Snake hunter, Yaseen Al-Sqour, demonstrates how to extract venom from a snake in Balqa, Jordan May 19, 2022. Picture taken May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni 

A researcher works on a sample inside a laboratory at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Physics for a study in which the institute claims to have discovered a 75% drop in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) production after cells came into contact with jararacussu snake venom, in Sao Carlos, Brazil August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A researcher works on a sample inside a laboratory at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Physics for a study in which the institute claims to have discovered a 75% drop in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) production after cells came into contact with jararacussu snake venom, in Sao Carlos, Brazil August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A researcher works on a sample inside a laboratory at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Physics for a study in which the institute claims to have discovered a 75% drop in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) production after cells came into contact with jararacussu snake venom, in Sao Carlos, Brazil August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A researcher works on a sample inside a laboratory at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Physics for a study in which the institute claims to have discovered a 75% drop in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) production after cells came into contact with jararacussu snake venom, in Sao Carlos, Brazil August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A researcher works on a sample inside a laboratory at the University of Sao Paulo's Institute of Physics for a study in which the institute claims to have discovered a 75% drop in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) production after cells came into contact with jararacussu snake venom, in Sao Carlos, Brazil August 30, 2021. Picture taken August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A jararacussu snake, whose venom is used in a study against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen at Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 27, 2021. Picture taken August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A jararacussu snake, whose venom is used in a study against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen at Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 27, 2021. Picture taken August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

A jararacussu snake, whose venom is used in a study against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen at Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil August 27, 2021. Picture taken August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Carla Carniel 

Spa owner Safwat Sedki gives a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment to a customer at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

A snake is seen during a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment by spa owner Safwat Sedki, at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

An assistant trainer carries a snake before a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment at a shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

A trainer looks at a snake before giving a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment to a customer at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

Spa owner Safwat Sedki gives a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment to a customer at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

A trainer plays with a snake before giving a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment to a customer at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

Spa owner Safwat Sedki gives a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment to a customer at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

Spa owner Safwat Sedki gives a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment to a customer at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

Diaa Zein receives a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage session treatment by spa owner Safwat Sedki at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

Diaa Zein receives a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment by spa owner Safwat Sedki at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

A trainer looks at snakes before giving a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage treatment to a customer at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

A snake looks on during a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage session treatment by spa owner Safwat Sedki, at his shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

Diaa Zein receives a non-venomous snakes thirty-minute massage session treatment at a shop in Cairo, Egypt December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

A snake handler prepares to harvest venom from an African puff adder at the Kenya Snakebite Research and intervention centre in Nairobi, Kenya October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi 

Snake handlers harvest venom from an African puff adder at the Kenya Snakebite Research and intervention centre in Nairobi, Kenya October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi 

Snake handlers, at the Kenya Snakebite Research and intervention centre, carry a spitting cobra to harvest venom in Nairobi, Kenya, October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi 

A snake handler shows venom specimen harvested from an African puff adder at the Kenya Snakebite Research and intervention centre in Nairobi, Kenya October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi 

Snake handlers harvest venom from an African puff adder at the Kenya Snakebite Research and intervention centre in Nairobi, Kenya, October 22, 2019. Picture taken October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi 

Venom specimen harvested from an African puff adder is displayed at the Kenya Snakebite Research and intervention centre in Nairobi, Kenya October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi 

A white-lipped pit viper snake is seen at a fire station in Bangkok, Thailand, August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun SEARCH "SNAKE CATCHER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A Thai soldier is bitten by a snake as he presents non-venomous snakes during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Chanthaburi, Thailand, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A Thai soldier presents non-venomous snakes during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Chanthaburi, Thailand February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A Thai soldier presents a venomous snake during the Cobra Gold multilateral military exercise in Chanthaburi, Thailand February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun 

A cobra is seen during a show of Amier El Refaie at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt July 13, 2018. Picture taken July 13, 2018. REUTERS / Amr Abdallah Dalsh 

A snake charmer handles his snake on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz 

A snake charmer handles his snake on a street in Rawalpindi, Pakistan February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz 

