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A reptile park is seeking electric blankets to keep 150 of its cold-blooded snakes warm during the approaching winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
Stuart Beinke, the head keeper at Bowman Park, needs about 30 blankets to keep the reptiles cozy so they won’t hibernate.
The park, in northern South Australia state, is involved in venom production, and the snakes can be milked about once a month in a warm environment.
The park supplies Adelaide Childrens Hospital with venom for research on arthritis and blood-thinning products.
The reptiles include brown snakes, death adders, tiger snakes and taipans.
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