Humans are naturally afraid of snakes?
This week alone, I have written several articles about snakes, not because I like snakes, but because after the weather becomes hot, these warm animals begin to be active, and human fear of snakes is carved into the bones, and the news of encountering snakes is naturally often on the hot search.
Many people think that humans seem to be born afraid of snakes, which is something in the genes, a natural adaptor evolved by humans, because snakes have occupied an important position in the long evolutionary history of human beings. But in fact, fear of snakes is an acquired act." Snake poison is dangerous! Such a concept is passed down by word of mouth, and the elders will naturally warn future generations that after the development of communication technology, the danger of snakes has spread through various channels, creating the illusion that most people are born afraid of snakes.
The Australian man found himself with a snake in his hat
An Australian man was about to go out, when he suddenly remembered that there was a hat in the garage that had been stored for several months, so he planned to use it. When he picked up the hat without even thinking about it, he suddenly felt that his hand was sinking, something was wrong! Where is the weight of the hat? He hung his hat back slowly and took a closer look, good fellow! There was a snake stuffed inside, filling the hat.
Because he did not know what kind of snake it was, the man did not dare to move, and he was in a hurry to use his hat, so he immediately called the local snake catching expert to assist. After the experts arrived, they determined that the snake was a carpet python, a non-venomous arboreal medium-sized non-venomous snake, so they used gloves to remove the snake from the hat and field it into the grass in the distance.
Although nothing actually happened, I felt very creepy after substituting myself, and if there was a snake sleeping in my hat, I definitely didn't want it.
Carpet python
Carpet pythons are still well recognizable, with a bright yellow outer skin covered with black bands of scales, similar to decorative woven carpets, and its name comes from; there is a pit on each side of its head that helps them detect the location of warm-blooded prey.
They are docile snakes and will therefore be pet candidates for many reptile enthusiasts, but their gentle temperament does not mean that they do not bite. If they are frightened or feel threatened, it can bite. Although it is a non-venomous snake, its sharp teeth will bend backwards after biting its prey, nail it to the ground for fixation, and then strangle the prey to death.
Carpet pythons can be up to 3.5 meters long, live up to 20 years, and can live longer if properly cared for. They are found in Australia and Papua New Guinea, and the highly adaptable carpet python survives in tropical rainforests, grasslands, rocky areas and semi-arid regions. But they often enter human homes because rodents are their favorites, and they try to find cool habitats on hot summer days, and the human house is just right.
What's particularly interesting is that even though carpet pythons aren't warm-blooded animals, females can actually raise their body temperature by twitching their muscles. This muscle activity is to generate enough heat to hatch the snake eggs. The incubation temperature of the eggs may determine the sex of the juvenile snake, just like some other reptiles.
postscript
In many parts of the world, people's fear of carnivores and "preference" for their bodies lead to ecological imbalances, which tend to affect local ecology.
In the case of snakes, larger snakes often feed on nasty animals such as rodents that destroy crops and spread disease, while many birds of prey and higher predators feed on them, and without them, the ecology is immediately out of balance. This is why poisonous snakes are always released in cities.