It is said that "wasps in July and snakes in August". This old saying in the countryside tells us that the most active season for snakes is in the summer, because the temperature is relatively high at that time. As cold-blooded animals, snakes have reached the highest temperature of the year. when active. But you know what? In fact, around the Qingming Festival, many snakes have begun to appear.

Spring is the season for outings. The grass is long and the warblers are flying, and the greenery is abundant. At this time of year, many people go to the wild to experience nature. Every year, many people are bitten by snakes during outings. hurt. Especially in the south, the climate is warm and humid, and snakes are more frequent.

Scientific research found Human beings have an innate fear of snakes. Even babies who have never seen a snake will have their pupils dilated and show a scared expression when they see a picture of a snake. Among all snakes, pythons can grow to very large sizes, so the fear they bring to people is doubled.

As the weather gradually warms up, the pythons gradually wake up. After a long period of hibernation, pythons in spring are hungry, so their foraging strategies will be more aggressive. In addition to wild prey, poultry raised by some villagers often become prey targets of pythons.

Two pythons ate more than 30 chickens

Recently, two large pythons were lurking in a village in Yonghu Town, Huiyang, Huizhou, Guangdong. In three months, more than 30 chickens were eaten crazily, causing huge losses to the villagers.

The incident happened in Xiaoche Village, Huizhou. A villager raised 40 chickens in his home. However, as early as three months ago, the chickens in the chicken coop began to disappear inexplicably, and some chicken feathers were scattered on the ground. Judging from the situation at the scene, it is suspected that wild animals are preying on them.

In three months, the number of chickens in the villagers' homes went from 40 to only 3. The villagers were so disturbed that they finally made up their mind to find out the reason, only to discover that it was a giant python. cause trouble.

After discovering the python, the villagers did not dare to act rashly because of its size, so they called for help from the fire department. After the firefighters arrived, they found a large python curled up in a drainage pipe on the road. So the firefighters quickly blocked both ends of the drainage pipe and then used snake catching tools to clip it out.

Just after the firefighters caught a python, they suddenly discovered that there was a smaller python hidden in the drainage pipe, so they used tools to capture it.

After measurement, the larger python weighed nearly 100 kilograms and was 5 meters long. long; the smaller one weighs about 70 kilograms and is about 3 meters long. The size of these two pythons is already at the level of giant pythons.

Beware of snakes as the temperature warms up

Pythons preying on poultry actually happens every year in the south, and there are quite a lot of them. For example, in May 2022, a large python broke into the home of a villager in Wuhua County, Meizhou, Guangdong, and devoured the food raised by the villagers. Domestic chickens.

Snakes are cold-blooded animals, so they are very sensitive to the temperature of the environment. When the temperature is relatively low, they usually hibernate, and when the temperature gradually rises, the snakes will slowly wake up .

When the temperature reaches 25 degrees Celsius, snakes will become more active, and when the temperature reaches 30 degrees Celsius, they will become extremely active. Although it is spring, the temperature in many southern areas The temperature is around 25 degrees Celsius, so it is naturally easy to encounter snakes.

Different from the reasons why snakes enter homes in the hot summer, when pythons break into human homes at this time, they are most likely attracted by raised poultry. Pythons As a type of larger snakes, their predators are often larger.

Compared with wild prey that are clever and difficult to catch, chickens, ducks and other poultry raised in captivity by humans are much easier to catch.

Boas are nocturnal and usually active at night. This also explains why the two pythons that appeared in Xiaoqi Village were not killed after devouring so many chickens in three months. The reason why the villagers discovered it.

What should you do if you encounter a python?

Compared to venomous snakes, pythons are non-venomous, but that does not mean that they are not dangerous. The scariest thing about pythons It is its "death entanglement". When hunting, pythons will wrap their bodies around their prey. Because of their large size, the python's entanglement power is beyond imagination.

Scientists said that when the body grows, A python over 3 meters in length is entangled with such force that even an adult man cannot break free on his own.

In addition, when a python entangles its prey, it usually bites the prey tightly with its mouth first. Once the prey is fixed, it will continue to entangle until the prey suffocates and dies. Then it will entangle for a period of time to dislocate the bones of the prey and make the body appear more even up and down, and finally it will be swallowed.

< p>Since pythons are so dangerous, what should you do if you encounter a python? In fact, you don’t have to worry too much. Most snakes are afraid of humans. Generally speaking, when pythons sense human movement, they will take the initiative toChoose to run away and avoid.

If you encounter a python that has just finished eating and has difficulty moving, don’t worry at this time, because it takes a long time for them to digest. At this stage, the python will not attack people as long as you do not stimulate it.

In short, the first thing to do when encountering a python is to stay calm and not take drastic actions. Of course, if you are really scared, you can just run in the opposite direction. Pythons generally do not chase people.

If we find a python at home, we can ask the fire department or professionals for help. Never handle it privately to avoid danger.

The best way is to nip it in the bud. When pythons enter your home, they will most likely be attracted by the poultry raised. Therefore, if conditions permit, try to isolate the poultry breeding area from the human living area. Avoid pythons that appear and people fail to detect them in time, resulting in injuries.