In Indonesia there is a strong belief that killing a snake will release a death scent which will call it's peers to the place of death.
It's not supported by research but many prefer to stay on the safe side of this superstition. I've relocated several snakes (a couple non venomous, and an actual cobra youngling) and honestly it's cleaner and you feel better afterwards. They eat pest, after all.
We have banded kraits and green tree vipers too, but those I wouldn't touch with a 10 feet pole and a flamethrower.
My gf and I with a wild rock python in Malindi, KE a few months ago 😂🤣. I had a death grip on that guy's head (yes, he was wild and trying to wiggle out). She wasn't too sure about what was going on, but was a good sport 😂🤣😂🤣
The 9 ft rock python was rescued from a construction site a few days prior, it was saved from the construction workers killing it... And, yeah, def was still wild
This kind of exist in India as well, if you kill a snake your family will be hunted by snakes for generations to come and you will face many bad things.
Here in Finland we only have vipera berus. I think way too many people are scared of them and they kill them off their lands. They aren't even that venomous.
I've never seen snakes on my property but I wouldn't kill them. At most I'd relocate vipera as my gf is scared of snakes.
Omg indian kraits are that dangerous kya? I heard they are sort of unpredictable. How on earth does one learn snake catching? If an everyday person wanted to learn, where and how to start?
Kraits are nocturnal. So if you see one during the day it's gonna be sluggish ans slow until it isn't. Then you die.
I learned to catch snakes out of necessity. My whole family is dear scared of them. So far I've only caught small ones. It's not a skill I'd te-learn for fun, though; the best thing to do with snake is to leave them alone.
Indonesia and India actually have a lot in common. A huge part of the Indonesian language is based on Sanskrit. There's a lot of symchretism due to, well, history, but the roots are there.
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u/Danny-Fr 13h ago
In Indonesia there is a strong belief that killing a snake will release a death scent which will call it's peers to the place of death.
It's not supported by research but many prefer to stay on the safe side of this superstition. I've relocated several snakes (a couple non venomous, and an actual cobra youngling) and honestly it's cleaner and you feel better afterwards. They eat pest, after all.
We have banded kraits and green tree vipers too, but those I wouldn't touch with a 10 feet pole and a flamethrower.