Cebu Zoo python massage

This item appears on page 77 of the October 2014 issue.

Visitors to the Cebu Zoo (Woolbright Dr., Beverly Hills, Cebu City, Cebu 6000, Philippines; phone +63 32 414 7103) can each experience a massage from giant pythons. 

For only the price of admission — PHP25 per adult or PHP10 per child (near 60¢/23¢) — a brave volunteer can lie under four pythons, with a combined weight of 550 pounds, and let their writhing bodies rub the stress away. 

 The snakes are fed meals of chicken before the massage to make sure they are relaxed and content, but volunteers are still cautioned to not yell or blow on the snakes, as they may become agitated. 

Open daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Cebu Zoo is located in the Barangay Kalunasan neighborhood in the southern part of Cebu City.