Had an unexpected visitor today 😏

Had an unexpected visitor today 😏

Originally shared by Ranganayaki Srinivas

If you see a snake in your house what would you do? The immediate thought may be to kill it. But if you resist it for a minute you can find a win-win solution for the snake and yourself. We called the http://friendsofsnakes.org.in/

Adithya Srinath came home immediately to catch the snake and take it to a safe location away from the dangerous human beings smile emoticon He told us on the phone not to harm the snake in any way, just keep a watch on it and he would reach our house asap. He came and searched for the snake. He found it, bottled it, made some holes in the bottle for the snake to breathe and carried it in his backpack. He also showed two more snakes he had caught before coming to our house. One was a cobra in a pillow cover and another a thick snake in a bottle. He gave us some wise advice about snakes. Friends of Snakes Society is the facebook page that can give you more information.
He said
1. In Hyderabad there are only three types of poisonous snakes. Cobra, black snake and a viper with some lines on its body. A green snake is poisonous to animals and does not have enough poison to kill human beings.
2. The snake he got from our house was a tree snake and the one the society people had killed in the morning was a rat snake. Both are harmless. They eat birds and other small animals.
3. When a female snake needs a mate it gives out a scent. In the normal course the scent is not very strong. But if that snake is killed, its head is broken and the scent is spread to a bigger area. Male snakes recognize this scent and come to the place where the female is killed. This is what people mistakenly say that a snake takes revenge etc.
4. When we see a snake if stand firmly in front of it and move our body slightly to and fro, it will go away. Snakes are scared of human beings.
5. It is better not to kill snakes. We can take their help to catch them and leave them in some forest area.








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