In 2014, a Chinese chef named Peng Fan was preparing soup using an Indochinese spitting cobra. About 20 minutes after cutting off the cobra’s head, he reached to throw it into the trash. The severed head reflexively bit his hand, injecting neurotoxic venom. He suffocated from respiratory paralysis before medical help could administer antivenom. It was a graphic reminder that dead snakes are still dangerous. And so is dead legislation. That’s imp…
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