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It's mostly that the snakes avoid you. Snakes don't see humans as food and so mostly get out of the way when humans approach. In Australia, where I live, it's
by oska 13y ago
It's mostly that the snakes avoid you. Snakes don't see humans as food and so mostly get out of the way when humans approach.
In Australia, where I live, it's said that even in the suburbs there will be a snake living somewhere close by. But most people will rarely ever see a snake and most snake bites are from people being foolish, like trying to kill a cornered snake.
Only four to six Australians suffer a fatal snake bite each year, and this is with our famous collection of highly venomous snakes [1]. I understand that fatal snake bites are much more common in India though, and I guess that's from population pressure and many more Indians living a rural life.
[1] http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2012/07/australias-10-most-dangerous-snakes http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-enviro...
- anotherevan 13y agoThe way I had it explained to me by a first aide instructor, although gram for gram of venom, Australian snakes are some of the worst, the delivery system is not as efficient. Venomous Australian snakes generally have a groove down the outside of the tooth which the venom runs down. So when bitten a lot of venom will get soaked into the clothing, and it generally goes into the lymph node system more than into the bloodstream. Whereas Indian snakes have a hollow tooth like a hypodermic needle which delivers the venom efficiently into the bloodstream.
- benatkin 13y agoHere's the Wikipedia page on it. The second table has the deaths. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_snakebites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_snakebites Most are close to the equator. The data confirms Aardwolf's experience.