As the temperature gradually rises, snakes have become more active, especially in southern my country. The weather is already very hot and snakes appear frequently.

There is an old saying in rural areas that "wasps in July are snakes in August." Although it is not yet July or August, the continuous high temperature weather is enough to make snakes restless. Snakes are cold-blooded animals and are very sensitive to changes in ambient temperature.

When the temperature is low, they will hibernate When the temperature reaches 25 degrees Celsius, the snakes will become active; and when the temperature reaches 30 degrees Celsius, the snakes will become extremely active.

Summer is also a busy season for fire fighters because they are busy catching snakes. According to data provided by Panzhihua Fire Protection in 2022, as of the beginning of July alone, more than 340 snake-related police cases have been handled. Most of them were residents who had snakes in their homes and needed firefighting help to "clear" them. go out.

Summer is a high-risk period for snake encounters and snakes entering homes. In this season of the year, a large number of snakes entering homes occur. For example, recently, in Guantian Village, Hot Spring Town, Yulin, Guangxi, the fire department He went to a resident's house and disposed of a large python.

A 25-pound python broke into the chicken coop and swallowed the goose

A villager in Guantian Village, Yulin City, Guangxi Province woke up and fed chickens as usual, but when he walked to the chicken coop, he discovered There was something strange. The big goose he raised was missing, and something seemed to be crawling behind the piles of wood in the chicken coop.

In order to find out the situation, the villagers walked over and took a look. It didn't matter at this glance, I was so frightened that I broke out in a cold sweat. I saw a huge python hiding behind the wooden pile, with a bulging belly. It looked like it was full of food and drink. It moved slowly, as if it was slowly digesting food.

Seeing this scene, if nothing else happened, the goose at home should have been eaten by this big python. Judging from the traces at the scene, this should be the case.

The frightened villagers quickly contacted the Yulin Fire Department and asked them to capture the python. After the fire fighters arrived, they found a large python that was eating behind the wooden pile. So the firefighters took out their woven bags and snake traps, and many people worked together to capture it.

After measurement, the python entrenched next to the chicken coop weighed 25 pounds and was more than 2.2 meters long. Although it is not considered large in the python family, it is still too big for most villagers. Said that this was probably the biggest snake they had ever seen.

Since the python is a national second-level protected animal, after the snake was captured, it was taken to a remote mountain forest and released.

Pythons are non-venomous but dangerous

Human beings' fear of snakes is engraved in their bones and imprinted on their genes. Scientists once conducted experiments and showed pictures of snakes to newborn babies. The babies also showed signs of fear such as dilated pupils. .

This may be due to the fact that in ancient times, humans suffered losses in dealing with snakes, so in the long process of development, they passed on the fear of snakes. This instinctive fear makes us Stay away from danger.

As we all know, although pythons are non-venomous snakes, they are also dangerous. Pythons generally have huge bodies and have super strong winding power. Scientific research has found that when a python exceeds 3 meters in length, its entanglement is so strong that even an adult man cannot break free.

When the python is hunting, it will quietly approach the prey, then bite the prey all at once, and quickly wrap its body around the prey until it suffocates the prey. During the whole process, the python keeps biting. Live prey.

After the prey becomes suffocated and becomes immobile, the python will not be in a hurry to relax, but will continue to tighten its entanglement for a period of time to ensure that the prey has no chance of survival.

Then the python will slowly squirm and wrap around, with the purpose of dislocating some joints of the prey to facilitate eating. Pythons do not have the ability to bite, so they generally swallow food directly. They secrete large amounts of saliva to lubricate them while eating.

Beware of snakes entering homes in summer

A large number of pythons break into human living areas and prey on poultry across the country every year. For example, in May 2022, Wuhua County, Meizhou, Guangdong A 30-pound python broke into the house of Mr. Zhang, a villager in the village, and devoured live chickens crazily.

Pythons are species that like heat and are afraid of cold. As the temperature gradually rises, the snakes that have been dormant for a long time will become active. Therefore, in summer, especially those in the south, you should pay more attention to preventing snakes. Especially beware of snakes entering your home. Because compared to meeting a snake in the wild, finding a snake at home is more worrying and scary.

It is a very common phenomenon for snakes to enter homes. The main reason is that the outdoor temperature is too high in summer, and human yards and homes are relatively shady, which attracts them.

In addition, chickens, ducks and other poultry raised by people, as well as mice in the home, are rare prey for snakes, so they are easy to catch.It's easy to be attracted to them.

So we generally like to hide in snakes Keeping the dark or cluttered corners at home tidy and bright can, to a certain extent, prevent snakes from entering the home. In addition, if possible, try to separate the poultry breeding area from the living area.

Compared with some small snakes, pythons prey on poultry more frequently. I would like to remind everyone that pythons are very dangerous. If you encounter one, you must not blindly handle it yourself, but should seek help from professionals. .

In addition, pythons are national second-level protected animals in my country, and private hunting is strictly prohibited. So even if a python eats poultry, it cannot be killed.

Of course, in addition to preventing pythons from preying on poultry, you also need to guard against some venomous snakes in the summer. According to statistics from the World Health Organization, 100,000 people around the world are bitten and die by venomous snakes every year. It can be seen that snake prevention is very necessary.