{"id":2883,"date":"2026-07-12T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:40:58","slug":"a-word-to-the-wise-do-not-live-near-a-snake-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=2883","title":{"rendered":"A word to the wise: Do not live near a snake farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>I admit it: This post is not the ordinary fare you find at American Thinker. However, it\u2019s just so&#8230;so&#8230;newsworthy, shocking, and chilling that I had to write about it.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=2880\">A military officer turns useful idiot<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Guangxi province in southern China, near the Vietnamese border, has been experiencing record-breaking rains, followed by the collapse of dams at local reservoirs. The whole area has suffered fairly epic flooding, especially in and around the Hengzhou area. As The Guardian reports, there\u2019s been<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8230;severe flooding in Guangxi, where two reservoirs experienced overtopping and breaches on Monday, leaving villages in several towns surrounded by flood waters. At least six people were killed, with at least 50,000 people evacuated. Six were still missing.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll from devastating storms in parts of China rose to 38, after the state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday that a landslide in the central province of Gansu had killed 21 people. Thunderstorms and tornadoes killed at least 11 in the central province of Hubei, according to state media.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Normally, although this is tragic for people living in the flood zone, it would not be a matter of national import. Certain regions in China are prone to flooding, and locally made dams probably aren\u2019t the most reliable in the world.<\/p>\n<p>However, this flood story has a twist: snakes. Venomous snakes. Hundreds of venomous snakes.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that snake meat is a delicacy in the region, making the province an important center for commercial snake farms. This includes breeding venomous snakes, whose venom can be harvested for traditional medicine and whose meat is, again, a delicacy.<\/p>\n<p>When the floodwaters hit, the breeding farms were hit, too, with the result that hundreds, maybe as many as a thousand, snakes, including venomous ones, were washed into the floodwaters. Moreover, it turns out that snakes can swim. And so, the viral footage began:<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>INSANE: 900 Snakes, Including Venomous Cobras, Escape into Village from Breeding Farm After Massive Flooding in China. pic.twitter.com\/thm0lVavPn<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=2877\">Muslim families are having babies, and the Brits are not<\/a><\/p>\r\n\u2014 Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) July 11, 2026<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 900 snakes escaped in China. During a flood. Yes&#8230; there are cobras too.<br\/>\n<br\/>\r\nThe villagers&#8217; response? &#8220;Call &#8217;em Pok\u00e9mon&#8230; gotta catch &#8217;em all!&#8221;<br\/>\n<br\/>\r\nWriter: Claudiopic.twitter.com\/ugOzZSmZHc<\/p>\r\n\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) July 12, 2026<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 After the massive flooding in Guangxi, China, recedes, a million venomous snakes collectively &#8220;break out&#8221;!<br\/>\n<br\/>\r\nSnake farms are inundated, with highly toxic species like silver-ring snakes and cobras freely slithering through the floodwaters on the streets&#8230;<br\/>\n<br\/>\r\n\ud83d\udc49 Guangxi is\u2026<\/p>\r\n\u2014 Inconvenient Truths \u2014 Jennifer Zeng Reports (@jenniferzeng97) July 11, 2026<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>They look like horror-movie swans, all sinuous neck and no beautiful body, complete with snowy white or coal-black plumage.<\/p>\n<p>The same Guardian article notes that, while the snakes haven\u2019t yet wreaked the havoc a horror movie would demand, many have been bitten and at least one has died:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of snakes escaped all at once. I\u2019ve seen five or six,\u201d a snakebite victim in a local hospital told Beijing News. The villager said he was bitten by a cobra while clearing debris on the ground floor of his house at about 1pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A local doctor who treats snakebite patients told the paper he had treated several villagers since the typhoon hit the region.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here in South Carolina, we have our fair share of local snakes, just as rattlers were an issue when I lived in California, so I\u2019m not a stranger to being careful. Nevertheless, there\u2019s something about a thousand snakes, many of them venomous, swimming through the flood waters, that truly is the stuff of nightmares, so much so that I felt it deserved to be acknowledged here.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=2874\">South Carolina\u2019s Senator Lindsay Graham has died<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2882\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f80097771e96149311658c0b6f443f4b.jpg\" width=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f80097771e96149311658c0b6f443f4b.jpg 640w, https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f80097771e96149311658c0b6f443f4b-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Image created using AI.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it: This post is not the ordinary fare you find at American Thinker. 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