Snake Village; Booming Business Of Snake Farming In China
BY: SHIBRA ARSHAD
Zisiqiao villagers are pulling in hundreds of thousands of yuan a year and it's all because of snakes.
A step into the homes of any of the farming families here brings visitors eye-to-eye with thousands of snakes
Reptiles are deliberately raised for use as food and in traditional medicine, bringing in millions of dollars to a village.
170 Families of the village raises nearly 30 lakh snakes in a year.
Sleepy village nestled in the heart of vast farmland in China's eastern Zhejiang province hides a deadly secret.
A snake garden has been built in a village in Vietnam as well, where snakes are wrapped around the branches of trees.