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Snake Farm - Bangkok
So you want to pet a king cobra? Kiss a python? Dodge the curious head of a mangrove snake? Bangkok's snake farm offers all these forms of excitement and a bit more.
Now under the control of the handers the snake is milked
for venom and then fed. A skinless snake of unknown species is shoved
down its throat, but the snake doesn't seem to mind. All the cobras are put away and then a banded krait is shown for a few moments before being sent off. It's followed by a mangrove snake. Both the banded krait and the mangrove snake are highly venomous, however the mangrove snake is not at all aggressive (at least this one is) and it's taken around for another touching session. On several occasions the snake clearly moves within striking distance of several onlookers but does nothing more than stick its tongue out at them. Following the display of these venomous snakes, people are invited to have a python draped over them for a photo. The handlers request a 20-baht food donation for the privilege.
The snake shows are at 11 a.m. seven days a week and again at 2:30 p.m. Monday to Friday. There is a thirty-minute slide show presentation prior to the shows (10:30 and 2:00). There's also a museum showing a number of snakes bottled up in formaldehyde as well as some snake skins unrolled to their full lengths, eggs, and full-color wall photos of the different species found in Thailand. The snakes themselves are kept in enclosures on the grounds which people can have a look at before or after the show. Dual-pricing is in force here for no apparent good reason and admission is 70 baht for foreigners and 20 baht for Thais. The snake farm is on the grounds of the Thai Red Cross at the intersection of Henri Dunant (eastern terminus of Suriwong) and Rama IV. It's a very short walk from the Sala Daeng BTS Station if you walk down Thaniya Plaza and turn right at Suriwong. --------------------------------------------------------- All text and photographs © 1998 - 2006 Gordon Sharpless. Commercial or editorial usage without written permission of the copyright holder is prohibited. |
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