Waching daily Dec 31 2018

so hey guys this is KD from Sciencekriti and welcome to our channel

so this video is about SNAKES

and for this video we would like to thank

The Indian Snakes Organization for supporting this video

if you love snakes do check out there website, link in the description

so snakes, of India could ammm...

no wait

they could be the most misunderstood creatures of the world

and to add to the effect of this image of snakes

bollywood has contributed in a great way

we ll talk about this later

first lets talk about snakes

so here in India, we have snakes that are fast on land

snakes that are excellent climbers

snakes that are great swimmers

and snakes that can actually glide

and now the their scariest quality

not that one

snakes are poisonous

what? snakes are poisonous , right?

ok so snakes are venomous

so the difference between venom and poison is that

so poison needs to enter to body via skin or oral route

while venom directly needs to enter via bloodstream

like a snake bite

but some snakes are poisonous too, like this one

the Japanese Tiger Keelback

whose neck region has the Nuchal Glands

which secrets a poison

so here in India we have around 300 snake species

out of which only 10% are harmful to humans

and even of those 10% many live inside the sea like sea krait

or some stay in deep forests, like many pit vipers

who never comes in contact to humans

and some of snakes for eg King Cobra come in human contact but are found in limited areas

now the snakes that you should stay away are

the Big 4

these big 4 are the snakes that

are found in the good number across the nation

this guy here is a Saw Scaled Viper

dont misinterpret it by its small size

they can have the fastest tracking speed

the next one is

Cobra

they can be easily identified

and no there is no such thing as Naag Mani on their head

the next one on the list is

the Russell's Viper

you can easily identify it from its chain pattern

their fangs are the largest in India

and finally The Common Krait

the number of their bites recorded are less

because they are mostly nocturnal and calm

wait

they are only 4 species

that means out of 300

there is hardly any snake that can harm us

so why are we so much afraid of them?

the answer is Evolution

so prehistorically our ancestors

were prey species for snakes

and because of venom they began to be more alert from snakes

and this behaviour now passed to next generations

making them even more scared about snakes

and over the years, the fear of snakes

gave rise to n number of superstitions

alot of people die because of snake bite

but alot more than that snakes are killed by people

either they are victim of roadkills or facing habitat loss

and during these hard times, to help snakes,

some people come forward

and they are called as SARPMITRA

and job of snakes rescuers can be very difficult

they have to rescue snakes in very tough conditions sometimes

that could be potentially dangerous

and some of the snake rescuers dont even charge for their work

but this noble job

is being used by some people to get the "likes" on facebook

and for the likes they started doing snake stunts

but the true rescuers consider such stunts as very wrong thing to do

so snake rescuers need to follow a proper snake rescue protocol

like- wear proper footwear

use proper equipment

release the snake as soon as possible within the 2km radius, etc

and because of not following the protocol

many rescuers have themselves bitten by snake

snake bite!

what can you do in a case of snake bite?

1. calm down

your heart rate can increase due to panic which can result in faster spreading of venom in body

do not try to kill the snake and take a video

it could waste time and could be risky too

2. remove the ornaments or jewellery worn on the bitten area

there is high possibility of heavy swelling in the area

3. keep the bitten part at the lower altitude

if possible , lightly band aid it

remember LIGHTLY

because you dont need to stop complete blood flow to that part, you just need to immobilize it.

and as soon as possible

with the help of your friends and family, reach the nearest government hospital

stay away from traditional techniques and snake charmer

snake venom is made up of very complex proteins

which could be very difficult to treat

so it is necessary to treat it in a proper government hospital

and finally why are snakes important?

so snakes are something called mesopredators

that means they lie somewhere between in a foodchain

that means they are predators as well as prey species

if we remove them from foodchain

it can cause imbalance in the whole foodchain

Friends Of Farmers

being carnivorous snakes are very important to control rat population

it is said that

a rat snake can eat near about 10,000 of rats in its life span

and it directly benefits the farmers and us

snake venom and medicine

so snake venom has alot of uses for eg

venom of brazilian pit viper is used in kidney diseases, stroke, diabetes and alot more

studies are in being done to use venom of black mamba

for the treatment of diseases like alzheimers and parkinson's

and rattle snake's venom for the treatment of cancer

so snakes are more important than you think

so it is necessary that we respect them

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