I don't know since when, the golden ring snake that I often heard about in the past has gradually faded out of people's sight, and then there are various doubts about its strength, and some people who do not know why they think that the golden ring snake is a micro-venomous snake or even a non-venomous snake, and some people threaten that the golden ring snake is timid and docile, and he once tied it around his waist as a belt, he did not dare to resist, even if it was bitten, it was not a big deal, its toxicity was at the bottom of the poisonous snakes in our country, and it did not poison people at all. In fact, there are countless such remarks, whether they really do not understand or joke, there will always be a part of the people who believe it and play a misleading role. Today we will realistically understand whether the golden ring snake can not poison people? Is the toxicity really at the bottom of the domestic venomous snake?
Speaking of the golden ring snake, I can't help but think of a passage in Jin Yong's novel "Laughing Proud of the Rivers and Lakes", which made Fox Chong say: There are three poisons in this world, namely nuns, arsenic, and golden thread snakes, although I don't know what the most poisonous means, but the golden thread snake mentioned here refers to the golden ring snake, which can be seen that it is highly venomous. The golden ring snake is a venomous snake of the famous cobra family and the genus Ring Snake, which is mainly distributed in southern cities in China, such as Jiangxi, Hubei, Yunnan, Fujian, Hainan and Liangguang, and also has a small number of distributions in Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and other Southeast Asian countries outside China. The golden ring snake is very beautiful in appearance, the back is high and bulging, the body is triangular, and the whole body is composed of black and yellow rings, so it is also known as gold-clad iron, gold foot belt, golden armor belt, yellow knot snake, etc., especially under the illumination of the light, its scales can reflect the shining golden light, and from a distance it looks like a miniature version of the "speed bump", reminding you to pay attention to safety.
Although the name of the golden ring snake is not loud enough, but when it comes to its twin brother, the silver ring snake is like a thunderbolt, the silver ring snake is known as the first venomous snake in Asia, in addition to the color and the golden ring snake are different, other characteristics are exactly the same, including personality, habits, looks, habitat are similar. They are highly nocturnal, hiding in rock crevices and burrows during the day and are very active at night, preferring to haunt rivers, streams, ditches, farmlands and other places close to water sources, feeding on frogs, fish, loach, etc., and occasionally preying on other snakes. However, the golden ring snake is more snake-eating, it not only preys on its "younger brother" silver ring snake, even the juvenile king cobra can catch, the reason why it can be called the big brother of the silver ring snake, because in addition to its less poisonous than the silver ring snake, other abilities are better than the silver ring snake.
First of all, the size of the body, many people think that the size of the golden ring snake is not as large as the silver ring snake, that is the person who has never seen the golden ring snake, the golden ring snake is a very large one in the poisonous snake, the average body length is 1-1.5 meters, the maximum can reach more than 2 meters, which is thicker than the general silver ring snake, which is also the main reason why it can prey on the silver ring snake. Some people may say that although the golden ring snake is large, it is very docile and timid, because its movements are slow and afraid of light, like to be active at night, if it is illuminated by light, it will bury its head under the abdomen, and it looks a little shy, so there are rumors that the golden ring snake does not take the initiative to hurt people. In fact, this is not the case, the golden ring snake is a relatively neurotic snake, temperamental, usually rarely take the initiative to attack large creatures, but when angry, it will chase people, and it has a certain degree of egg protection, if you feel threatened, you will not hesitate to attack humans.
The venom of the golden ring snake is indeed not as good as the silver ring snake, but it is not as weak as we think, first of all, the golden ring snake has a huge detoxification volume, ranking among the best in all ring snakes, the largest can reach more than 70 mg, which is 10-20 times that of the silver ring snake. Its venom type is different from the silver ring snake, is a combination of neurotoxins and cardiac toxins, the venom type and the king cobra are very similar, the patient will cause spasms, local paralysis, dizziness, arrhythmias and other symptoms after poisoning, which can seriously lead to respiratory weakness, weakened heartbeat, blood circulation failure and other life-threatening. The toxicity test of the golden ring snake is: subcutaneous injection ld50 = 1.2-2.4mg / Kg, the toxicity is more powerful than most pit vipers in China, plus it also has a huge detoxification volume, can easily poison an adult, and the fatality rate is higher than that of the famous Zhoushan cobra in China, reaching more than 18%.
It can be seen that the golden ring snake is not only poisonous, but also highly poisonous, indeed comparable to arsenic, and is not a crane tail in the domestic poisonous snake, although the number and toxicity are not as good as the silver ring snake, but the strong comprehensive strength is also destined to be fully worthy of being called the big brother of the silver ring snake. However, the number of golden ring snakes is relatively small, domestic cases about it hurting people do not occur often, the cumulative only hundreds, and silver ring snakes compared to small witches, so China currently has no effective serum for the golden ring snake bite for treatment, the degree of danger of this snake is no less than the silver ring snake, is a very deadly poisonous snake.
Everyone must not listen to rumors, wrap the golden ring snake as a belt around the waist, do not think that the golden ring snake is docile and will not bite people, as the saying goes, rabbits will bite people when they are anxious, not to mention a poisonous snake without feelings. If it is in a bad mood today, or if it is a female who is protecting eggs, it is a very dangerous behavior to rush to disturb it, no matter what kind of poisonous snake, even if it is a bamboo leaf green, we must avoid it when we encounter it, and we must not make dangerous behaviors.