Ali Khan Samsuddin from Malaysia, who was popularly known as the ‘Snake King’ due to his daring acts with snakes and scorpions, allegedly died after a cobra bit him on the hand in 2006. His son, Amjad Khan is now continuing the legacy of his father’s snake and scorpion shows. He said that this trade has been passed down for five generations and he can’t imagine doing anything else in their life.
In 1997, the Snake King of Malaysia stayed in a glass box with more than 5,000 scorpions for 21 days. He also stayed with 400 snakes for 40 days. In over 25 years of his career, Ali Khan Samsuddin was bitten more than 99 times by a variety of snakes but never proved fatal enough to take his life. His last show allegedly took place in Kuala Lumpur when a cobra bit him on his hand.
After a show in Kuala Lumpur, Ali Khan Samsuddin called his son Amjad Khan and told him that a cobra had bitten him on his hand. As per media reports, the snake king has been hit by cobras three times in his life. However, a few nights after the bite by a cobra during his Kuala Lumpur show, Ali Khan started to feel sick and was admitted to a hospital as an emergency. Amjad Khan believes that his father succumbed to his injuries from the bite due to diabetes. “It might have made it harder for him to fight off the cobra’s poison” added Amjad Khan as the Daily Star report reported.
In a bid to continue the legacy, Amjad Khan reportedly kissed the same snake that killed his father- a king cobra- during a TV show called World’s Most Talented 2015. As per the report of Mail, Amjad Khan is now known as ‘The Snake Prince’ because of his ability to charm snakes with hypnotic techniques. He has been kissing the snakes with his father as a toddler. While speaking to the presenter, Laura Jackson of the show, Amjad Khan said that he was ten per cent scared of the King Cobra before the kiss due to his father’s death.
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