Okay keeping with the snake theme, lets dispel some myths 1. Snakes become aggressive because they are defending baby snakes? False: Snakes have no concern for their young and often will even eat them. (This is excepting a few species of pythons). In fact the East Brown snake only stays with its eggs for about the first 5 weeks of the total 11 weeks it takes them to hatch. A black snake bears live young but abandons them immediately after birth. 2. Snakes only die after sunset? False: Snakes can take a prolonged amount of time to die tho due to their long bodies. 3. Snake bites are painful? False: A typical brown snake bite is either painless or almost painless. The tiny fangs often leave only faint puncture or scratch marks, without local redness, bruising or swelling. Indeed, the bite can be hard to see without a magnifying glass. Do not be fooled; even such an apparently trivial looking bite can result in lethal envenoming, particularly in young children. 4. Wash the bite site immediately? False: Do not wash the bite site as hospitals will swab and test the site to get an exact diagnosis as to the type of snake and if envenomation has occurred.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 21:52:23 +0000
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