Cobra
There are not many species of venomous snakes in China. Generally, people living in cities are likely to come into contact with these snakes only when traveling. Regarding venomous snakes, we should try our best to avoid places where they usually live. If you do encounter venomous snakes, don't panic and don't take the initiative to attack them. Under normal circumstances, they rarely attack unless we take the initiative to provoke them.
1. Viper (detailed introduction)
Also known as ground flat snake, soil viper, dog shit snake, gray chain whip, rotten belly snake, seven-inch snake, hemp seven Inches and so on. The head is triangular in shape, with cheek fossae, obvious rostrum scales, wide internasal scales, tapered outer edges, and obvious dorsal scales. The total length is about 60-70 cm. The back is grey-brown, with a dark figure-eight spot on the back of the head, and a thin white eyebrow line with a black border on the temple. The spots on the back of the trunk are larger, usually with 2 rows of dark brown round spots, staggered left and right, and some have horizontal lines of the same depth. spot. Or there are scattered irregular spots, with a row of brown spots on the side of the body, and gray or gray-brown belly with black spots.
The viper is widely distributed. It can be found everywhere in my country's southeastern coastal water network area, the Northeast Plains, the Loess Plateau, the Qinling Mountains, and the grasslands of Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. It can live in various environments such as plains, hills, and mountains. They often inhabit graveyards, grass, piles of rocks and fields, often curled up into balls, like dog excrement. The viper is a northern type and has strong cold tolerance. It feeds on frogs, birds and rats, and can also eat fish, snakes and lizards. Ovoviviparous. The young snakes produced eat arthropods such as centipedes, and their venom is mixed. ?
2. Cobra
Cobra is a venomous snake with strong venom and great harm. There is a pair of white and black stripes on the back of its head and neck, which looks like the glasses worn by people, so it is called a cobra. In general, the ribs of animals are in the chest, but in cobras they are in the neck and can move. When it is irritated, it will erect its front body, sway left and right, and expand the ribs of its neck, making it flat and flat. From a distance, it looks like a face wearing glasses.
Cobras are very cruel and venomous snakes that will even devour their own kind when hungry. The cobra can spray out venom while making a "whoosh, whoosh" sound, hitting the opponent's face and eyes all at once. Biologists believe this may be because they can feel the temperature of an animal or human face. Mainly distributed in Guangdong and Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Fujian, Taiwan and the Jinsha River Valley in Sichuan.
Understand its living habits and try to avoid contact with it and do not take the initiative to attack
3. Krait
Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Hainan and other provinces (regions). They are nocturnal snakes that like to be active in forests in plains, hills, and mountains in hot and humid areas, near ponds, streams, or in hillside caves and near homes. The body is relatively thick, usually 1 to 1.6 meters long. The head is oval, slightly larger than the head. The back of the head is black, with figure-eight stripes diagonally extending over the side of the head. There are wide black and yellow rings on the head and tail that wrap around the body. The black rings and the yellow rings are almost the same width. There is a ridge on the back, and a row of scales in the middle of the back expands into a hexagonal shape. The tail is short and blunt at the end. ?
Time and regularity of venomous snake activity
Snake is a cold-blooded animal, and its activities are closely related to the outside temperature. It will only come out when the temperature reaches above 18 degrees. In the south, May to October is usually the peak period for snakebite incidence. Snakes often come out of their holes especially when it is hot and rainy or when it clears up after a rain. Pay special attention to preventing snakes before, after, and after rain in summer. Different snake species have different activity patterns. Cobras and king cobras (details) are generally active during the day, bungaras (details) are active at night, and vipers are active both during the day and at night.