A Slithering Spa

[n2doc]

Ever since that run-in with Adam and Eve, snakes have gotten a bad rap in the Holy Land.

But at Ada Barak's spa in northern Israel, slithering reptiles don't give people the creeps. They give deep-tissue massages.

Barak figured out several years ago that heavy king and corn snakes produce a relaxing kneading sensation. For years, she's been entertaining guests at her farm where she cultivates rodent-eating carnivorous plants. Strangely, she found a sideline that's even more bizarre.

"People either like it a lot or they hate it," she tells Time magazine.

For $80, a tangle of creepy-crawlies can wriggle their way up your spine and across your face, and you can decide.
http://weirdnews.about.com/od/weirdphotos/ss/snake_massage.htm

[Scuba]

1. I already decided, thanks.

[n2doc]

2. So I take it you have booked your flight to Israel and a stay at the spa?

[Scuba]

3. If that were my choice we have plenty of garter snakes right in the yard.

[MADem]

4. I am in a place with nothing but network tv, so I was watching that Doctor Oz show...

They covered this, and they said it does not work--it's a big sham!

They did say that using sand (burying people in it) works for arthritis, though...who knew?

[tclambert]

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