attractive from the point of view of the canons of beauty, just aroused sympathy. In the spring of this year, the guys announced that they were separating and moving away. Katya took a couple of cats and moved to a rented apartment 15 minutes from Arslan’s house. Arslan was left with lynxes, dogs, the cat Missa, and his extensive collection of snakes. Soon he got himself a little puppy. Everyone, as one, said that Arslan and his new pet were very similar.

Who would have imagined?..

Then, like a bolt from the blue, photographs of the beatings inflicted by Arslan appeared on Katya’s Instagram. It seems like he waylaid her near the apartment and beat her. It was impossible to see any serious traces of beatings on the small screens of smartphones or large screens of tablets. A pimple on the neck and two tiny abrasions on the back - that’s all the “beatings”. Katya went to the doctors, they diagnosed a concussion and gave her a certificate. What started in the comments! I read everything and monitored the situation. Arslan is a unique person. In Russian speaking, a classic nerd with an inferiority complex. Just two years ago, when he and Katya got married, he was the most happy man on earth, he said that he met the only one who was the whole universe for him. The happiness was short-lived. Somehow Arslan found out that Katya was cheating on him, found out how long ago and with whom. Could he have beaten her? Rather yes than no. Even the most calm person there is a limit to patience. Did he actually do it? More likely no than yes. Did Katya really cheat on him? I don’t even doubt that I cheated, but no one held a candle. All this is conjecture and speculation.

Time passed. Streams began to happen much more often. Sometimes there were three a day: first on the “Private Exotarium” Arslan talked about some kind of snake, then on BobCat he showed a puma, and then he went to Instagram and cooked some food there or simply communicated with subscribers. Of course, when your entire social circle is limited to animals, and you see people a couple of times a week and even then not always, you want to talk. Man is a social being. Since the lack of real communication, apparently Arslan, went entirely into virtual communication. He spoke himself and answered questions completely real people on the other side of the screen.

Trouble has come - open the gate

It was clear that Arslan was depressed and that he was damn tired. It is not easy to maintain such a large farm alone. It was necessary to clean up the snakes in time, and to devote time to the lynxes, and to nurse the pupena. At first, Arslan bottle-fed the cougar every few hours, then spent the whole day in the veterinary clinic because his new pet had digestive problems, then the puma's ridiculous fall from the sofa and major surgery on his little paw, the medicine by the hour.

But everything began to improve more or less. Although it was clear that Arslan was being thrown from side to side. Either he is cheerful, jokes and laughs, then his ears wither from his tediousness, then he is depressed, drunk and says evil words about his ex-wife. On last week I watched several of Arslan's streams. He decided that cooking would be his new hobby, because he had never cooked anything more complicated than pasta and sausages. First, he cooked borscht live under the advice of the audience, the next day he baked oatmeal cookies, then he swung at the Napoleon cake.

On Saturday I had guests, and although I saw the notification pop up about the start of the stream, I did not join. On that day, a tragedy occurred live, but I found out about it only 5 days later. The day before yesterday morning, I received a notification on my phone from YouTube about the appearance of a new video on BobCat with the title “Clarification of the situation regarding animals.” I thought that they would talk about where, when and at what price the cats were bought, and analyze the difficulties of keeping them at home. In the evening, when it was found free time, I watched a video that said that “the heirs will have access to communicate with animals.” It seemed to me that I had misheard. What are the heirs? What are we even talking about? The previous videos and recommended materials in the right column of the player on YouTube explained everything to me. For several hours I simply could not believe what had happened. To be honest, I still don’t believe it until now. The recording of the broadcast was deleted by YouTube; fragments of it remained with some subscribers, but when they try to post the recording again, it is almost immediately deleted due to the naturalistic nature of the content. I downloaded the video with a duration of 7:09. Next I describe the events according to the timing of this video.

Death of Arslan Valeev: stream by seconds

On September 23, Arslan Valeev began a previously announced broadcast on YouTube, the main character which was to become the black mamba - one of the most dangerous snakes not only in the collection of this herpetologist, but in the world in general. Arslan was sad, judging by his appearance, he either hadn’t slept for more than a day, or had a cold: he looked tired, his eyes were shining (many subscribers are sure that he was very drunk, and his mother’s opinion is further in this post). The cat Missa is licking herself in the background; the little pup is not visible in the frame. Arslan silently looks at the camera, apparently reading the comments.

00:36 Greets subscribers.
00:39 He says, sighing heavily: “Well, guys, it’s time to do what needs to be done,” and smiles bitterly.
00:58 Answers the question from the comments “The broadcast has moved, yes.” Steps out of frame.
01:42 On background you can hear: “Aw... Let me go. Let me go. It hurts. Well done, you killed me. I’ll go broadcast.”
01:59 Arslan says: “I’ll die like this,” and returns to the computer.

It is clear that Arslan almost immediately felt pain; it becomes difficult for him to breathe.

