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Israeli Snake Massage
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by Maireid Sullivan | March 4, 2009 at 11:09 pm
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How do you think you'd feel if six non-venomous snakes were slithering over your body and face? Visitors to “Ada Barak’s Carnivorous Plant Farm” in northern Israel pay good money for this 'treatment', using California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes. Ada Barak believes that once people get over their initial doubts, close contact with the creatures can be healing.
Time Magazine reporter Tim Mcgirk was brave enough to try the massage: See the YouTube video here.
Israeli Snake Massage
September 30th 2008
Ada Barak Applying the reptilian treatment on Time Magazine reporter Tim Mcgirk.
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Maireid Sullivan
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at 23:12 on March 4th, 2009
Yikes. I don't mind snakes in principle but that would *not* be a relaxing massage!
at 06:39 on March 5th, 2009
Hmmm ... I could go out and find a few snakes and open up for business ... you'd be my first 'patient' wouldn't you Rachel?
You can trust me. ;)
~ Swan
P.S. My Mom always said, "never trust a person who says trust me." But she didn't me of course. :)
at 00:25 on March 6th, 2009
Hello there, Swan, glad to know you got a kick out of the story too, :)
at 00:23 on March 6th, 2009
I can't even imagine it! :)
But it still is a fun bit of "strange" info.
Thanks for commenting, Rachel.