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China ‘Snakeaholic’ dedicates life to studying, protecting snakes despite losing finger

After an IUCN listing, black-market prices for the viper soared past US$150,000 each, but Chen refused all offers to sell them.

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中国“蛇痴”毕生致力于研究和保护蛇类,即使失去一根手指也毫不气馁。

Widely known as the “Snake Doctor,” 77-year-old Chen Yuanhui has dedicated his life to snakes, even losing a finger after surviving nine lethal Mangshan pit viper bites. -- Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/QQ.com

BEIJING (SCMP): Despite being bitten nine times and losing a finger to its venom, 77-year-old “Snake Doctor” Chen Yuanhui remains on the front lines of researching and protecting the Mangshan pit viper, the rare species he discovered 37 years ago.

Originally from southern China’s Guangdong province, Chen graduated from a clinical college in central China’s Hunan province at the age of 19 and worked at a snakebite research centre.

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