02:28 “I’ll just stay with you a little,” Arslan says to his viewers.
02:42 “If anything, there’s an entry on the phone for Katya”
02:59 “Just reading your messages”
03:14 Arslan’s eyelids began to tremble and his eyes closed.
03:42 Every breath comes with great difficulty
03:46 Sound signal about the received donation (money transfer to the owner of the broadcast from the viewer) prompted Arslan to open his eyes for a moment.
03:49 "Tell Katya that I loved her very much"
04:01 Arslan shows his right hand to the camera, where index finger bite marks and a drop of blood are visible. "Beauty, huh?" - Arslan asks.
04:04 Arslan swallows with difficulty and says: “Wow, what a…”
04:15 “Bye everyone,” Arslan says goodbye, for a while he gathers his strength to get out of his chair, breathing heavily.
04:44 “I can’t even believe that all this is happening to me”
05:15 Arslan dictates the number cell phone“This is Katya’s phone. If someone gets through to me, if she manages to get to me, at least see me, I would be glad. But in fact, I’m already dying.”
05:36 "Goodbye... But Katya would be glad to see... It's fucking shaking."

Arslan sits in front of the camera, but it is clear that all his strength is spent just to continue breathing.

06:39 He shows his hands to the camera. Fingers cramped, right hand noticeably swollen.
06:41 Arslan gets up from his chair, turns on the water in the bathroom for a few seconds, and then, apparently, leaves the room.

5 minutes until death

5 minutes. Just 5 minutes from a bite to almost complete paralysis. Arslan managed to go outside, reach the gate, where he fell to the ground and began to wait for help. In Russia, doctors will not be able to save a life after a black mamba bite. Immediately after the bite, within literally a few minutes, an antidote must be administered, otherwise death is inevitable. But you need to be sure of the dosage of the antidote and that the person is definitely not allergic to the components of the drug. Arslan spoke about this many times in interviews with journalists, as well as in videos on the “Private Exotarium”.

Black mamba venom contains fast-acting cardio and neurotoxins. In one bite, the snake injects 100-400 mg of poison, for an adult lethal dose 10-15 mg is enough.

Here's what they write about the consequences of a black mamba bite on Wikipedia:

In many documentaries and articles say that the black mamba, like a shark, does not seek to attack a person and does this only when necessary - when it is provoked. Arslan could not help but know this. He also could not “forget” about precautions, for example, about a thick glove, which he repeatedly wore when working in front of the camera with dangerous snakes.

Arslan was taken to the hospital. Doctors put him into a medically induced coma, but alas... Around noon on September 25, Arslan Valeev died. The man died, but then a large-scale Internet squabble began, which was, in fact, to be expected.

The BobCat channel has 275 thousand subscribers. The "Private Exotarium" has 249 thousand. Some of these people subscribe to both channels. The stream with the black mamba bite was watched by about 600 people. Arslan and Katya may have been known in the online community, but mainly to those who love exotic snakes and wild cats. I myself noticed that rapid growth the number of subscribers on the channels fell between streams where Arslan said something negative about Katya, or she published something on her Instagram about Arslan. In general, people were interested not only and not so much in animals, but in the personal lives of two adults. So sometimes I wanted to slap some commentators and stream viewers on the forehead, slap them on the forehead and scribble on the same forehead: get away from people, it’s none of your business - their relationships are boring you with your questions. But no, everyone wants to ask for the millionth time. Did Katya and Arslan divorce or not, and when, and why, and why, and definitely divorced?..

In pursuit of sensation

On September 25, just a few hours after Arslan passed away, journalists literally did not allow his sister access. On the same day, the death of the herpetologist was commented on by the host of the program “In the Animal World” Nikolai Drozdov, with whom Arslan was familiar. During these 5 days, a little more than a dozen different videos were posted on YouTube with plots of information programs of various TV channels, with excerpts from radio broadcasts...

A news presenter on one TV channel said in a summary of the story that “Arslan Valeev was known for playing with wild animals on Internet broadcasts.” In the story itself, the journalist says that the black mamba, it turns out, needs to be very angry for it to attack. Yeah, just to the point of hysteria and nervous breakdown bring it, well, yes, of course. Do they at least sometimes think with their heads when they write texts for their stories? Make you angry... It’s good that you don’t upset, don’t offend, don’t make you laugh, don’t make you ashamed - or force you to show any other purely human emotions.

In another television company, a journalist reports that Arslan “died live in front of thousands of subscribers” - well, if 600 and thousands of subscribers are the same thing, then excuse me, you get a bad mark in mathematics. The expert gives a comment and says that when a black mamba bites, it injects about 20 lethal doses, and in the running line below they already write about 200 lethal doses. And the psychiatrists, who are also asked to comment on the situation, are great! The diagnosis is made not even over the phone, but through retellings. “This man’s condition apparently was close to severe depression, leading to demonstrative behavior and completed suicide.”

Every first journalist called Arslan a herpeNtologist, although the correct word would be a herpetologist.

Surprisingly, the NTV story caused the least negativity in me. Only they showed the exact address in vain...

