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. -- > AFP. >