Sunday, February 22, 2009

Cobras and Pythons



In Mi Tho we went to visit the snake farm where they produce an antivenom medicine against cobra bites. The minute I stepped in the farm, I felt the presence of the cobras it was a beautiful farm whith mango trees and palm trees and some other wild plants. We saw hundreds of outdoor cages all around the part where the cobras were. We started to look at the different kinds of pythons. Some pythons were huge and long, but for the size of the reptiles the cages were too small. I was impressed with the different colors of pythons. Some were black and brown others were the color of the mud. The cobras got ready to attack if we got too close. Their head became wide and its stands his head. Some of the cobras had in their cages frogs and rats to eat. The cobras differ in color too, the black cobras were so shiny and had big scales. When leaving the farm we saw the big bottles of cobra whisky supposedly good for the health and other beliefs that the Vietnamese have.
I was told by the clerk in our hotel,to be careful when walking in the countryside because we could see them. He told me that cobras are eaten and are a very exquisite delicacy and people prefer to eat the skin because it is very tasty.

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