Personally, I felt nauseated while reading this article.....but I thought
it might be of interest to RAFers. So here it is:
> >The Straits Times , 27 Mar 97
> Snakes alive! This Chinese man eats live animals
> HONGKONG -- A Chinese man has started eating live animals,
> including poisonous snakes, without any apparent ill effects,
> Chinese news reports said.
>
> Mr Tang Yushen, 45, who lives in Xupu county in the southern
> province of Hunan, has in the past year swallowed live animals
> including six chickens, two ducks, 25 frogs, 20 lizards, 15 rats and
> four poisonous snakes, the Hongkong branch of the semi-official
> China News Service said.
>
> Mr Tang, said to be immune to snake poison, started his strange
> diet after an illness.
>
> The report said he also eats uncooked pork, raw fish and roots.
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> AFP.
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