On the death of Arslan Valeev Investigative Committee By Leningrad region inspection has begun. The herpetologist’s friends promise to continue running channels on YouTube. Collection of dangerous poisonous snakes(slightly less than 300 copies), some of which cost several thousand dollars, were taken by Arslan’s father, with the assistance of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to a closed serpentarium for scientific research. The man openly tells reporters:

“Private collections, especially of poisonous snakes, are illegal. And there is not a single legal snake brought to Russia that is poisonous. It’s all smuggled goods. So you say, private hands... The fight is on! This fight is on to own. They are quite expensive..."

Katya and Arslan's mother were going to fight for the snakes. In one of the interviews, Katya, dramatically adjusting her glasses, says that Arslan’s death was an accident, because “he is a professional.” The mother is also surprisingly calm. In one of the telephone interviews, she suggested that during the fatal broadcast, Arslan was under the influence of sedatives and, due to lethargy and poor reaction, could not avoid the bite. I don’t understand how you can give an interview so calmly when someone close to you has died, when your SON has died! Rumor has it that the mother of the deceased believes in Buddha and sincerely believes that her son is now in the best of all possible worlds

Pumenok and cat Missa now live with Arslan’s ex-wife Katya; the lynxes are in the Sirin center for the rehabilitation of wild animals. The dogs were taken by their former owners. Question with unique collection the snake remains open for now. Arslan's friends ask not to panic, there is a problem, it is in the process of being resolved, and talk and scandals will not help.

freedom of speech

In general, everything revolves around two topics:
1. Was Arslan’s death an accident or a deliberate suicide against the backdrop of protracted depression from unhappy love?
2. Who will get the collection of expensive and extremely dangerous snakes and what will they do? new owner with this collection: will it sell for big money, continue Arslan’s work, or sacrifice it to science?

Hundreds of thousands of comments, sometimes very aggressive... Opposite opinions, but they come down to one of the sides I indicated in the very wording of the question. People are either black or white...

I still can’t believe that Arslan Valeev died from a black mamba bite. Yes, I didn’t know him, never talked or corresponded, but for a whole year I watched at least one video a week with his participation, at least 2-3 live broadcasts a month. When I first found out about his death the night before yesterday, my first thought was: “Come on, this is fake! Allegedly, “death” on air is a risky, but bold way to attract subscribers.” Then I looked at the recording of that terrible stream and a second thought came: “Lord, please, let this be fake, let us in a day, two, a month, find out that it was a brilliant acting game, and laugh at the effect produced.” Yesterday I spent the whole day racking my brains over the first question I formulated, today – over the second.

I sat down to write this post and was sure that by the end of writing I would definitely be able to answer both of these questions, or rather, formulate my personal opinion. And so I finish the post and I don’t care at all why Arslan allowed the mamba to bite and where his numerous snakes will be sent.

The man is gone. Good/bad, right/wrong - it doesn't matter. Just a week ago he was uploading videos, posting photos and responding to comments, and then he practically died live: in front of hundreds of people. How scary this is, Lord! This is how you watch an entertaining video and see how your breathing gradually slows down, your eyes roll back, your hands cramp...

Bloggers of various sizes have already started making videos so as not to miss trend "Arslan Valeev bite mamba stream". Some call him Valiev, some Arsen... People spend tens of minutes analyzing the views and behavior of this or that participant in history, expressing fake condolences to their relatives (who, I am sure, have a particularly violet look at the semi-literate aunt from Nerezinovsk with 3 thousand subscribers, painted like a circus clown) and they cannot even remember and correctly write the name of the person they are talking about.

Meanwhile, the person is no longer there. No, well, we will all die someday. And it’s not a fact that from illness or old age, it could be planned or by accident. Did Arslan understand what he was doing and how he looked in the eyes of the audience? Did the viewers participating in that ill-fated stream, who watched it in real time and not in the recording, understand what was happening? Do we people understand that some of the most terrible predictions of science fiction writers have become reality: people are dying on screens, live, before our eyes...

PS: Science and technology have developed at a particularly rapid pace in the last 25 years. According to statistics, this rise will continue for some time, and then there will be a sharp decline, a crisis. So how many more new technologies will enter our lives during this rise? How many more people will we know and love without ever meeting or interacting with them? In what ways will our friends and acquaintances communicate with us in 10-20 years: by the power of thought, by scanning the retina, or by electronic encrypted protocols? How many

When we hear the word “lake”, a picture appears in our imagination - a wonderful place to relax, where you can swim and fish. However, this is not always the case. Some lakes inspire fear and horror. And there are reasons for this.

Lake Pustoe (Russia)

Its location is the Kuznetsk Alatau region located in Western Siberia. Lake Pustoe is a fresh and environmentally friendly reservoir of continental origin, because it completely lacks chemical substances. Many scientists have repeatedly conducted studies of water from the lake, which have never confirmed the presence of any toxic components in it.

The lake has clean water, which is suitable for drinking and resembles champagne, since it is dominated by completely safe bubbles of natural gases. However, researchers were unable to determine the reason why there was no fish in the lake.

In the vicinity of Lake Empty there has never been environmental disasters and emergency technical incidents that pollute the reservoir. By chemical composition its water is no different from the nearest reservoirs of the reserve, characterized by an abundance of fish resources. Moreover, the reservoir feeds several fresh, clean reservoirs in the vicinity; the fact that there is fish in them will add special mystery to what is happening in these dreams.

