Thai posts mislead on 'how to identify venomous and non-venomous snakes'

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Thai posts mislead on 'how to identify venomous and non-venomous snakes'
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🐍 Thai posts mislead on 'how to identify venomous and non-venomous snakes'

Multiple Thai-language posts shared hundreds of times claim you can distinguish venomous from non-venomous snakes by looking at their head shapes. Thailand is home to several species of venomous snakes, including cobras and pit vipers. Snake experts, however, told AFP the posts were not accurate, as not all snakes can be identified in this way.

On the left-hand side, the image shows one snake head with a triangle superimposed on it. The red Thai-language text above reads"venomous".

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