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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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She left city life to work in the village, now earns over Rs 1 crore a year from 60,000 venomous snakes

Most people run away from snakes. A young woman from China decided to build her career around them. Qin, a woman born in 1995 in Guilin city of Guangxi province, has gone viral online after taking over her family’s snake-breeding business and helping turn it into a large operation with more than 60,000 venomous reptiles. According to the South China Morning Post, she returned to her hometown after university and joined her father’s farm two years later. Today, she manages thousands of highly dangerous snakes, including pit vipers and cobras, while also sharing her unusual life on social media.

From university graduate to snake farm manager

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