There have been several attempts to introduce unpretentious fish species such as pike, perch and crucian carp into the reservoir. Each of them ended in failure, the fish died, the aquatic plants rotted. And today there is no grass or birds on the banks of the reservoir, there are no fish or fry in the water, the lake guards its mysteries.

Why are there no fish in the lake?

Samples from the Kuznetsk reservoir were studied by chemists from the USA, Great Britain and Germany. However, no one was able to put forward a sensible version explaining the lack of fish in the reservoir. Scientists are not yet able to answer the questions of ordinary people about what is happening to the Kuznetsk reservoir.

However, scientists repeat attempts to explain the extraordinary phenomenon of Empty Lake with enviable frequency. Visit the shores unusual lake there are many people interested, tourists come here and stay overnight. Some of them dream of touching the mystery of nature and unraveling it.

Lake of Death (Italy)

Our world is amazing and beautiful, its nature can be endlessly admired and enjoyed. But besides this, there are places on our Earth that sometimes lead us to bewilderment. Among such places is the Lake of Death on the island of Sicily. This lake can be considered one of the phenomena and unique natural phenomena. The name itself suggests that this lake is deadly for all living things. Any living organism that gets into this lake will inevitably die.

This lake is the most dangerous on our planet. The lake is absolutely lifeless and there are no living organisms in it. The shores of the lake are deserted and lifeless; nothing grows here. Everything is connected with the fact that any Living being, which falls into aquatic environment, dies immediately. If a person decides to swim in this lake, he will literally dissolve in the lake in a few minutes.

When information about this place appeared in the scientific world, a scientific expedition was immediately sent there to study this phenomenon. The lake revealed its secrets with great difficulty. Water analyzes showed that the lake’s aquatic environment contains a large amount of concentrated sulfuric acid. Scientists were not immediately able to figure out where the sulfuric acid comes from in the lake. Scientists have put forward several hypotheses about this.

The first hypothesis stated that at the bottom of the lake there are rocks that, when washed away by water, become enriched with acid. But further study of the lake showed that at the bottom of the lake there are two sources that release concentrated sulfuric acid. This explains why any organic matter dissolves in the lake.

Dead Lake (Kazakhstan)

There is an anomalous lake in Kazakhstan that attracts the attention of many people. It is located in the Taldykurgan region, the village of Gerasimovka. Its dimensions are not large, only 100x60 meters. This body of water is called Dead. The fact is that there is nothing in the lake, neither algae nor fish. The water there is unusually icy.

Low temperature There is water left even when there is intense sunshine outside. People drown there all the time. For some unknown reason, scuba divers begin to choke after three minutes of diving. Locals do not advise anyone to go there, and they themselves avoid this anomalous place.

Blue Lake (Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia)

Blue karst abyss in Kabardino-Balkaria. Not a single river or stream flows into this lake, although it loses up to 70 million liters of water every day, but its volume and depth do not change at all. The blue color of the lake is due to the high content of hydrogen sulfide in the water. There are no fish here at all.

What makes this lake creepy is the fact that no one has been able to figure out its depth. The fact is that the bottom consists of an extensive system of caves. Researchers have still not been able to figure out what it is lowest point this karst lake. It is believed that under the Blue Lake is the largest system of underwater caves in the world.

Boiling Lake (Dominican Republic)

The name speaks for itself. Located in the beautiful Caribbean of Dominica, this lake is actually the second largest natural hot spring on earth. The temperature of the water in the boiling lake reaches 90 degrees Celsius and there is hardly anyone who wants to test the temperature of the source on their own skin. Just look at the photographs and it becomes clear that the water here is practically boiling. The temperature cannot be regulated because it is the result of a crack in the bottom of the lake through which hot lava erupts.

Lake Powell (USA)

After ruling out all possible diseases, scientists decided that the trees were suffocating from excessive levels carbon dioxide, slowly seeping through the earth from underground chambers of cooling magma. In 2006, three tourists took refuge in a cave near the lake and suffocated from carbon dioxide.

Lake Karachay (Russia)

Located in beautiful Ural mountains Russia, this dark blue lake is one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world. During a secret government project, the lake was used as a dumping ground for many years beginning in 1951. radioactive waste.

This place is so toxic that a 5-minute visit can make a person sick, and a longer visit of an hour is guaranteed to be fatal. During a drought in 1961, the wind carried toxic dust that affected 500,000 people - a tragedy comparable to atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima. It is definitely one of the most polluted places on Earth.

Lake Kivu (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Lake Michigan (Canada)

The shape of Lake Michigan makes it particularly susceptible to dangerous currents that arise spontaneously and abruptly. The lake becomes more dangerous in the fall, October and November, when sudden and significant changes in water and air temperatures occur. The height of the waves can reach several meters.

Mono Lake (USA)

This is a scandalous destruction natural resources continued for almost 50 years and when it was stopped in 1990, Mono Lake had already lost half its volume and its salinity had doubled. Mono has become a toxic alkaline lake filled with carbonates, chlorides and sulfates. Los Angeles has decided to correct its mistake, but the restoration project will take decades.

