Man has always been afraid of snakes. From the very beginning of the universe, according to the holy book of the Bible, they did not bring anything good into our lives. Well, maybe only now, when the practical Japanese and Chinese have learned to benefit from their deadly poison, using it in alternative medicine.
A snake is not just a mortal danger, but also a creature capable of bewitching anyone with its graceful slowness. She seems to hypnotize the enemy, pretending to be calm, and sometimes even arousing suspicion in her reality, because she knows how to freeze perfectly, remaining in a state of static for quite a long time. But do not assume that the reptile will let you come closer to him or touch him. No, she is able to react faster than the wind to any step, and then there will be no mercy.
Scientists deny, people affirm
In central Russia and throughout Eurasia, there are a variety of reptiles, many of which do not pose a great threat to human life. For example, snakes. And there are those who are not just worth being afraid of - they should generally be bypassed for a kilometerside. Today we will talk about a snake, the existence of which scientists do not recognize, but the population of the northern regions of our country, and even some of its southern parts, insists that the reptile is quite real. It's about the fire snake.
What kind of miracle beast?
In ancient times, people told each other all sorts of fables, and sometimes true stories from life. Then these stories were passed down from generation to generation, acquiring many different facts. So, there are also rumors and legends about the fire snake. Siberians say that this terrible beast can jump up from the ground by more than one and a half meters and bites its victim exclusively in the neck or in the chest area.
And many more residents of the northern regions of Russia claim that moths can hang on trees to make it easier to attack their prey. Moreover, their prey, in addition to people, can also be cows, on which moth snakes descend from trees. The bite of such reptiles can be fatal for a person, because, as was written above, such a snake stings in the neck or in the chest area. From there, a person is not able to suck out the poison on his own, and the situation with a bite does not tolerate delay. By the way, if the necessary measures are taken in time (an injection or at least a suction of the poison), then it is quite possible to avoid negative consequences.
Snake moth: photo and description of several individuals
The moth got its name for the color with which it is endowed. Those who claim to have seen her live speak of three varieties of these dangeroushuman and livestock reptiles:
- The first type of reptile is jet black with a flattened head and two long teeth in its mouth. Sometimes, however, there may be bright red dots on her head.
- The second species is the moth snake, the photo of which is not so easy to find. She is a red reptile. This is the most dangerous and most poisonous snake of all subspecies. Its scales are evenly painted red-burgundy, without transitions and separation in the head and tail, but you can see a kind of braided pattern in the form of equivalent diamonds.
- Well, and the third description of the moth snake, compiled from the words of eyewitnesses: a black-and-red reptile, in which the entire body is shaded with red thin stripes.
It is worth saying that the moth is not called a huge snake, it is more like a copperhead or a viper in size. In general, not very big.
Legend
In Siberia, among the locals, there is one strange legend in which hunters and old-timers firmly believe. It concerns the killing of snakes, namely, that if a person is lucky enough to deal with a dangerous reptile, then his sins are forgiven.
We are talking about a fairly large number of sins per hunter, namely about 40. True or not - everyone decides for himself. But people protect their lives in a cold, harsh land with a special predilection (one hunter or forester can kill about 40 poisonous individuals per day), as evidenced byinformation reported in the media. Such facts are not surprising, because more than 10 million snakes have been registered in Siberia. However, I would like to note that no one has yet provided a skin or a photo of a moth snake in Siberia.
A distinctive feature of the little beast
According to the assurances of those who have de alt with or heard stories about the moth, this little reptile always attacks first. Unlike almost all of her fellows, she does not wait, does not tolerate and does not observe, the moth immediately acts. If she attacks from the ground, she can jump to the line of the abdomen and bite there, and in case of an attack from a tree, she strives, like a vampire, to bite into a human neck.
By the way, when a moth snake wants to attack a cow, it first descends on it from a tree, and then deftly creeps along the wool to the udder of the horned cattle and bites it there.
Maybe it's not a moth at all, but an ordinary copperhead?
Be that as it may, if people talk about the existence of a snake that allegedly does not exist, then it is worth thinking about the reason for such an attitude of scientists towards it. Probably, under the guise of a moth, biologists see another representative of the reptile, and ordinary people gave this name to the reptile, based on the unusual and bright color of the reptile. There is another interpretation of this phenomenon: just a reptile, due to certain living conditions and habitat, was forced to change the color of the skin. And this is none other than an ordinary copperhead or a viper, but with a peculiar andunusual color and strange habits.
