How to escape when encountering a big snake in the wild?

In all cultures, there are snakes, such as the snake that led Adam and Eve to eat the fruit of wisdom. Fuxi Nuwa in China culture, snakehead, and Octopus snake in Japanese culture.

It can also be seen that in the early days of human civilization, serpents once spread all over the world, but for various reasons, they are rare now, which also leads to our lack of experience in dealing with large snakes.

Then the problem is coming. What should I do if I meet a big snake in my trip?

What should I do if I meet a big snake?

If we meet snakes in the wild, we must first distinguish whether snakes are poisonous or non-toxic. From the appearance, the head of a poisonous snake is generally small, triangular, and its tail is also very short, and it suddenly tapers from the anus. But this is not absolute, because some snakes without poison also have triangular heads.

The main difference between poisonous snakes and non-poisonous snakes is that the fangs of poisonous snakes are long and sharp, while non-poisonous snakes are rows of crooked teeth with different wounds.

(No crooked teeth of poisonous snakes)

But if the snake bites itself, it will be too late to judge whether the other person is poisonous or not. So take precautions in advance.

Generally speaking, poisonous snakes are smaller and non-poisonous snakes are larger. But there are exceptions to everything. King cobra is very big, and adults can reach more than 3 meters, or even 5 meters.

Cobra is not small, most species are around 1.5 meters, and a few can reach 2 meters.

King cobra is fierce, has the nature of eating snakes, and even eats its own kind, so few other snakes can survive around King cobra. However, the fierce king cobra will not take the initiative to prey on humans. This is because human beings are huge and have no teeth to shred meat, so they can't break down their prey into small pieces and eat them in one bite. Humans are too big to eat even if they are caught successfully, so they will not waste their energy attacking humans. Of course, the larger king cobra has the ability to swallow humans, so be careful.

What should I do if I meet a big non-poisonous snake?

There are many large non-venomous snakes in the world, such as net snakes and boa constrictors. They are very big and can even reach more than 5 meters.

When a non-venomous snake hunts, it mainly relies on muscle strength to entangle its prey until it suffocates. Generally speaking, a snake about 3 meters has the ability to kill human beings, and it is difficult to untie it by one person's strength.

But nonvenomous snakes have one weakness, that is, their cloaca. If you poke a snake's cloaca with a hard object, it will release its prey because it hurts. Of course, if you can't reach it, you can ask your partner for help.

In fact, large non-venomous snakes basically live in tropical and subtropical regions because they belong to temperature-changing organisms. The bigger they are, the higher the temperature requirements are. Because of this, a large snake like Titan Python appeared in the Paleocene-Eocene extreme heat event, and its size was as high as18m.

In addition, the bigger the snake, the harder it is to attack people walking on land. This is because snakes have no feet, and their actions depend on muscles. The bigger the body, the heavier the weight, which leads to the greater friction they need to overcome when crawling on the ground, so the slower the speed is.

Therefore, generally, larger snakes live in swamps or near the water, rely on the buoyancy of water to reduce their weight, and quickly move their bodies in the water to attack their prey.

Therefore, when we want to travel to the tropical primitive environment, it is best not to be near rivers and other places.

Snake repellent artifact

For a long time in the past, we all believed that realgar could drive away snakes, but now many experiments have proved that different snakes have different reactions to realgar. Some snakes are afraid of the smell of realgar, such as cobra, but some snakes are not afraid at all, such as viper.

In addition, according to snake research experts, snakes are very sensitive to smell. They hunt by smell. If you put something with a strong pungent smell around you, you may be able to drive away snakes, such as essential balm.

However, when snakes get used to the smell of essential balm, or the smell of essential balm weakens, they will still break into human living areas.

So the best way is to completely close the tent when camping in the wild.

If you are unfortunately bitten by a snake, you must write down the characteristics of the snake at the first time, do not exercise vigorously, and seek the help of a doctor in the shortest time to inject the corresponding antivenom.