There is less than a week of time is the beginning of winter, and most of our country has also been from dry and rainy weather to cooling dry and cold, with the drop in temperature, many animals have also entered the time of hibernation, especially snakes, we all know that snakes are a kind of temperature change animals, the temperature of the body changes with the changes in the outside world, in winter, when the temperature drops below 15 ° C, if they do not hibernate will be frozen to death.
However, about the snake winter need to hibernate is not absolute, recently, a man in Yulin City, Guangxi Province, on the way home at night, encountered a "behemoth", blocked his way home, it turned out to be a big python, what is the matter? Let's take a look.
At 8:00 p.m. on October 27, a man in Xingye County, Yulin City, was walking on the way home, when he suddenly found that there was something in front of him across the middle of the road, at first, the man thought it was a trunk branch, he wanted to walk over to move it, but he did not expect that this "behemoth" actually moved, and quickly climbed towards the corner of the roadside, and the frightened man had the courage to follow up, and by the light of the flashlight, he found a large python curled up in a hole under a wall.
Frightened python hiding in the wall hole motionless, frightened man did not dare to act rashly, so the man called the neighbors, planning to find someone to catch the python out, but the villagers are afraid of such a large python, and finally chose to call the police, hoping that the forestry department, fire department and other professionals to help.
Because the python was hiding in a crack in the wall, which was made of stone, it was difficult to chisel it with ordinary tools, and as more and more people watched, the python was afraid to drill deep into the wall, so it had to call on a nearby excavator to assist. Finally, after 3 hours of hard work, the big python was finally caught.
After the identification of on-site professionals, this is a Burmese python, weighing 18.1 kilograms, body length of more than 4 meters, belongs to the national second-level protected animals, in order to ensure the safety of nearby villagers, the relevant departments will bring the python back to the Wildlife Research Center, planning to help it arrange a new living environment.
Many people's understanding of the python is only to know that the python is a little larger than the ordinary snake, but for the Burmese python, there are many other characteristics, the Burmese python is also known as the Burmese rock python, double-banded cockroach, mostly live in the tropical rainforest, is one of the six giant snakes in the world, according to scientific records, before, the world's largest Burmese python found is 9.75 meters, but most of them are within 5 meters.
Male Burmese pythons live about 15 years, females have a long lifespan, can live for more than 25 years, the reason why Burmese pythons can grow so large is that they continue to grow throughout their lives, even after adulthood, the body size will continue to increase, because there are a large number of vertebral hyperplasia in their bodies to promote their growth.
Burmese pythons belong to the nocturnal snakes, most of the time will be in the night, the wild burmese pythons have a certain degree of aggression, especially when they feel that their own safety is threatened, they may take the initiative to attack each other.
In fact, pythons as a kind of snake, but also need to hibernate, but also divided into cases, such as Burmese pythons, they can also adapt to the physiological behavior of hibernation, but because most of the pythons live in the tropics, the local temperature is above 20 ° C throughout the year, so there is no need to hibernate, and the Burmese python has a low temperature resistance characteristics, there will be a high incidence during hibernation, so many Burmese pythons will not hibernate.
There is also a saying that pythons do not hibernate, we all know that snakes will look for some higher caves when hibernating, and will have multiple snakes living in groups to hibernate, and most of the pythons are alone, and it is not easy for large pythons to seek a place where they can hibernate, so some pythons that can withstand low temperatures may reduce the frequency of activity in winter, but they will not enter a hibernation state.
In some areas with humid and hot climates, it is easy to encounter snakes on the road, so when we are "blocked" by snakes, can we drive them away?
First of all, we must understand that many snakes are poisonous snakes, when we see snakes on the side of the road, we are not sure what snake it is and rush up to drive away, provocative, it is easy to provoke the snake, take the initiative to attack humans, once bitten by a poisonous snake, the consequences are very serious
Secondly, most snakes are wild protected animals, and it is illegal to hunt and sell wild snakes, so when encountering snakes, try to avoid them and try not to hurt them.
There is also a saying that snakes are animals that have spirituality, know how to repay kindness, just like in tv, and likewise, they will take revenge, and if you intentionally hurt it, you may retaliate against you, of course, this is just a superstitious statement, but in short, we still need to avoid hurting them, after all, they generally do not attack humans.
Although pythons are non-venomous snakes, but still have a certain degree of aggression, when we find their tracks in the wild, we should report to the relevant departments at the first time, do not dispose of themselves, once the improper disposal may be mistakenly injured or illegal.