It is not uncommon for people, especially in China, to make a meal out of snakes. While doing so, Chef Peng Fan lost his life. The chef, who is from Foshan City in Guangdong province of South China, was preparing a soup from the meat of an Indonesian spitting cobra. This is a very popular soup in China and can be found in many restaurants.

Chef Peng beheaded the cobra and went on to make the soup for 20 minutes. After the soup was complete, the chef went on to clean the kitchen. The head of the snake was not used in the making of the soup so he was putting it in with the rest of the trash. It was then that he was bitten by the snake.

A guest at the restaurant was having dinner with his wife when he says suddenly there was commotion and an ambulance was called for. Unfortunately the medical team was too late as Chef Peng died before the team arrived.

Police have stated that this was an unusual case and nothing could have been done to save him without doctors. However, experts have shown that a reptile is usually able to continue making reactive movements even up to an hour after they are killed. In this case, as it was a poisonous spiting cobra, the venom can kill within 30 minutes.

While snakes have proven to be dangerous in many cases, including the case of the cheating man who was bitten, they have also proved useful. People have also turned snakes into a very lucrative business.

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Entrepreneurs in struggling nations have been coming up with innovative business ideas. Such is the case with the snake breeding business.No its not what you think. Many are quick to associate snakes with witchcraft but this is not the case this time.

Snake breeders keep a number of snakes that they tame. They then export these snakes to Europe where each snake is bought for 60 euros or more.

Why would people buy snakes, you may ask.

Speaking to the media, Deo Nzigiyimama a Burundi snake breeder, broke down the business model. He said the following:

“We make bags and belts. When we collect the snakes from the forest, we put each one in its cage, we take care of their cleanliness. In Europe, a snake can cost 60 euros. If you have 100 heads, it’s a business”

In addition to all of the above, snake meat is another way Nzigiyimama generates income from the business. He even encouraged youths to start this business. As he has been running the business for a while, he has already seen the fruits of his labour. The business has also attracted tourists to Bujumbura where most private snake farms are found.

Of course people will still shy away from this business given the image snakes have in society. Some are shaped by the experiences relating to snakes they’ve seen or heard. For instance, when a snake attacked a man during intimacy, that drew much attention from worried and scared individuals.

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