Snake in the ... Food

Business booming in China's 'snake village' - Business - World business - msnbc.com: "Snakes are renowned for their medicinal properties in traditional Chinese medicine and are commonly drunk as soup or wine to boost the person's immunity.
Yang has now started his own company to make his business more formal and build a brand, and also to conduct research and development for his products, which range from dried snake to snake wine and snake powder.
'Our original breeding method has been approved and recognized by the province and the county. They see us as the corporation working with the farming families,' Yang said.
'So the company researches on the snakes and they hand them over to the farms for breeding. They said this model was working very well.'"