Useful Tips To Avoid Snake Bites

Useful Tips To Avoid Snake Bites

• Don't sleep next to brush, tall grass, large boulders, or trees. They provide hiding places for snakes.
• Place your sleeping bag in a clearing. Use mosquito netting tucked well under the bag. This netting should provide a good barrier.
• Don't put your hands into dark places such as rock crevices, heavy brush or hollow logs, without first investigating.
• Don't step over a fallen tree. Step on the log and look to see if there is a snake resting on the other side.
• Don't walk through heavy brush or tall grass without looking down. Look where you are walking.
• Don't pick up any snake unless you are absolutely positive it is non-venomous.
• Don't pick up freshly killed snake without first severing its head. The nervous system may be still active and a partially dead snake can deliver a deadly bite.
• Even if you see a venomous snake don't panic always be clam, make no sound nor movements and let the creature go its way.
• Never try to kill nor hit snake with stones. In case if you do so, possibility of a jump bite or spitting of venom from snake's self-defense may prove hazardous. Spitting Cobra is very well known to spit its venom with extreme accuracy. It always target victim's eyes and its venom can cause permanent blindness.
• Always wear hard & tall shoes which could possibly secure legs and resist snake bites.
• Lastly while going for treks or expedition campaigns in national parks do investigate little about that area for any special snake habitat. If it's a home of special specie of venomous snake do carry a proper antivenom with you. In such a case, prior guidance and advise regarding selection of a proper anti-dote from any medical expert is mandatory. Remember! Some people are allergic to antivenom.

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