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Economic Importance Of Snakes by slimbiggy(m): 2:03pm On Sep 13, 2014
I created this thread as a counter thread to the one on Snake farming. Someone asked the merits and demerits of it, well I believe this will shade a little light on the advantages.

Introduction:
Snakes are the nature donated creatures that do both
the helping and killing of humans. According to
scientists, snakes are available since thousands of
years. Most of the snakes are very poisonous, while
some of them are poison less. There are different
kinds of snakes namely Rattle snake, Indian Cobra
(nagam), King Cobra, etc. We shall see about some of
the snakes.

The Snake Behaviour:
The snakes are very curious creatures. Most of the
snakes used to eat the food killed by themselves.
Snakes mostly like to eat rats, frogs, etc. Snakes did
not kill human directly. It is only afraid of human and
so it kills people to save themselves. The Python and
Anaconda used to Swallow their food. Most of the
snakes are very active during night. Snakes lay eggs
in the soil and the eggs will be hatched in 15 to 18
days.

The Indian Cobra:
One of the most poisonous creatures. Its one drop of
poison can kill 10 men at a time. It makes its head
portion flat when it get angry to squeeze the poison.
The Indian Cobra has a ‘U’ shaped line on their
flat portion of head. It lays eggs about 8 to 10 at a
time.

The King Cobra:
The top ranker in the snake catalogue, by its poison
and anger. The King cobra makes its own relations,
the snakes, as its food. The squeeze their poison upto
10 meters and above. An immediate death will be
caused by its poison. It is mostly in Black shaded
brown colour. They usually live in thick forests. Their
lifespan is about 30 years and above.
The Anaconda:
These are the snakes , that are large by their size.
But, Anaconda are non poisonous. They used to live
in mountains and high hill areas. They kill their prey
and swallow it. Its mouth can open upto a diameter
of0.8 meters. Once it eat prey, then it did not take any
food for about 3to 4months and above. Their lifespan
is about 50 to 60 years.

Snake- Advantages:
* Some kinds of snakes in the farms eat rats and save
grains from loss.
* Snake âs poison is used to prepare anti-poison
for snake bite.
* In some countries (eg. India), snakes are given
training and are used for doing some tricks, which
helps people to have their job for daily life.

Conclusion:
Even though the snakes are dangerous, they are the
child of nature. Some people kill them for their
poison, flesh and skin. Some people have a wrong
belief, that snakes have emerald in their mouth. So
people kill it. This violent activities should be avoided
to prevent snakes from being exhausted.

Re: Economic Importance Of Snakes by PAT4HOT(m): 10:56am On Sep 14, 2014
Nice right uo OP...am rilly thinkin fast hw to operate a snake farm too. Hope it will be lucrative
Re: Economic Importance Of Snakes by slimbiggy(m): 8:45pm On Sep 14, 2014
As of last year d cost of the venom was very high shaa, but its no easy o

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