Snakes!

After our morning visit to the temples, we then visited the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute Red Cross Snake Farm.  At this facility, they produce the snake antivenom for all of Southeast Asia and give public presentations.  We saw some of the most notable and dangerous snakes in Thailand and had a chance to hold an albino Burmese python.

I'm glad we don't have snake farms in Missouri.

The first snake they brought out was an 8-10 foot long king cobra.  The snake stood waist high when the handler agitated it.

This is a mangrove snake... only mildly venomous.  Obviously, it lives in mangroves, where we are going on December 31.

The banded krait is one of the most venomous snakes in the world.  The aposematic black and yellow coloration is a warning that the animal is dangerous.

Here is a Siamese cobra, one of the most common snakes throughout Thailand.

Rebecca.

Jaime.

Abby.

Katie is curiously enjoying this a little too much.

Emily.

Colin.

Kyle.

Anna.

Annie.

Alyssa and Katie (for support).

Luke.

Max.

Franny.

Even Ajarn Wayne held it, just to prove he wasn't sceered.