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I hope that by riding the wave of the Year of the Snake, we can share the charm of snakes with even more people.

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Hisamitsu Kaneko, manager of the Tokyo Snake Center, where visitors can interact with snakes and pet them. He says the snake center aims to dispel misconceptions such as "snakes are scary" and to "improve the image of snakes."

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Sometimes these things are scary to keep us safe.

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Yeah. That isn't going to work for me.

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I've lived a long time and have yet to see a charming snake.

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Snakes are people's friends. They eat the mice and rats. The cats eat the snakes.

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I look forward to Wednesday, the 29th of January 2025 and the Year of the Snake officially comes to be.

Lunar astrology relies on the moon.

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