Parassinikadavu snake park is one among the best known tourist attractions located about 16km away from Kannur town. It lies near to famous Muthappan temple where you can see theyyam performance as a daily ritual offering. Famous Ummer Koya Memorial Ayurveda Hospital administered by the same society of Parassinikkadavu snake park is also located near to this snake park. This hospital provides all kinds of ayurvedic therapies and treatments for tourists.Treatments for snakebit are also undertaken in this hospital. Even the most poisonous snakebits have been cured here. Prassinikkadavu snake park is a favourite destination of herpatologists. This snake park is fully functional now and is opened for tourists from 9.00 AM to 5.30 PM.
Intension and inside view of Prassinikkadavu snake park
The main intension of Parassininkkadavu snake park is to preserve and conserve rare varieties of reptiles. It beholds an amazing collection of about 150 snake species. You can see here a wonderful collection of snake species like king cobra, cobra, russel viper, krait, pythons and pit viper. Here there are three snake pits, two large glass houses for king cobras and fifteen glass houses for other snakes. You can also watch here other endangered species like Simhavalan monkeys and crocodiles. It also holds a laboratory for extracting and analyzing venoms from snakes. Administration of this snake park is done under the control of Pappinisseri vishachikitsa society. It is one among the important snakebit treatment centres in India and the only one in the state of its kind.
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