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Humans                                                                                                                    MUSIC IN MARRAKESH                                 HEROES AND VILLAINS 82-83  DANGER: BAITS AND TRAPS 88-89
                                                                                                                                    The snake charmers that live in the
                                                                                                                                    plaza of this city are famous and                  ENCHANTED SNAKES 84-85    FEWER EACH TIME 90-91
                                                                                                                                    evoke scenes from the book The
          and Reptiles                                                                                                              Thousand and One Nights.                           ENDANGERED 86-87








































































                      ften feared by humans, snakes               are deaf, when they emerge from a                            dangerous reputation, their valued skins,
                      have long been the object of                charmer's basket, they are actually                          and the desire of some to keep them as
                      stories and myths; however,                 following the movement of the flute.                         pets. Most snakes are beneficial to
                      few people know what snakes                 Many snake species face extinction                           humans because they limit the spread of
        O are actually like. Since snakes                         from persecution resulting from their                        harmful animals like rats.
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