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Deadly? Try Cantonese snake soup

Since biblical times, snakes have inspired fascination and feelings in a way that no other type of animal can.

Legless, covered in scales, eyes that never blink, a flickering forked tongue and sometimes fangs that deliver toxic venom, these creatures can evoke an imaginable fear, even when they seem harmless.

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