What medicine do snakes fear most? Summer is coming, how to prevent snakes in rural areas is effective? What method is good?

In our village, a few years ago, there was an expert snake catcher with more than 20 years of experience. He told me that there are many things that can make snakes afraid, except realgar, which everyone thinks snakes are afraid of. There is something that can kill a big snake with just one drop. What is this thing?

After entering May, as the temperature rises and the weather gets warmer, snakes will often come out to move. With the improvement of ecology, they often hear the news that snakes are out of their holes. Especially for forest police, May ~ 10 is the peak time for snakes to come out of the hole. This time is when there are many alarms. Snakes like to hide in the roadside, flower beds and grass in the community. If they are not careful, they are easily frightened by snakes.

For example, at 9: 00 on May 13, 2022, Ninghai Police Station of Jiangchuan Branch of Yuxi City, Yunnan Province received an alarm from the masses and found a snake at home, asking for treatment. After the police went out, the public security police caught a black-browed snake. At about 15:00 in the afternoon, they received another alarm and found another one among the sundries of a farmer's house.

There are many ways to prevent snakes among the people. Some people say that realgar is used to drive away snakes, while others say that geese are used to prevent snakes. Let's take a look at popular science. Are these two deadly weapons against snakes?

First, can realgar prevent snakes? The origin of realgar snake drive began with the legend of new white snake. This story has been handed down to this day and is deeply loved by people. After Xu Xian made New White Snake and Xiaoqing drink realgar wine, they changed back to their original forms, which left a deep impression on people in this TV series. It is realgar that is very effective in driving away snakes, especially on the Dragon Boat Festival. People like to buy some realgar wine to drink, one is to prevent snakes, and the other is to commemorate them. So in people's impression, realgar can defend all snakes, and some people think that as long as realgar is sprinkled around the house, all snakes are afraid to approach.

Is that really the case? There is an experiment. After spreading realgar on the ground, let Agkistrodon acutus, cauliflower snake and King cobra get close to realgar. The final result was that Agkistrodon acutus and cauliflower snake climbed directly from the realgar powder. Realgar didn't repel these two snakes at all, but when the cobra approached realgar powder, it was afraid to pass directly. What is the reason?

This is because snakes are not afraid of realgar. In fact, snakes are afraid of the smell of realgar, but some snakes are sensitive to the smell and some are not sensitive to the smell of realgar, so there are two results. Some snakes are too afraid of realgar to go near realgar powder, but some snakes are not sensitive to the smell of realgar, so some snakes will not avoid realgar powder and have no effect on repelling snakes.

So realgar is not effective for all snakes, but for some snakes with sensitive sense of smell, which can drive away snakes and make them afraid to approach.

Second, what medicine do rural snakes fear most? Let's take a look at popular science first. The effect of driving snakes is good, and it can be said that it is convenient and affordable, and it does not require too high economic investment, which is the following:

1, cigarette oil and cigarette water.

There is a saying in the countryside that if the water soaked in cigarette butts is sprinkled around the house, then snakes will not dare to approach, because cigarette butts can emit a strong smell and play a role in driving away snakes.

Also, in rural areas, some old people use hookahs to dry their cigarettes. There is an old saying in the countryside that "a snake that swallows the oil in a tobacco bag is not far from death". Why? For some people, some old people in rural areas will feel dizzy after smoking dry cigarettes. These old people smell of sweat and smoke, and they carry tobacco bags on their backs. Snakes, insects, and plagues are afraid to get close to this smell and will make a detour.

This is because dry tobacco contains heavy nicotine, which contains alkaloids and has a pungent smell. As long as the snake smells this smell, or the snake's body comes into contact with smoke oil, it will make the snake's blood pressure rise and its heart beat faster. When blood pressure rises very high, it will cause the death of snakes. Because snakes are cold-blooded animals, their blood pressure is generally very low, so as long as there is a drop of cigarette oil, snakes will die directly.

As for soaking water with cigarette butts, it is to gather leftover cigarette butts in water with them in rural areas, soak them in water for 3~5 days, and scatter the water of these cigarette butts around the house to drive away snakes.

2. The elderly geese prevent snakes.

In the countryside, every household will keep a few old geese. The role of old geese is to eat and defend their homes. The old goose can be called "the first brother of poultry". The old goose has a strong fighting capacity, and the old hungry feces stink. There is cryptosporidium in goose dung, which has a great driving effect on snakes. If the snake is stained with goose dung, these cryptosporidium will enter the snake's skin and invade the snake.

3. There are some anti-snake plants in the countryside.

For example, planting impatiens, flowers in July and wild cassia seeds around the house can give off a strong smell, so that snakes can't get close after smelling these smells, which can play a good role in repelling snakes.

4. Essential balm and garlic commonly used in rural areas.

Essential balm and garlic are smeared on farmers' feet or arms in summer due to their strong smell. Mosquitoes and snakes are afraid to get close to each other after emitting these strong smells.

Therefore, after the summer, it is necessary to do a good job in preventing snakes in rural areas. Don't pile up sundries at the door. Weeds around should be eradicated. If there is a gap in the courtyard wall to be blocked, you can keep a cat and some old geese at home. These two animals are natural enemies of snakes, and snakes are generally afraid to go near them. You can also plant some impatiens at the door and sprinkle some water soaked in cigarette butts. These can reduce the number of snakes in the house. what do you think? Welcome to exchange and discuss in the comment area.