What do you think after hearing "snake"? It must have occurred to you that a snake is a reptile animal that kills its prey by wrapping around its victim's body or by its poisonous bite. Besides all that we need to know that snakes provide many benefits for humans.
Snakes have a wide variety of types and sizes. Snakes can be found in various types of habitats such as forests, grasslands, deserts, rivers, lakes, highlands, plantations, rice fields, sea, even in human settlements.
In agriculture, snakes function as rat controllers. Because according to Okelifestyle's article the economic costs of getting rid of rat pests are huge. Therefore, farmers often rely on snakes to control these pests. In addition, in the world of fashion snake skin can be used as raw material such as making bags, shoes and belts which have high economic value. In the field of health, even deadly snake venom has extraordinary functions such as the basic ingredients of anti-poison drugs, as research materials for cancer drugs, and others. Snakes can also be raised, but special skills are needed to handle them.
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