Most people take adequate precaution to avoid the general vicinity of snakes, and will go through great lengths to be sure they never actually have skin-to-skin contact with one. Yet in a roadside attraction in Talmei Elazar, (Northern) Israel people are actually paying $70 a pop to have snakes plopped on their stomachs, feet, hands – and, yes, even their faces, and necks. They call it a “massage” and they tout the snakes’ therapeutic powers. (more…)