A person can die from a reaction against “Anti Snake Venom Serum” administered as an antidote for snake bite

Today we found a teeny weeny, about 28cm long, Common Krait in our garden. Yeah! its a poisonous snake. It was promptly caught photographed, measured and put in a jar to be shown to Aasim.

The Common Krait is one of the poisonous snakes found in India, though it has been really long that I saw one in our garden. It is really fascinating to see differently how a poisonous snake behaves as compared to a non-poisonous one. This one even though a baby just kept trying to lunge and bite and followed people, fingers even though inside a jar… …

Aasim was a bit unhappy that he was not allowed to touch it. Also he has now been warned to be extra careful if he sees a snake and definitely not try to shoo or catch it unless I am around.

Pictures are here

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Prompted by mmk‘s comment I would like to add that the snake was set free as soon as Aasim came back from school and had a look 🙂
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  • Anonymous

    Beautiful!

    What a beauty! I believe a snake “visiting” one’s house is supposed to bring luck…

    I am reminded of this guy from Mysore called “Snake Shyam”, who catches about 25+ cobras a day, only with bare hands! He was featured on National Geographic with the amazing Croc Doc, Dr. Brady Barr…

    regards,
    ‘Slipstream’ Sumeet.
    [https://www.thelog.org/sumeet]

  • mmk

    What eventual plans?

    Is beautiful, but will probably die if kept in the jar for too long, IIRC.

    • Re: What eventual plans?

      Of Course it was set free after Aasim came back from school, though Aasim did try to suggest it would be ultra kewl to have a poisonous snake as a pet.

      Guess I should put this as an update before SPCA gets on to my back