Snakes

davebro3 | 17:32 Sat 22nd Jun 2024 | Animals & Nature

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Are snakes worth the trouble?

A news report says that snakes kill 7000 people annually in Bangladesh alone (probably 10s of thousands worldwide).

It seems their main function ecologically is in controlling certain types of vermin but does that really justify their murderous behaviour towards humans?

Ireland seems to manage very well without them.

Should we exterminate all venomous snakes?

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barry1010

Lots of animals and birds eat venomous snakes.

Mosquitos kill more people than snakes

davebro3

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maybe they could switch to eating non-venomous snakes?😀

maggiebee

Kill, kill, kill. What is it about human beings that they feel the need to kill anything they don't like? Maybe we should exterminate a few human beings and we would all sleep easier.

haras2

Vagus

I've never seen a snake in real life, just in a zoo. I'd really like to handle one, and to answer the question, no.

davebro3

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//Kill, kill, kill. What is it about human beings that they feel the need to kill anything they don't like? //

Snakes kill things they don't like? They sure aren't killing people to eat them (usually).

david small

Keep the snakes. The humans, not so much.

Toorak

I hate spiders and snakes - especially in Australia 🫣

Chipchopper

I think its more a self-defence strategy, buying some time to make a getaway.

"Attack is the best means of defence"

1ozzy

Out of all the venomous snakes down under very few will attack when they feel threatened, most will just slither away and hide.

Shows who the aggressors really are.

barry1010

I've handled snakes, in Morocco and zoos in the UK. I nearly forgot the one in Tenerife - the owner often walked round with it hanging from his neck.

I don't think I'd handle one that I came across in the wild, though

davebro3

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//What is it about human beings that they feel the need to kill anything they don't like?//

I think snakes killing 1000s of people a year is a bit of a good reason not to like them?

barry1010

According to BBC News 50,000 people are murdered a year; snakes kill 25,000 a year and dogs kill 10,000.

Oddly, humans are must susceptible to mosquito bites than any other creature. Maybe their purpose on earth in to control the human population, the second biggest killer on the planet.

TheChair

People kill more people than snakes.

davebro3

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tell that to someone dying from a snake bite....

TheChair

^ tell that to 26 people dying of gun shot wounds at Sandy Hook.