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HONGKONG/ Description: 24K gold jewellery in the shape of snakes are displayed at a jewellery store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) Published: Úno. 8, 2013, 6:11 dop. HONGKONG/ Description: 24K gold jewellery in the shape of snakes are displayed at a jewellery store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) Published: Úno. 8, 2013, 6:11 dop.
A staff member poses with a 24K gold sculpture in the shape of a snake carrying an ingot, designed for the year of the snake, at a jewellery store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. The item weighs 5.219 Chinese taels (195 grams) and sells for HK$104,000 ($12,872). The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS) Published: Úno. 8, 2013, 6:10 dop.
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-medicine-health,FEATURE by Joyce Woo This photo taken on January 31, 2011 shows "Big Snake Mak" -- otherwise known as serpent salesman Mak Tai-kwong, holding a snake at the She Wong Lam snake soup shop in Hong Kong. Snake has been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments -- snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals for the kidneys and male sex drive, snake gall bladder for bronchitis.
Snake shop owner Mak Tai-kong, 84, holds snakes which were caught in mainland China, in front of wooden cabinets containing snakes, at his snake soup store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. Mak is one of scores in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:02 odp.
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-medicine-health,FEATURE by Joyce Woo This photo taken on January 31, 2011 shows "Big Snake Mak" -- otherwise known as serpent salesman Mak Tai-kwong, taking snakes out of a basket at the She Wong Lam snake soup shop in Hong Kong. Snake has been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments -- snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals for the kidneys and male sex drive, snake gall bladder for bronchitis.
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-medicine-health,FEATURE by Joyce Woo This photo taken on January 31, 2011 shows "Big Snake Mak" -- otherwise known as serpent salesman Mak Tai-kwong, holding a snake at the She Wong Lam snake soup shop in Hong Kong. Snake has been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments -- snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals for the kidneys and male sex drive, snake gall bladder for bronchitis.
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-medicine-health,FEATURE by Joyce Woo This photo taken on January 31, 2011 shows "Big Snake Mak" -- otherwise known as serpent salesman Mak Tai-kwong, holding some snakes at the She Wong Lam snake soup shop in Hong Kong. Snake has been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments -- snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals for the kidneys and male sex drive, snake gall bladder for bronchitis.
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-medicine-health,FEATURE by Joyce Woo This photo taken on January 31, 2011 shows "Big Snake Mak" -- otherwise known as serpent salesman Mak Tai-kwong, holding some snakes at the She Wong Lam snake soup shop in Hong Kong. Snake has been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments -- snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals for the kidneys and male sex drive, snake gall bladder for bronchitis.
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-medicine-health,FEATURE by Joyce Woo This photo taken on January 31, 2011 shows "Big Snake Mak" -- otherwise known as serpent salesman Mak Tai-kwong, holding some snakes at the She Wong Lam snake soup shop in Hong Kong. Snake has been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments -- snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals for the kidneys and male sex drive, snake gall bladder for bronchitis.
Customers eat snake soup beside wooden cupboards containing snakes at snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
A customer walks past a portrait of the founder of a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 30, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
Snake soup shop owner Chow Ka-ling handles a cobra ahead of the Spring Festival in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. Chow keeps snake to make snake soup, a traditional cuisine which locals believe to be good for the health. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY) Published: Úno. 8, 2013, 6:13 dop.
Snakes hang from a wooden cabinet marked with the Chinese characters "poisonous snake", at a snake soup shop ahead of the Spring Festival in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. The Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, begins on February 10 and marks the start of the Year of the Snake, according to the Chinese zodiac. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Published: Úno. 8, 2013, 6:12 dop.
Two snakes are seen inside their compartment in wooden cupboards labelled "Poisonous Snakes", at a snake soup store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:02 odp.
A worker holds snakes which were caught in mainland China, and had their teeth removed, at a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
Snake soup shop owner Chow Ka-ling looks at a cobra in her shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. Chow is one of scores in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
A worker washes snake meat near cages of snakes in the kitchen of a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
A worker prepares snake soup for customers in snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
A chief serves snake soup for customers in a restaurant in Hong Kong in March 2002. Eating snakes, dogs, wild animals and insects in Asia is not considered all that extraordinary. There are a number of these foods which in some cases have become delicacies which date back many years and have now almost become traditional eating being prepared and cooked in many different ways using herbs, spices, ginger and garlic to enhance flavours. Some restaurants even have dishes of some animals as their main drawcard and is considered a normal cuisine. The Japanese love their whale meat and pufferfish, Cambodians are known to eat tarantulas-hairy spiders, while a number of other cultures incourage the eating of rats, snakes, bugs, beetles, monkeys (brains), crocodile, bats, scorpions, honey ants, grubs, embroyo eggs and many more.
Snake meat is seen in a bowl of snake soup served at a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 30, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY FOOD) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
Customers eat snake soup at a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 30, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. Picture taken January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: ANIMALS FOOD SOCIETY) Published: Úno. 7, 2013, 2:01 odp.
TO GO WITH Lifestyle-medicine-health,FEATURE by Joyce Woo This photo taken on January 31, 2011 shows diners having soup at the She Wong Lam snake soup shop in Hong Kong. Snake has been used in China for thousands of years to cure a host of ailments -- snake-fermented wine for arthritis, snake genitals for the kidneys and male sex drive, snake gall bladder for bronchitis.