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A snake farm is a facility that houses and breeds a wide variety of snakes, often for the purpose of research and the collection of venom for the creation of antivenom. Many snake farms are primarily tourist attractions .
animal feed, racing, research, show, pets Tame, significant physical changes Common in the wild and in captivity 1d Rodentia: Fancy rat a.k.a. laboratory rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) the 19th century CE [53] the United Kingdom: animal feed, research, show, pets Tame, some physical and psychological changes
A herpetarium which specializes in snakes is an ophidiarium or serpentarium, which are more common as stand-alone entities also known as snake farms. Many snake farms milk snakes for venom for medical and scientific research.
The average venom yield from a snake of this species kept at a snake farm was about 250.8 mg (80 mg dry weight). [127] According to Minton (1974), this cobra has a venom yield range of 150 to 200 mg (dry weight). [128] Brown listed a venom yield of 184 mg (dry weight). [34]
Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns , and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic .
Animal attack; Australian snake habitats; B. Big Four (Indian snakes) ... Snake charming; Snake detection theory; Snake farm; Snake pit; Snake-stone; Snakes in mythology;
In Kenya, there has been an increase in snake farms to address the demand for snakeskin internationally, but there are health concerns for the workers, and danger due to poachers coming to the farms to hunt the snakes.
Cat-eyed snake. Banded cat-eyed snake; Green cat-eyed snake; Cat snake. Andaman cat snake; Beddome's cat snake; Dog-toothed cat snake; Forsten's cat snake; Gold-ringed cat snake; Gray cat snake; Many-spotted cat snake; Nicobar cat snake; Sri Lanka cat snake; Tawny cat snake; Chicken snake; Coachwhip snake; Cobra. Andaman cobra; Arabian cobra ...