The tourist & the love of cattle ... let's talk about snakes
Well, yes, there are snakes on Koh Phangan, of course, but the chances of being killed by a coconut are far greater than dying of a snake bite. There are two types of snakes that can be dangerous to humans. These are the one monocled cobra and on the other hand your highness the King Cobra, For the occurrence of Krait There is no evidence on Koh Phangan.
A clash is very rare, a bite accident even rarer.
When I came here, my reaction to snakes, even very small ones, was like this: screaming, screaming, gasping for breath, shaking and sweating. Three years later I'm not a fan of our meandering neighbors, but I'm not scared to death anymore. But even when I was really scared, I did not want to kill the animals. We humans are always penetrating their habitat and they are doing nothing but adapting. The foundation of our fear of snakes is ignorance. So I approached the subject with reason, started to inform myself and watched one of those terrible snake shows.
Terrible cruelty to animals, on par with elephant riding camps! In any case, I found out the following: snakes do not want to bite us. They don't even think about wasting their energy-consuming poison on something that isn't potential prey.
She assumes a threatening posture, like any other animal, and relies on the principle of deterrence. Snakes want to get away from us. The animals will always use the opportunity to escape. They perceive the vibrations of our footsteps long before we are near them and flit away. However, if they see no way out they will defend themselves by all means!
Snakes only come into the house if they have a good reason. For example, up to now it has been hunting for us because mice lived behind the refrigerator, a tempting dry spot in the rainy season and the apparent security of the roof beam for the moulting.
Snakes in Thailand are not aggressive
The puffing of a cobra you may have heard before is the equivalent of hyperventilating. The animals are so afraid that they are close to collapse. However, the snake unintentionally releases a fine drizzle of its poison when it bumps! Great educational work Reptile Rescue Phangan, founded by Stefan Pullitzky.
Reptile Rescue Phangan
Where reptiles are in need Stefan is not far! He captures the animals, takes care of them as needed, and releases them, far away from human dwellings, into the wilderness. On the Facebook page Reptile Rescue Phangan Stefan documents his assignments and gives important and very interesting information on the behavior of snakes. Because if we know why animals act in a certain way, we can do much better for both dangerous situations.
So if so a snake crosses your path meet her with respect. Do not try to make a selfie with a snake, do not hassle her and do not throw anything at her. Sit back and enjoy watching them - true to the motto: The smarter gives way. If you can not let her slip her way because she is too close to or even in the house, then call Reptile Rescue Phangan help. Snakes are beautiful, interesting and worthy of protection - even if most of us do not really like them, they can not help it.
