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Snake soup shop

Snake soup is a traditional Hong Kong dish, thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong during the winter months.

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Snake soup shop

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  1. Two snakes are seen inside their compartment in wooden cupboards labelled 'Poisonous Snakes', at a snake soup store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. There are scores of people in Hong Kong who have through generations tamed snakes to make soup out of them, a traditional cuisine believed to be good for the health. Yet the people behind providing fresh snakes for the savoury meal thought to speed up the body's blood flow and keep it strong in the cold winter months may be doomed, with young people increasingly reluctant to take on a job they see as hard and dirty. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  2. A worker holds snakes which were caught in mainland China, and had their teeth removed, at a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  3. A customer walks past a portrait of the founder of a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 30, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  4. A worker prepares snake soup for customers in snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  5. Snake meat is seen in a bowl of snake soup served at a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 30, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  6. Customers eat snake soup at a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 30, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  7. Snake shop owner Mak Tai-kong, 84, holds snakes which were caught in mainland China, in front of wooden cabinets containing snakes, at his snake soup store in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  8. A worker washes snake meat near cages of snakes in the kitchen of a snake soup shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

  9. Snake soup shop owner Chow Ka-ling looks at a cobra in her shop in Hong Kong January 29, 2013. REUTERS-Bobby Yi

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