Shenzhen metro mouth surprised the python! It is about 5 meters long and weighs 60 pounds
Near a subway mouth in Shenzhen's Nanshan District, workers accidentally spotted a giant python about 5 meters long and weighing 60 pounds during construction. We all know that snakes hibernate in winter, but recently there have been snakes infested, when do snakes hibernate? Why are there still snake activities in winter? Come and go, pay attention to passers-by, listen to what customers say.
According to the staff of the Wildlife Rescue Center, this is a Burmese python, which is widely distributed, including Myanmar, Thailand, India, Indonesia and the southern regions of China, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, etc. The Burmese python can grow to about 7 meters in length and weighs about 120 kilograms, which is one of the largest snakes in the world and a second-class protected animal in China. In the wild, it usually preys on rats, rabbits, etc., or larger prey.
Due to habitat or food problems, sometimes it will appear in places where people live, in addition to preying on mice, it may also prey on stray cats, dogs, etc. Someone has photographed a Burmese python about 4 meters eating a stray dog, in addition to which it will run to the villagers' homes to steal poultry and so on.
With the onset of winter, snakes will also enter a state of hibernation, but recently it has been very abnormal, and there are always snakes. For example, on the 21st and 22nd of October, a total of 9 large snakes were caught in a small area of Nanning, Guangxi. Also on October 23, in a small district in Dalian, a property owner reported to the police that a snake had appeared in his courtyard. Now that the weather is so cold, why are there still snakes?
Snake is a kind of temperature change animal, body temperature will change with climate change, when the temperature gradually drops, the body temperature of the snake will also decrease, when the temperature drops to 10 ° C, the enzyme activity in the snake will be reduced, become stiff, difficult to walk, in order to maintain life will be hibernated.
In fact, the snake does not stipulate that it will hibernate in the winter, whether the snake will enter hibernation mainly depends on the temperature, if the temperature is higher for snake activities, it will not hibernate. For example, Shenzhen is still in more than 20 degrees, so it is normal for snakes to appear, but during this time the snake may be preparing for hibernation, such as hunting prey or looking for hibernation positions, etc., and the giant pythons that appear in Shenzhen this time may also be looking for a suitable hibernation position.
The probability of pythons appearing in the south is relatively high, and there are often news reports on which place pythons have appeared again, such as a 2-meter-long python weighing about 20 pounds in the home of a resident in Pingshan District, Shenzhen in September. In mid-October, a python of about 3 meters appeared in the urban area of Heyuan in Guangdong Province. So what if we encounter a python outside?
Pythons belong to the arboreal and aquatic types, like to stay in humid environments, and usually appear in grass, green belts, parks, etc. China's pythons are basically protected, if you find a python outside, do not easily alarm it, pythons generally do not attack people, but if you are in a relatively hungry state will attack people.
Although the python is not poisonous, its winding force is quite terrible, although there is no specific data on the winding force, but if it is entangled with it, it is equivalent to a truck pressing on you. The usual hunting method of pythons is to wrap their prey to death before eating.
For adults, pythons under 3 meters are generally not a threat, but if they are entangled with pythons of about 3-5 meters, it is very dangerous, and if there is no one to help, they basically cannot break free. There had been a python swallowing incident in Indonesia before, a woman was swallowed by a python about 7 meters during her evening tour of the vegetable garden, and finally the body was found in the stomach of the python.
If you encounter a python alone in the wild and are unfortunate enough to be entangled with it, the only way to save yourself is to reach out with a hand and find the location of the python chrysanthemum while the python is wrapped around you. This is where it is more fragile, and after finding it, poking it hard, the snake may relax after feeling the pain, and then all you have to do is take the opportunity to escape.
However, in areas where snakes often appear, it is still necessary to pay attention to going out, if you encounter a python, do not disturb it, try to stay away. If a python appears at home or nearby, do not catch the snake without permission to avoid being injured, and contact the local firefighter to deal with it.
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