Great Info On Snake Bites

I brought my children for a walk to the temple behind my house last night. It was the last night of the Nine Gods Festival. We stayed around for just half an hour, then we decided to walk home. We passed by the road side, and those snakes attracted us.

A few men were playing with snakes there, besides promoting the snakes' gall, blood and flesh as food. What a waste that I didn't bring along my camera! We saw a man putting the snake's head in his mouth while performing! Yeakkk! Disgusting! How would it feel like with the snake's tongue shooting in and out in his mouth??! Even my son can still remember the scene. The crowd were encouraged to touch and feel the snake's body too. Of course, we were not the brave type.

Anyway, I found some useful information from the group which I would like to share. How to differentiate poisonous and non-poisonous snakes? If you are bitten by a snake, and you see that your blood is flushing out from the wound, well you are saved. If, the bleeding from your wound stopped after the bite and you see a dark patch on your wound, then you are attacked by the poisonous snake.

The owner of the snake's shop reminded us the main 3 ways of rescueing after bitten by a poisonous snake.

1) First, quickly take a blade or a small knife and cut a few lines near your wound to let the poison flows out together with your blood;

2) Then, tie up around the wounded part with handkerchief or cloth to prevent your blood with poison to flow fast and reach your heart!

3) Lastly, don't waste time going to the clinic or specialist. Go to the general hospital immediately. Your life will be saved after being jabbed with the same type of snake's poison in hospital!

Do believe, as the shop's owner has gone through all the above a few times. What do you think? He has been catching and playing with snakes for almost 20 years! Sure he got it many times.