The decapitated head of a snake is seen at a snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province in this June 15, 2011 file photo. Cobras, vipers and pythons are everywhere in Zisiqiao, aptly known as the snake village, where the reptiles are deliberately raised for use as food and in traditional medicine, bringing in millions of dollars to a village that otherwise would rely solely on farming. To match Reuters Life!
Yang Hongchang, boss of a snake rearing company, holds a snake at a snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province in this June 15, 2011 file photo. Cobras, vipers and pythons are everywhere in Zisiqiao, aptly known as the snake village, where the reptiles are deliberately raised for use as food and in traditional medicine, bringing in millions of dollars to a village that otherwise would rely solely on farming. To match Reuters Life!
Yang Hongchang, boss of a snake rearing company, extracts venom from a snake at the snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province in this June 15, 2011 file photo
Yang Hongchang, boss of a snake rearing company, holds snakes at the snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province in this June 15, 2011 file photo.
Snake carcasses are left to air-dry to be made into medicine at the snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province in this June 15, 2011 file photo. Cobras, vipers and pythons are everywhere in Zisiqiao, aptly known as the snake village, where the reptiles are deliberately raised for use as food and in traditional medicine, bringing in millions of dollars to a village that otherwise would rely solely on farming. To match Reuters Life!
Dead snakes are preserved in jars at a snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province in this June 15, 2011 file picture. Cobras, vipers and pythons are everywhere in Zisiqiao, aptly known as the snake village, where the reptiles are deliberately raised for use as food and in traditional medicine, bringing in millions of dollars to a village that otherwise would rely solely on farming. To match Reuters Life!
