Cambodia’s Water Snakes (Sept-Dec, 2010)

The images tell the story... Easily the most significant snake harvest anywhere in the world--this one, from Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, where millions of these aquatic reptiles are caught and killed annually. The snakes--and their embryos--shown here, were meant for human consumption; others are fed to crocodiles in Siem Reap and other towns, where commercial croc ’farmers’ often purchase them when the price of fish goes up. Cambodia’s Water Snakes include the ’Rainbow Water Snake’ (Enhydris enhydris)--by far t