HUNDREDS OF SNAKES LOOSE IN CHINA AFTER TYPHOON
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China has hundreds of snake farms — typhoons can set thousands free!
Southern China raises snakes for food & traditional medicine on large farms. Typhoon flooding can breach enclosures, releasing snakes en masse. Learn more at Wikipedia
China has a village that breeds over 3 million snakes a year!
Zisiqiao in Zhejiang province is known as China's 'Snake Village,' home to farms raising king cobras, vipers & pythons. Flooding from typhoons can release thousands of snakes into surrounding areas.
China's deadly 1998 Yangtze floods also sent snakes into villages!
The 1998 Yangtze floods killed over 3,000 people and displaced 14 million. Floodwaters routinely force snakes — including venomous pit vipers — out of wetlands and into human settlements across southern China.