Chinese brothers run farm home to 50,000 SNAKES where staff have to do three months of training before they start work

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Brothers Yang Xunyi and Yang Xunlun run the 3.3 acre snake farm in Chongqing, in south-west China

• It is home to 50,000 snakes, including 30,000 cobras
• The farm has 20 workers, all of whom have to go through an intensive three-month training programme before they can work on the site 
  

For most of us, it is the daily commute or a meeting with the boss that is the most stressful part of the working day. 

But spare a thought for brothers Yang Xunyi and Yang Xunlun who have to manage a farm of 50,000 snakes on a daily basis. 

The pair run a 3.3 acre snake farm, which includes 30,000 cobras in Chongqing, a major city in south-west China. 

Brothers Yang Xunyi and Yang Xunlun run a snake farm, home to 50,000 snakes, including 30,000 cobras

Mr Xunyi, 40, said: 'I have been bitten numerous times, which all happened when I fed them. When you are bitten, you have to squeeze out the poison immediately and wash the wound with a large amount of water'

The farm, in Chongqing, a major city in south-west China, is home to 50,000 snakes. It has 20 workers, all of whom have to go through an intensive three-month training programme before they can start work on the site

A worker at the snake farm in Chongqing, in China, holds up one of the 50,000 snakes on the farm

Brothers Yang Xunyi and Yang Xunlun run a 3.3 acre snake farm in Chongqing, in south-west China

Workers at the farm have to incubate the eggs, catch food for the snakes and kill the animals for their skin

Every year, around 500,000 snake skins are exported from south-east Asia 

Mr Xunyi, 40, and his younger brother Mr Xunlun have been in charge of the farm for six years.

And it is certainly not for the faint-hearted - Mr Xunyi said he had been bitten multiple times.