Taiwan store lets visitors get close with snakes ahead of Lunar New Year

Bangkok Post Group

As the Lunar Year of the Snake approaches, a pet store in Taipei is offering adventurous customers an opportunity to enjoy the company of snakes while sipping coffee, hoping to break down some of the prejudice against the animal. - REUTERS

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00:00I provide a space for people to try and experience snakes, finding out whether they like them

00:16without any prejudice.

00:21It can be a pet, but when we appreciate it at home, it can be a jewel.

00:25Just like a valuable collection, we clean the glass to protect it.

00:28In the beginning, in the first few years, we sold them online through a workshop.

00:31We hoped people who buy the snakes could be someone who loves snakes.

00:35There was once a parent who came to complain, so it was very difficult to vet customers

00:39through online sales.

00:40That's why we started this space.

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