Lake Manoun (Cameroon)

Lake Nyos (Cameroon)

Natron (Tanzania)

Lake Natron in Tanzania not only kills its inhabitants, but also mummifies their bodies. On the shores of the lake there are mummified flamingos, small birds, the bats. The creepiest thing is that the victims freeze in natural poses with their heads raised. It was as if they froze for a moment and remained that way forever. The water in the lake is bright red due to the microorganisms living in it, closer to the shore it is already orange, and in some places it is a normal color.

The evaporation of the lake scares away large predators, and the absence natural enemies attracts a huge number of birds and small animals. They live on the banks of the Natron, reproduce, and after death they are mummified. A large number of hydrogen contained in water and increased alkalinity promote the release of soda, salt and lime. They prevent the remains of the inhabitants of the lake from decomposing.

There are few things as fresh and soothing as the clear water of a lake. Beautiful lakes delight and beckon, and the thrill of diving into deep, calm water is incomparable to anything in the world. But just as there are many beautiful, seductive gifts of nature in the world, there are just as many lakes representing mortal danger. This danger lies in creatures hiding in the depths, in poisonous gases and radiation, and other harmful factors. Sometimes such lakes appear due to human fault, but often they are the result of the work of Mother Nature. I present to you a selection of the most dangerous lakes in the world.

Boiling Lake

The name speaks for itself. Located in Dominica, a beautiful Caribbean island, this lake is actually the second largest natural hot spring on earth. The temperature of the water in the boiling lake reaches 90 degrees Celsius and there is hardly anyone who wants to test the temperature of the source on their own skin. Just look at the photographs and it becomes clear that the water here is practically boiling. The temperature cannot be regulated because it is the result of a crack in the bottom of the lake through which hot lava erupts.

Lake Powell

Despite its common name (Horseshoe), located near the town of Mammoth Lakes, Lake Powell is a terrifying killer. The city of Mammoth Lakes was built on top of an active volcano, which is not the best location. However, for many years the lake was considered safe. But about 20 years ago, the trees around Horseshoe suddenly began to dry out and die. After ruling out all possible diseases, scientists decided that the trees were being suffocated by excessive levels of carbon dioxide slowly seeping through the ground from underground chambers of cooling magma. In 2006, three tourists took refuge in a cave near the lake and suffocated from carbon dioxide.

Lake Karachay

Located in Russia's beautiful Ural Mountains, this deep blue lake is one of the most dangerous bodies of water in the world. During a secret government project, the lake was used as a dump site for radioactive waste for many years beginning in 1951. This place is so toxic that a 5-minute visit can make a person sick, and a longer visit of an hour is guaranteed to be fatal. During a drought in 1961, the wind carried toxic dust that affected 500,000 people - a tragedy comparable to the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is definitely one of the most polluted places on Earth.

Lake Kivu

This lake is located on the border between Democratic Republic Congo and Rwanda, with large layers of carbon dioxide at the base of the volcanic rock, as well as 55 billion cubic meters of methane at the bottom. This explosive combination makes Lake Kivu the deadliest of the world's three explosive lakes. Any earthquake or volcanic activity could pose a lethal threat to the 2 million people living in this region. They can die from both methane explosions and carbon dioxide suffocation.

Lake Michigan

Of the five Great Lakes on the border of Canada and the United States, Lake Michigan is the deadliest. The warm, attractive lake is a popular holiday destination for many tourists, despite its dangerous underwater currents, which claim at least several lives every year. The shape of Lake Michigan makes it particularly susceptible to dangerous currents that arise spontaneously and abruptly. The lake becomes more dangerous in the fall, October and November, when sudden and significant changes in water and air temperatures occur. The height of the waves can reach several meters.

Mono Lake

One of the most developed ecosystems in the world, Mono Lake is located in the county of the same name in California. This ancient salt lake has no fish, but trillions of bacteria and small algae thrive in its unique waters. Until 1941 this strikingly beautiful lake was healthy and strong. But Los Angeles, which was just beginning its giant growth spurt, stepped in. The city drained the tributaries of the lake, which began to dry up. This scandalous destruction of natural resources continued for almost 50 years and when it was stopped in 1990, Mono Lake had already lost half its volume and its salinity had doubled. Mono has become a toxic alkaline lake filled with carbonates, chlorides and sulfates. Los Angeles has decided to correct its mistake, but the restoration project will take decades.
Lake Manun

Located in the Oku Volcanic Field in Cameroon, Lake Monoun appears to be a completely normal body of water. But its appearance is deceiving, as it is one of three explosive lakes on earth. In 1984, Monun exploded without warning, releasing a cloud of carbon dioxide and killing 37 people. Twelve of the dead were riding in a truck and stopped to watch the aftermath of the explosion. It was at this moment that the lethal gas did its job.

Lake Nyos

In 1986, Lake Nyos, located just 100 kilometers from Lake Monun, exploded following a magma eruption and released carbon dioxide, converting the water into carbonic acid. As a result of the massive landslide, the lake suddenly released a giant cloud of carbon dioxide, killing thousands of people and animals in local towns and villages. The tragedy was the first known major suffocation caused by natural phenomenon. The lake continues to pose a threat because its natural wall is fragile and even the slightest earthquake can destroy it.

