Snakes in wire cages

Fri, 10/09/2015 - 21:06

It was still hot in early November and the shop keeper hosed his snakes down to keep them cool.

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1 Nov 1987
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The distinctive yellow and black striped snakes are probably Beauty Snakes, a type of Rat Snake, imported into Hong Kong as they are edible. Some of them escaped from captivity to establish populations in the wild, see www.gwulo.com/atom/16912.