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.
>