Lake of the Ozarks

While Lake of the Ozarks may seem like a serene getaway with cool breezes and chirping birds, it's actually quite the opposite. Without any water security, large racing boats and cruisers rush through the territory at high speed, posing a deadly threat to smaller boats and swimmers. Accidents occur here every year. fatal. To make matters worse, E. coli colonies have been found here, partly due to a local restaurant dumping wastewater into the lake. Lake of the Ozarks is ranked as the third most dangerous waterway in America, behind Atlantic Ocean and the Colorado River.

The channel of the popular St. Petersburg blogger Arslan Valeev has hundreds of thousands of subscribers. A 32-year-old man talked in his public about big wild cats and exotic reptiles. Viewers could see Arslan walking a puma cub, or a cobra eating a white mouse. And the other day, subscribers to the public had to witness the death of a blogger. Valeev died in front of thousands of viewers during a live broadcast after being bitten by one of the most poisonous snakes on earth, a black mamba. For more than a day, doctors fought for the man’s life, but they could not save him.

Black mamba bite

Blogger Arslan Valeev became known to the public thanks to his channel about the life of exotic animals. The 32-year-old St. Petersburg resident told subscribers about big wild cats and poisonous snakes and showed their habits and habits. In the video, Valeev played with a puma cub, stroked a lynx and deftly handled boa constrictors and pythons, unraveling a tangle of snakes and distributing them in their places.

The blogger's live broadcasts were the most popular. On the night of September 23, Valeev again decided to go live with one of his favorite poisonous snakes - the black mamba. Arslan, as always, turned on the camera and went to take the snake out of the terrarium to move it to a special Plastic container for online broadcasts. The blogger has done this many times, but now something has gone wrong. When Arslan took the snake in his hands, it suddenly bit him. The man returned to the computer, showing a bite mark.

Challenge yourself ambulance the blogger could no longer do it - his hands were numb.

"I can't believe this is happening to me"

Some viewers at first decided that Valeev was joking with them, but the “prank” dragged on too long. Arslan was getting worse every second. At the same time, the blogger realized the tragedy of the situation, because he himself is an expert in keeping poisonous snakes with 20 years of experience.

When bitten by a black mamba medical care must be provided immediately. With every second lost, a person's chances of survival decrease. However, Arslan did not stop broadcasting and continued to communicate with viewers, asking them to contact his wife. “I’ll just stay with you a little,” said Valeev. “I can’t even believe that this is happening to me.” Tell Katya that I loved her very much. If she manages to drive up to me and see me, I would be glad. In fact, I'm already dying. Farewell".

Frightened viewers called an ambulance for the blogger. Valeev found the strength to go outside and wait there for the doctors to arrive. Arslan was urgently hospitalized. Doctors put the man into an artificial coma and fought for his life for more than a day, but they were unable to save the blogger. On the afternoon of September 25, Arslan Valeev died.

What will happen to the channel?

Now the fatal broadcast has already been deleted from the network, but viewers still cannot forget this last recording of Valeev. “His channel gave so much positivity!”, “Looks like a bad dream”, “How loved one lost,” viewers write on social networks.

The blogger's pets are under supervision. What will happen to Valeev’s projects is still unknown. It is possible that the channel about exotic animals will continue to be run by friends of the deceased man.

“On behalf of the immediate family, as well as the administration of Arslan Valeev’s resources, we express our deepest gratitude to all those who sincerely empathized during this difficult period and brought words of support to loved ones from Arslan’s social circle,” it is written on official page community "BobCat TV / Wild cats". - There are many questions about future fate resources, and we understand your concerns in this regard. On this moment There is no definite answer, but we, as Arslan’s mother, Katya and the absolute majority of viewers and subscribers, would like further development those projects that were part of life for Arslan.”

The incident with Valeev was not the first in a number of tragic cases involving exotic animal specialists. Thus, in 2006, the famous “crocodile hunter” Steve Irwin died from a blow to the chest from a poisonous stingray. The man's death was caught on film: the last moments of the Australian's life were filmed by a cameraman who was swimming behind him.

Russian Arslan Valeev, known to YouTube visitors for his broadcasts about animals, died from a poisonous snake bite. This was reported on the video blogger’s page. While there are suggestions that in this way Arslan Valeev wanted to attract attention and commit suicide.

Arslan Valeev - Russian video blogger from St. Petersburg, author of popular channels on Russian-language YouTube: "Private Exotarium"- on the popularization of terrarium animals (snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, amphibians, spiders, scorpions) and BobCat TV - about lynxes and other exotic animals. Arslan hosted the second channel together with his wife Ekaterina Valeeva (Pyatyzhkina).

On Saturday, September 23, during a live broadcast, Arslan Valeev talked about his recent separation from his wife and talked about death. For some time he disappeared from the camera's field of view, and when he returned, he said that he had been bitten by a poisonous snake - a black mamba. Next, the blogger dictated his wife’s number and asked to call her. After some time, Valeev lost consciousness on live television.

