Ali Khan Samsudin, (January 3, 1958 – December 1, 2006 in Kuala Lumpur) was known as Malaysia's "snake king". He earned the title after living with 400 cobras, for 12 hours a day for 40 days, in a small room in the early 1990s. He also earned the title of "scorpion king" after his feat of living in a glass enclosure with 6,000 scorpions for 21 days which is listed in the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records. He had a protégé, Nur Malena Hassan, who has completed her own two record-breaking stunts and is now known as the "scorpion queen".