In a middle school in Nan'an City, Fujian Province, China, several students were surprised to find a snake when they went to the bathroom, which was identified by experts as a "round spotted viper", the most typical feature of the round spot viper is that there are circular spots on the body, and they have three rows of round spots on their bodies, of which the round spots in the center of the body are the largest, because there are more spots on the body, so they are also called "hundred-step golden leopard".
The round spot viper also has a nickname, called "wife remarriage snake", so what is going on?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > round spot viper</h1>
The round spot viper belongs to the venomous snake, they have very obvious venomous snake characteristics, first of all, their head is triangular, and there are three round spots on the head, and the three round spots are distributed in the word "pin".
Secondly, they have poisonous fangs, which connect to the poisonous glands, and when they encounter danger, they will inject the venom from the poisonous glands into each other's body through two poisonous fangs.
The venom of the round-spotted viper is very strong enough to be deadly. Round spot viper and five-step snake, the venom contains blood circulation toxin, once biting humans, it will cause human coagulation dysfunction, resulting in bleeding, swelling of limbs, severe pain in the wound, difficult to walk, so they are called "hundred steps of money leopard", that is to say, within a hundred steps will be difficult to walk because of severe pain in the wound, and the principle of the five-step snake is the same, and the toxicity is not lost to the five-step snake.
The reason why the round spot viper is called "wife remarried snake" is because of another harm of the round spot viper, the venom of the round spot viper may cause kidney failure, and the person who is bitten may also have hematuria, hemolysis and systemic bleeding, etc. It is rumored that even if it does not die, the kidney function is irreversible.
But in fact, there is no scientific basis for this statement, first of all, in modern medicine, the main function of the kidney is urination, rather than the source of "male male wind" that we think; secondly, after being bitten by the round spot viper, as long as the corresponding serum is injected in time, it can greatly alleviate the symptoms, and after treatment, the kidney function can also be restored, not irreversible.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > why are Indians most afraid of this snake? </h1>
In China, the round spot viper is only distributed in Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places in China, and the number is small, and there are few reports of injury. But in India, when it comes to the round spot viper, people are very afraid, so what is going on?
In fact, the round-spotted viper is very common in Southeast Asia and India. They like to forage in rice paddies, which increases the probability of their encounter with humans. Although the round-spotted viper is not aggressive and does not actively attack humans and livestock, when humans step on them by mistake, they will attack each other at a very fast speed and inject venom into each other's body. What's even more frightening is that it will attack repeatedly, injecting venom into the human body again and again. The round-spotted viper detoxifies very large, averaging 200 mg at a time, enough to kill an adult.
The round spot viper is very toxic, as soon as a few minutes can cause the other party to die, but this case is extreme, on the one hand, because the poisonous snake injects more venom, on the other hand, because after being bitten by the snake, the patient runs violently, so that the blood flow speed is accelerated, so that the venom flows through the body with the blood; and the location of the bite is located in the artery, resulting in a very fast onset of the disease.
In general, after being bitten by a round-spotted viper, it is necessary to bandage as close to the end of the heart as possible, the bandaging should not be too tight or too loose, and it should be untied every few minutes to avoid poor blood flow and limb necrosis. After the bite, you should go to the hospital as quickly as possible, while not exercising strenuously, for example: by car, the number of round spot vipers in China is small, and few hospitals have the serum of the snake, but experienced doctors will use the same hemocytoxin snake venom for treatment.
In Thailand and other places where the round spot viper is more distributed, the local generally has a round spotted viper serum, the reason why there is a serum, Indians are still afraid of this snake, because the Indian economy is relatively backward, the number of serum is small, after being bitten by the snake, it is generally more fierce and less auspicious.
According to statistics, in India, the round spot viper kills thousands of people every year and is one of the most feared poisonous snakes in the region.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" >Why should we protect the round spot viper? </h1>
Although a venomous snake, the round-spotted viper is also an international grade II protected animal listed in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
They are protected on the one hand because of their small numbers and, on the other hand, because of their ecological value. They prefer to prey on rats, birds and lizards and are part of the ecological chain in which they live. In order to protect the ecological chain in which it is located, we also want to protect them.
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