While there are suggestions that in this way Arslan Valeev wanted to attract attention and commit suicide. When he lost consciousness, subscribers to his channel called an ambulance, and the blogger was hospitalized. Unfortunately, around noon on September 25, he died without regaining consciousness. St. Petersburg Research Institute of Emergency Care named after. I. I. Dzhanelidze confirmed the death of Valeev.

The tragic event, as it turns out, was preceded by a major quarrel with his wife. According to one version, in Lately Valeev was very worried about the separation from his wife Ekaterina (they have not lived together for more than a year).

Two days before the tragedy, the young people filed an application for divorce with the registry office. The initiator was Catherine - allegedly Arslan raised his hand against her. The video blogger accused his wife of cheating and then allegedly attacked her.

Ekaterina reported the attack on Instagram, posting a photo and a medical examination.

Later, Valeev publicly apologized to his wife, but the reunion did not take place.
According to friends, on the night of September 23, the video blogger was slightly drunk. He went live, dictated Catherine’s phone number and stated that he would be glad to see her if she managed to arrive before his death. The young man announced that he was dying and said goodbye to everyone.

The first and only call to the ambulance in Vsevolzhsk (this is where Valeev lived) was registered on September 23 at 1.18. A certain girl called from the blogger's number. She introduced herself as a friend and asked the 03 doctors to urgently come to the house of her friend, who had been attacked by a snake. The young man, according to her, was in an inadequate state.

The doctors were about to rush to the call when the girl called back and canceled the call without explanation. Valeev, after consulting with friends, decided to get to the hospital on his own.

Friends took the blogger to the leading hospital in St. Petersburg - the Emergency Research Institute named after. I. I. Dzhanelidze. The patient was admitted to the toxic intensive care unit. Doctors fought for the patient’s life, but at 11:08 am on September 25, he died.

Arslan Valeev is a 32-year-old video blogger from the city of Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, known for his public page about cats BobCat TV and a video channel about snakes "Exotarium". During another experiment, he died from a snake bite.

The tragedy occurred on September 23, when Arslan took out a black mamba and a poisonous African snake bit him.

Several versions of the tragedy are widespread on the Internet. According to one of them, published by the blogger’s friends on social networks, Arslan announced a night broadcast on YouTube with one of his most favorite snakes - the mamba. Turning on the camera, as he regularly did before, he went to remove the snake from the terrarium to move it into a plastic container used for broadcasting. In the process of manipulating the snake, the bite was received.

Being a specialist in the field of terrariums and keeping poisonous snakes with twenty years of experience, Arslan realized what had happened and left a message to his wife Ekaterina, and also asked the spectators who were eyewitnesses to contact her by phone, as his hands began to quickly go numb. The blogger himself was unable to call an ambulance due to the rapid numbness of his limbs. He then went outside, waiting for help to arrive.

According to another version, according to the portal “Morning.

Lenta.ru reports that the incident was preceded by another loud quarrel between Valeev and his ex-wife due to jealousy. The girl reported on her Instagram about the attack: the blogger tracked her down and beat her, as evidenced by the posted ex-wife medical documents.

After the ex-wife’s statement, instead of posts about cats, revealing posts about the infidelities of the blogger’s ex-wife began to appear on the BobCat TV public page. The negative reaction of subscribers forced Valeev to withdraw the accusations of infidelity and publicly apologize.

Nevertheless ex-wife decided not to return to Valeev. Then, during his last stream, in front of thousands of viewers, he provoked a fatal dangerous snake sting yourself in the hand.

As many sources report, tragic video has already been deleted, but we managed to find a small fragment:

This African snake is very poisonous. At the same time, they were able to bring the victim back to life even without an antidote. He will tell you how this was done Ekaterina Ivanova.

Timur Shopovalov hides his face. Concerned about the mental health of his neighbors. They don’t even suspect who lives through the wall. The home-grown herpetologist has ten snakes in his collection. There are cobras and even a green mamba. Its bite is deadly. And so, the owner did not please her in some way.

The exotic lover assures that it is his own fault. Violated safety regulations. After the attack, I was not at a loss. He provided first aid to himself. I even had to cut out a piece of leather.

— Enlarged the wound, bled and went to the ambulance station, said Timur

Doctors gathered a whole council, because in Russia there is no antidote and it is not clear how to treat it. We studied the literature. The forecast is disappointing. Internal organs they refuse one after another... The patient was connected to a ventilator. The blood was put on filtration. On the verge of life and death, Shapovalov spent three days in intensive care.

— Considering that the snake is rare and extremely toxic, we decided to put the patient into medicinal sleep,— said toxicologist at City Clinical Hospital No. 7 Aliya Nasibulina.

This unique case will probably be included in textbooks. Experts do not believe that this is even possible. Vladimir Cherlin at one time also kept poisonous pets at home. For example, cobra doctor biological sciences I brought it back from a business trip. But fatal bite got it at work. The scientist was almost sent to the next world by a rattlesnake.

“This was the first time a snake bit me in a zoo in St. Petersburg. The hospitals didn’t know how to provide care at all,- says Doctor of Biological Sciences Vladimir Cherlin.

