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    The illegal wildlife trade is ranked the third most profitable criminal activity in the world. Some of the most sought after animals on the black market are snakes, but as Ellijahna Victoria explains, a Buddhist monk in Myanmar is on a crusade to save the reptiles from an untimely death.

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