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Dude... I hear ya on the snake vs. being a Canuck thing.



Yep it is!

Locals here are quite found of those "pests"

When the firefighters came over to pick up the snake, they said that snakes bring you luck when they come to your house! eh?
They also asked if we wanted to keep it to cook it... delicious in soup, they said... euuuhhh.. nope that's fine! (funny way to show your respects to the thing that brings you luck! eat it!)

Snakes are also used in traditional chinese medicine.

Also, I started a discussion with some students about the kinds of pet they had and what did it eat... a student (girl!) said rabbits... Oh, so you have rabbits then? they are cute, right? ... Yeah, but they are the food.... Eh???? ... My pet is a 10m python, we keep it in the yard behind the house....

Yeah, we are different. But it just makes it interesting!

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