A snake charmer holds a cobra, which was caught in a house in a near-by village, in Jogi Dera (snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, India November 9, 2016. Picture taken November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A cobra is seen in Jogi Dera (snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, India November 9, 2016. Picture taken November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Snakes are seen inside a pot in Jogi Dera (snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, India November 11, 2016. Picture taken November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A daughter of a snake charmer holds snakes as she eats her breakfast in Jogi Dera (snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, India November 11, 2016. Picture taken November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A baby rests in a hammock as a cobra is seen below him in Jogi Dera (snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, India November 11, 2016. Picture taken November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A snake charmer cleans the eyes of his snake in Jogi Dera (snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, India November 11, 2016. Picture taken November 11, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A snake charmer carries snake pots and his belongings as he returns home after a month-long trip in Jogi Dera (snake charmers settlement), in the village of Baghpur, in the central state of Uttar Pradesh, India, January 16, 2017. Picture taken January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An ancient tribe of snake charmers, known as Saperas, have thrived over the generations by catching venomous snakes and making them dance to their music. Snakes are revered by Hindus in India and snake charmers are considered the followers of Lord Shiva, the blue-skinned Hindu god who is usually portrayed wearing a king cobra around his neck. Snake charmers were once a regular fixture at Indian bazaars and festivals, mesmerising crowds of onlookers with their ability to control some of the world's most venomous creatures. They would often be the main source of medicines if someone suffered from a snake bite. The snake charmers of Jogi Dera say their centuries-old tradition is slowly dying out as authorities seek to enforce wildlife protection laws, and after an outright ban on the practice in 1991. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. SEARCH "SNAKE CHARMERS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A sign on the entrance gate warns of possible venomous snakes and insects at the 20-megawatt photovoltaic solar power generation facility owned by SunEdison in Hemet, California April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake

A sign on the entrance gate warns of possible venomous snakes and insects at the 20-megawatt photovoltaic solar power generation facility owned by SunEdison in Hemet, California April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake

A snake is seen at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Customers look at a snake at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A customer holds a snake at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A customer holds a snake at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A snake is seen at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A customer touches a snake as she poses for a photo at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Customers take photos of a snake at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A snake is seen at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A customer chooses snakes at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A customer holds a snake as she poses for a photo at the Tokyo Snake Center, a snake cafe, in Tokyo's Harajuku shopping district August 14, 2015. The cafe has on display 35 non-venomous snakes of 20 different breeds. Open six days a week, the cafe allows customers to enjoy food and beverages while watching a small snake slither around in a cage on their table for a 1,000 yen (8.04 dollars). By paying an additional fee, customers get to hold and pet the snake. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Gigantor, a deadly Australian Eastern Brown Snake, is measured by handler Tim Faulkner at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby north of Sydney, January 21, 2015. Measured at an unusually-long two metres (6 feet), Gigantor was found in a suburban backyard in Sydney, is the second-most venomous snake in the world and is now regularly milked for its venom as part of the park's life-saving anti-venom program. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

Gigantor, a deadly Australian Eastern Brown Snake, is measured by handler Billy Collett at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby north of Sydney, January 21, 2015. Measured at an unusually-long two metres (6 feet), Gigantor was found in a suburban backyard in Sydney, is the second-most venomous snake in the world and is now regularly milked for its venom as part of the park's life-saving anti-venom program. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

Gigantor, a deadly Australian Eastern Brown Snake, is milked for its venom by handler Billy Collett at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby north of Sydney, January 21, 2015. Measured at an unusually-long two metres (6 feet), Gigantor was found in a suburban backyard in Sydney, is the second-most venomous snake in the world and is now regularly milked for its venom as part of the park's life-saving anti-venom program. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS) 

Gigantor, a deadly Australian Eastern Brown Snake, is milked for its venom by handler Billy Collett at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby north of Sydney, January 21, 2015. Measured at an unusually-long two metres (6 feet), Gigantor was found in a suburban backyard in Sydney, is the second-most venomous snake in the world and is now regularly milked for its venom as part of the park's life-saving anti-venom program. REUTERS/Jason Reed (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)