I was born in the provinces, and we always had a lot of snakes there. I remember people who suffered from snake bites. There were deaths, but mostly people managed to get to the hospital and get an injection. And someone didn't give any injections, like my alcoholic neighbor, who simply increased his daily dose after being bitten by a snake and was treated in this way. And he's cured, by the way.
And I've learned since childhood that the best snake is a dead snake. I myself chopped down several snakes with a shovel at a relatively young age. That was the way it was done. The fewer snakes there are in the area, the better. And in my yard, it's better to do without them altogether.
But much more than snakes, I am angry about the so-called greens. They are mostly loafers on the Internet, scammers who collect money to protect wildlife, but do not know this very nature. Most of all, they shout that it is necessary to protect snakes. At the same time, they do not seem to notice the victims of the bites. I'm not calling for killing all snakes, but they shouldn't be anywhere near my place.
And the biggest snake I ever saw was in India, where my wife and I were on holiday. It was a cobra that lay down in our path. But I didn't have to kill it - a hotel employee did, wielding a big stick. I should have given him a tip, but somehow I didn't think of it.
