Many people will think that they are the silver ring snakes of our country when they first see them, in fact, the silver ring snake and the Indian ring snake are relatives, many of their living habits are the same, both like to haunt at night, venom is deadly nerve venom, their food is the same, even like to eat snakes are the same. But the Indian ring snake is more fierce than the silver ring snake, they are one of the most murderous poisonous snakes in India, so they are known in India as the "sleeping death god".
Indian ring snake
Indian ring snakes belong to the highly venomous snakes of the genus Ring Snake in the cobra family, which are mainly distributed in South Asia and can be found in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and other countries. The Indian Ring Snake and the Round Spot Viper, saw scale viper, Indian cobra are known as the Four Venomous Snakes of India, and these four venomous snakes cause 80% of the poisonous snake bites of the Indian people every year.
The Indian ring snake has black or black brown backs, some Indian ring snakes eat black and white or black-yellow horizontal stripes, and some eat tan or brownish red black spots and longitudinal lines. They like to prey on rodents, frogs, lizards and birds, and of course as a member of the cobra family, it is also their nature to eat other snakes.
The Indian ring snake likes to eat its own kind
The Indian ring snake crawls out of the darkness at night in search of food, and the black skin of the Indian ring snake allows them to blend into the night, like the vampires of Western legend. The Indian ring snake is a poisonous snake that preys at night, and this special effect is very similar to the characteristics of the silver ring snake, they are mainly rodents, lizards and other snakes, of course, they like to prey on other snakes, including blind snakes, juvenile Indian ring snakes, and even the round spot viper that bites india the most can become their belly wrappers. Although the round spot viper is also a highly venomous snake, because of the natural blood pressure, the viper is naturally afraid of snakes of the cobra family, and the venomous snakes of the cobra family like to eat the urine of snakes. Although the poisonous fangs of the Indian ring snake are small, they will not give up any prey easily, they attack quickly, they will bite the prey to death, inject venom in different parts of the body, the Indian ring snake will not only bite the prey, they will also chew the prey, while injecting a large amount of neurotoxins into the prey.
The Indian ring snake preys on the round spot viper
The Indian ring snake is the god of death in the sleep of the Indian people
Indian ring snake likes to hide in rodent caves or loose soil during the day, night is the active time of this Indian ring snake, the Indian ring snake at night is extremely agile, the indian rural night temperature is low, in the Indian countryside or retain the traditional habit of sleeping on the ground, which provides a warm habitat for the frozen Indian ring snake, the Indian ring snake is a cold-blooded animal, they can not regulate their body temperature, their body temperature will change with the change of the surrounding temperature, when the night temperature drops, The Indian ring snake needs to raise its body temperature to make it move more quickly. However, sleeping with snakes will lead to disasters, and the actions of Indians in their sleep are likely to cause the attack of the Indian ring snake, and the bite of the Indian ring snake usually does not feel any pain, which leads to the people in sleep who are bitten by them and do not know that they have been fatally attacked. The deadly neurotoxin of the Indian ring snake destroyed the victim's nervous system and respiratory system within a few hours, and even if treated with antivenom, the victim's chance of survival was only 50%. Therefore, it is not uncommon for people to die in sleep in rural India, especially children are more likely to die. The Indian ring snake is known in India as the god of death at night.
Without the help of antivenoms, the fatality rate of ring snakes in India is as high as 77%, while the average fatality rate of black mamba snakes in Africa is around 50%. The reason why the Indian ring snake has a higher fatality rate is not because it is more venomous than the black mamba snake, but more because the Indian ring snake often bites humans at night, and the people who are bitten are unaware of it, resulting in a higher fatality rate of the Indian ring snake.
The Indian ring snake is very poisonous, they are one of the members of India's "four poisonous snakes", and among more than ten species of ring snakes, the toxin of the Indian ring snake is also the most powerful. Only 2-3 mg of venom from the Indian ring snake is enough to kill an adult. The venom of the Indian ring snake contains a fierce neurotoxin, many scientists also believe that the venom of the Indian ring snake is more toxic than the general cobra, the neurotoxin of the Indian ring snake will affect the nervous system and respiratory system of the bitten person, the bitten person will have breathing difficulties, convulsions, limb paralysis and other symptoms, and if the antivenom is not injected in time, the bite will lead to respiratory failure and death of the bitten person.
Why is India rich in poisonous snakes?
There are more than 600 species of snakes in India, of which there are about 58 species of venomous snakes, and 50,000-60,000 Indians are bitten by various venomous snakes every year, of which the Indian cobra, sawfish, round spot viper and Indian ring snake are the four most poisonous snakes that bite Indians.
India is located in the tropics, the high temperature and humid climate is particularly suitable for the survival of snakes, the climate in the tropics leads to unusually dense vegetation, and the frogs, rodents, lizards and birds living in India are abundant, which provides an adequate food source for Indian snakes. With the soaring population of India, Indians began to deforestation, and the destruction of natural habitats undoubtedly exacerbated the conflict between humans and snakes, which led to the Indian people being often bitten by poisonous snakes.