The five-step snake is not unfamiliar to everyone, it can be said to be one of the most famous poisonous snakes in Our country, even if you don't know the first poisonous snake, you must have heard of the five-step snake, just the name of "five-step snake", it makes it famous. There are still many legends about it in our country, when the Internet was not developed in the past, it was also called the first poisonous snake in China, and the folk once thought that its toxicity was very terrible, and it could kill people within five steps, including when I was a child. In fact, the toxicity of the five-step snake is not strong, and the toxicity alone may not be ranked among the top ten in China, and toxicity is not the only criterion for considering harm.
The five-step snake has a wide distribution range, in many cities in the south of China have distribution, including the northern cities can also see its figure, different regional names are also different, like the seven-step snake, the nose snake, the lazy snake, the hundred-step snake, the Chinese pit viper, etc., of which the five-step snake is the most famous, even more than its real name "barramundi". It is very recognizable, always with its head held high, high head, its "nose" is pointed and long, and most of the triangular head of the snake is not the same, even if you do not have to look at the pattern on the body can be easily recognized, "never look down" is its biggest feature, whether it is crawling, or sleeping, the head is always 45 degrees pointing to the sky, an indispensable appearance.
And its head is particularly flexible, can be greatly twisted, the field of vision is very wide, there is no specific route when attacking, unlike the cobra always looks ahead, someone attracts its attention, it can be caught with bare hands, and the experienced hunter does not dare to catch the wild five-step snake with his bare hands, even if he pinches its neck, its head can twist and bite you back. It belongs to the typical pit viper, and the original spearhead viper, short-tailed viper, Mangshan soldering iron head is about the same, the virulence is still the weakest of these snakes, the performance of the subject of the experiment mouse is not strong, but it is the most frightening of these snakes, because of the larger size, second only to the Mangshan soldering iron head, the best at hiding, often hiding in the deciduous weeds, motionless and shrunk into a clump, quietly waiting for the prey to arrive.
If someone does not pay attention to stepping on it, it is another story, ready to launch a "water drop chip", the treatment cost of the five-step snake is not low, although its toxicity is not strong, but it is better than the huge amount of poison, the average can reach 200 mg, is one of the most detoxified snakes in The domestic detoxification, the damage to animals is not serious, and the harm to the human body is the greatest. The most frightening thing is the "rotten meat" ability of the five-step snake, which is far beyond all venomous snakes, including The Zhoushan cobra in China, is ashamed of itself, so there are often appalling stories, some people are bitten by the five-step snake, scared to cut off their fingers, rather than lose their fingers to protect their arms, which shows the terrible part of its ability.
In fact, it is really so terrible, the hemolytic toxin in the five-step snake blood circulation toxin can make the patient's wound bleed a lot, swelling, ulceration, necrosis, organ failure, etc. in severe cases, as well as toxins that inhibit platelet work, which can make the wound bleed non-stop, unable to crust, serious mouth and nose bleeding, skin bleeding, etc., can not be stopped. So removing the finger is the wrong thing to do and will only speed up the bleeding, leading to hemorrhagic shock. Patients who are bitten by a five-step snake are difficult to cure, and even some people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for this, not only to inject serum, but also to do wound cleaning, skin restoration surgery, which may lead to muscle necrosis deep into the bone marrow when severe, as well as the possibility of amputation, so it is called "rotten meat king".
However, it is such a terrible poisonous snake, there is even a day of eating, or bullied by non-venomous snakes, that is, "cauliflower snake", cauliflower snake is also called Wang Jin snake, is China's largest non-venomous snake, and is very common, often appears in the courtyard of farmers, but also by many people called "family snake". Because the cauliflower snake has the habit of preying on snakes, whether it is a poisonous snake or a non-venomous snake, it can not escape the palm of its hand, there is a saying called "a place with Wang Jin, ten miles without venomous snakes", in the face of snakes that are not as large as their own, none of them can fight with it, it often sneaks into the home to find food such as rats and eggs, and the poisonous snake where it appears disappears.
Don't look at its strong eating habits, but there is no threat to people, the only threat is too smelly, so it is called the stink king snake, it can emit a pungent odor, the snake's sense of smell is very sensitive, usually will not be close to its range of activity, so it can play a deterrent role. Even if the five-step snake is high and poisonous, the cauliflower snake only has to escape in the face of the cauliflower snake, because the cauliflower snake also has an ability to make all pit vipers jealous, that is, immune to pit viper toxin, the pit viper is mainly a blood circulation toxin, there is no neurotoxin, the cauliflower snake is just immune to blood toxins, even if the five-step snake bites it fiercely, it has no symptoms of poisoning except for a little pain.
Moreover, the poisonous snake will not wrap around the enemy, and the winding ability of the non-venomous snake is miserable, and it cannot run, and the poison cannot die, and can only be reduced to the food of the other party. Cauliflower snake is huge, very powerful, and extremely intelligent, the five-step snake wants to bite it is a little difficult, cauliflower snake even if not afraid of snake venom does not want to be injured, in dealing with the poisonous snake usually first bite the opponent's head, so that it can not attack themselves, and then use the body to wind and strangle the enemy. Not only has developed muscles, but also has a meticulous mind, often preying on poisonous snakes also makes it more skilled, and the five-step snake can be said to have no ability to fight back.
It is precisely because of this that it not only preys on pit vipers, even cobras dare to prey, because it is not immune to neurotoxins, sometimes it will be bitten and overturned, but it can still easily deal with smaller cobras, and wisdom has become its biggest winning magic weapon, so poisonous snakes are afraid of it and never dare to approach. Can make the five-step snake eat, only the cauliflower snake can easily do, but the five-step snake is very harmful to people, so do not provoke it, so as not to beg for self-inflicted food, in the era without serum, the five-step snake is not only disabled, the fatality rate is far higher than other poisonous snakes.