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Do you know how much the world’s most expensive viper is worth? Hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands?
Some people may not believe it. There is such a snake in our country. The price of a snake could reach millions a few decades ago. If compared in terms of equal value, it would be worth at least tens of millions now. A snake is worth tens of millions. What kind of venomous snake is this?
In 1984, in the Mangshan forest area of Hunan, my country, a forest farm employee named Xiao suddenly came to the local doctor Chen Yuanhui and said that he had been bitten by an unknown poisonous snake.
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According to common sense, most people know that once bitten by a poisonous snake, the most important thing is to inject serum in time. The key to injecting serum is to know what kind of venomous snake you were bitten by. Different snake venom requires different antivenoms. But the forest farm employee named Xiao didn't know what kind of venomous snake he was bitten by.
In desperation, he could only describe the appearance of the venomous snake he saw to Dr. Chen. The whole body of this snake is greenish-brown, except for a little bit of white on its tail, and its bite marks are larger than those of ordinary venomous snakes.
After listening to this man's description, Dr. Chen felt a little confused for a moment. Because he didn't know which kind of venomous snake matched the man's description. Later, Dr. Chen continued to search for information, and finally came up with a bold speculation. This venomous snake is probably the totem of the Yao people, the little green dragon.
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Legend has it that the Yao people are the descendants of Nuwa. They inherited the human side of Nuwa, while the snake side of Nuwa was separated and transformed into a small green dragon. Therefore, the little green dragon has always been regarded as the totem of the Yao people, but in real life, what kind of snake is the little green dragon?
In the following time, Dr. Chen searched day after day in Mangshan for 5 consecutive years. Hard work paid off. In 1989, Dr. Chen found 23 small green dragons at once. Among them were two adult snakes and 21 baby snakes.
Finally, he contacted a reptile expert from the Chengdu Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After the expert arrived at the scene, he immediately determined that this was a species of snake that was not yet known to humans. Afterwards, the two people collaborated and published a paper, in which the snake was named Mangshan Soldering Tip .
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Mangshan soldering iron head belongs to Viperidae . There are about 200 kinds of snakes in this family. There is no doubt that each snake carries highly venomous and has a typical large triangular head.
However, so far, scientists have not discovered the existence of Mangshan soldering iron tips in other areas. In other words, this venomous snake is probably only distributed in the Mangshan area. Because its number is extremely rare, it has high scientific research value.
After the Mangshan soldering iron tip was discovered, it quickly attracted the attention of many scientists around the world. Many scientific research institutions from abroad want to purchase this kind of snake at a high price. As the saying goes, rare things are valuable. Under such circumstances, the price of Mangshan soldering iron tips has skyrocketed, reaching over one million per piece in just a few years.
Since this rare animal was not protected by law at that time, it was not illegal to capture it. There was a wave of enthusiasm in the local area to capture Mangshan iron heads. Fortunately, this snake has been listed as a national first-level protected animal, and has also been included in the red list of the World Conservation Union. In this way, the remaining Mangshan soldering iron tips are effectively protected.
