She left city life to work in the village, now earns over Rs 1 crore a year from 60,000 venomous snakes

Most people run away from snakes. A young woman from China decided to build her career around them. Qin, a woman born in 1995 in Guilin city of Guangxi province, has gone viral online after taking over her family’s snake-breeding business and helping turn it into a large operation with more than 60,000 venomous reptiles. According to the South China Morning Post, she returned to her hometown after university and joined her father’s farm two years later. Today, she manages thousands of highly dangerous snakes, including pit vipers and cobras, while also sharing her unusual life on social media.

From university graduate to snake farm manager

Qin did not originally plan to work in the snake trade. Her father had already been breeding snakes for years, but he reportedly worried about the dangers and did not want his daughter involved. That changed as the business expanded and became difficult to manage alone. Qin stepped in to help and gradually took on a leading role in the farm’s daily operations.

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The farm now houses more than 50,000 five-step snakes, a venomous pit viper species, along with nearly 10,000 cobras. Despite spending her days around reptiles that many people fear, Qin says she has become used to working with them.

“Five-step snakes have to be force-fed prepared food, and close contact with them still carries significant risks. I am not really afraid of five-step snakes. My father has been raising them since before I was born,” she told Haibao News.

Snake venom, snake oil and a booming business

The snake farm is not just about breeding reptiles. It supplies products used in traditional medicine and scientific research. According to the report, dried snake meat, gallbladders and snake oil are sold for traditional remedies, while venom extracted from the snakes is supplied for medical and research purposes.
The venom business alone appears highly profitable. Each five-step snake can reportedly produce venom twice every month. Depending on quality, the venom sells for 40 to 200 yuan per gram. Snake meat also brings in money, with prices ranging between 200 and 300 yuan per snake. Larger snakes can reportedly sell for more than 1,000 yuan.After labour expenses and operational costs, Qin said the business earns more than one million yuan annually, roughly equal to $146,000.

‘The Girl Who Collects Snake Venom’

Away from the farm, Qin has also become an internet personality. She posts videos online using the name “The Girl Who Collects Snake Venom,” where she has gathered more than 22,000 followers. Her videos often answer questions about snake farming and the dangers involved in handling venomous reptiles daily.

Qin openly talks about snakebites and says the pain is something people never forget. “If someone who raises snakes tells you they are not afraid of being bitten, there is only one possibility: they have never been bitten. Especially with the five-step snake, the main symptom after a bite is intense pain. Once you have experienced it, you will remember that pain for a year, or even a lifetime,” she said.

“You might think that getting bitten on the hand only affects the hand, but in reality, your arm, shoulder, and even half your body can be in pain. One of my followers said that after being bitten by a five-step snake, the pain was so unbearable they would rather undergo amputation than experience it again,” she added.