snakefarm

=Our Visit to the Red Cross Snake Farm= As part of our study of rain forests, we visited the the Red Cross Snake Farm earlier this year. We had a great day learning about all of the different types of venomous and non-venomous snakes that are found in Thailand and other parts of the world. We learned how snakes play a very important part in protecting our environment and help keep rats and other pests in check.

Our day started with a bus trip downtown, and as soon as we entered the snake farm, we were greeted by some very big pythons. It did not take us long to find the king cobras, mangrove snakes, and even some water snakes! When the new museum opened, that is when things got really exciting. We had a chance to see dozens of snakes in their enclosures and even saw two cobras being milked for their venom. The venom is used to help produce anti-venom, an antidote for snake bites. There were displays of a snake's life cycle, samples of snake skin, pickled snakes in long glass bottles, and even baby snakes in eggs that were waiting to hatch.


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 * [[image:IMG_0282.jpg width="115" height="171" align="center" caption="Okay, who didn't put away their King Cobra?"]] || [[image:IMG_0510.jpg width="115" height="173" align="center" caption="King Cobra - Profile"]] || [[image:IMG_0317.jpg width="115" height="171" align="center" caption="A knot of Kraits"]] ||  ||