We tried everything we could. It took almost a year for treatment.

Poisonous snakes at home are like playing Russian roulette. Reptiles have a bad character. If they escape, they may attack. Predatory instinct - and there's nothing you can do about it. They are afraid to keep dangerous reptiles even in the zoo. Now there are no poisonous snakes in St. Petersburg. Officially. But in private collections you can find many interesting specimens. A blogger from St. Petersburg kept three hundred potential murderers. And he himself decided to die from the bite of a black mamba. Moreover, live. In such a non-trivial way, he decided to take revenge on his wife.

According to experts, anyone can be bought on the black market. Timur Shapovalov refused to name his supply channels. But he assured that he would quit the deadly hobby. Your health may not be enough for the second bite. But he still doesn’t know where to put the pets. It’s unlikely to just be handed over to good hands.

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Famous video blogger Arslan Valeev died from the bite of the most poisonous snake in the world - the black mamba.

This happened while he was broadcasting live on YouTube. He tried to get the snake out of the terrarium when it bit him. After this, realizing the seriousness of the situation, Arslan Valeev addressed the audience, asking them to report what had happened to him ex-wife and call the doctors. Doctors tried to save the blogger, but without the serum they could not do anything.

Many fans of the blogger hoped that what happened was actually a prank. But the joke turned into a terrible truth. The man actually became the victim of a black mamba bite. According to his subscribers, Valeev could have deliberately allowed the snake to bite him. They admit that the man decided to commit suicide in this way because he suffered due to separation from Katya.

After the death of a famous blogger, about 300 snakes were left unattended in his private house. It is unknown where to put them; the local zoo, closest to Vsevolozhsk, cannot accept them for its balance. And all due to the lack of antidotes and living conditions for poisonous pets.

Now Valeev’s mother is looking after them,” she talks about the situation after the death of the 47news blogger. “The police are trying to understand the situation and find a solution.”

Relatives of deceased blogger Arslan Valeev promise to return the snakes

However, it remains unclear who exactly took the reptiles from the house and where they are now.

300 snakes disappeared from a house in Vsevolozhsk; unknown persons took away almost all the reptiles. Serpentologist Arslan Valeev, who died from a black mamba bite, kept the snake in his house; he died in the hospital.

As the mother of blogger Darikha Nurkusheva said, when she arrived, the door leading to the site was open, and the door of the house was held on by a wire. In the serpentarium, out of several hundred snakes, only two pythons remained.

Relatives who arrived later talked to the mother of the deceased and said that they would give the snakes back. But where exactly they are now and who took them is unknown.

“This is the most ordinary dispute over an inheritance. In this case, the inheritance is snakes. Valeev had about three hundred reptiles, including rare individuals. And today, in fact, the mother of the deceased blogger and his wife were searching for the missing collection.”

Darikha Nurkushova does not enter her son’s house, but sneaks in, opening the house with a simple knife. Fortunately, the wire that was used to lock the door gives in easily. Then everything is like in a movie: a dark basement, empty terrariums. Only two boa constrictors remained. Darikha is worried that the rest of the snakes have been exterminated.

"Poisonous snakes. They believe that snakes are to blame for everything, and they appeared because of Katya. There were no poisonous snakes before.”
The mother of the deceased blogger supports his ex-wife and does not blame her for the tragedy. Despite the quarrels and divorce, they would still be together in the future, the woman believes. Catherine herself also came to the house. She feeds the lynxes, shows the alabai, pets the dog and tells how she would like to continue her husband’s work.

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Video blogger Arslan Valeev became famous thanks to his public page about big wild cats BobCat TV and the channel about snakes and other reptiles “Exotrium”. He received a bite from a poisonous reptile on live television. It is known that shortly before the transfer he quarreled with his wife.

The bite of a black mamba is fatal to humans if an antidote is not administered in time. The snake attacked Arslan Valeev live, writes MK.

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On the night of September 23, the blogger talked about the black mamba, and at some point it bit the presenter. Subscribers watching the online broadcast called an ambulance. Doctors took Arslan to the hospital in critical condition. The doctors did everything possible, but they could not save the naturalist.

It is reported that Valeev’s quarrel with his ex-wife left the blogger very upset. He was jealous of the girl, once even allegedly raised his hand against her (so, in any case, she claims, showing medical documents as evidence). Later, Arslan published a public appeal to Ekaterina Pyatizhkina in one of his groups, where he asked her forgiveness for everything he had done.

“I have apologized to you more than once. I have apologized publicly. I also apologize to the public, I am not a robot for cleaning up after animals and generating videos, I am a human, quite weak character“as it is,” the blogger wrote on air on the eve of his death.

The permanent TV presenter of the program “In the Animal World”, biologist Nikolai Drozdov commented on the tragedy. According to him, attention is dulled on live television, and the black mamba is a fast and merciless snake, REN TV reports.

“You lose attention on live television and get distracted by filming. It’s very dangerous. I was bitten by a snake only once; I was filmed by a viper; I spent time in the hospital. It’s better not to go on air with snakes. Mamba is very dexterous and fast, bites instantly,” said Drozdov.