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Snake is one of Vietnamese varieties of rượu thuốc. [1] The bottle on the left is a cobra wine (Rượu rắn). Scorpion and snake wine. Snake wine (Chinese: 蛇酒; pinyin: shé-jiǔ; Vietnamese: rượu rắn; Khmer: ស្រាពស់, sra poas) is an alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol.
The cobras that produce the toxin live in tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia. The venom, produced by these snakes, is a mixture of proteins, carbohydrates, and other substances. The venom is only used when the snake needs it for survival, because it costs a lot of effort to produce.
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a species complex of snakes endemic to Asia.With an average of 3.18 to 4 m (10.4 to 13.1 ft) and a record length of 5.85 m (19.2 ft), [2] it is the world's longest venomous snake and among the heaviest.
The Chinese cobra is a highly venomous member of the true cobras (genus Naja). [14] The murine LD 50 values of its venom are 0.29 mg/kg IV [15] and 0.53 mg/kg [5] —0.67 mg/kg SC. [15] The average venom yield from a snake of this species kept at a snake farm was about 250.8 mg (80 mg dry weight).
The Caspian cobra (Naja oxiana), also called the Central Asian cobra or Russian cobra, is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia . First described by Karl Eichwald , a German physician, in 1831, it was for many years considered to be a subspecies of the Naja naja until genetic analysis ...
A bowl of snake soup with condiments of shredded lemon leaves and fried dough. Snake soup or stew (Chinese: 蛇羹; pinyin: shé gēng; Jyutping: se4 gang1) is a popular Cantonese delicacy and health supplement in Hong Kong, which contains the meats of at least two types of snakes as the main ingredients.
Indonesian snake charmer Ice Habibi plays with wild king cobras at his rural home in Riau province, Indonesia. Bare-chested Ice, aged 27, is seen handling two giant king cobras with his hands in ...
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a large and highly venomous snake species native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the second longest venomous snake species in the world and is the fastest moving land snake, capable of moving at 4.32 to 5.4 metres per second (16–20 km/h, 10–12 mph).