How to protect yourself from a snake bite

Find out where snakes live in the place where you are going. This will help you to determine which areas should be avoided. Find out also the types of local snakes, perhaps, none of them are poisonous.

To make your trip to the forests, where they dwell snake was safe and passed without injury, wear long pants and high boots made of very durable thick leather or rubber. Most snakes can not bite through these materials.

Do not lose vigilance. Carefully inspect the place where you want to go. Avoid holes, areas with tall grass and fallen trees. Never meddle with your hand, take a long stick and remove a branch of it.

Do not lift or turn old snags, should not sit on the ground. Snakes are the most dangerous in the spring, after hibernation. These reptiles love to bask in the sun, so carefully inspect the boulders and stumps before you get to them.

In advance collect firewood in the morning or afternoon, because the snakes are most active in the dark. Your actions and the noise can disturb the reptile, and since you can't see it, you will be difficult to assess the situation.

The fire deters almost all animals, so stopping overnight, be sure to light a fire from pre-prepared of brushwood. Nitrites the letter and scatter the grass around the camp, this plant repels snakes.

If you see a snake, stay still and don't move. Don't turn your back on her, and very slowly start to move away. Do not make any sudden movements, then the creeper will not notice. Snake attack man, only if you feel the threat emanating from it, so do not approach the animal. The reptile itself out of the way.

Don't sneak up on the snake or attempt to catch her by surprise, your actions can trigger an attack. Never strike or attempt to kill an animal, it was at this point she will try to bite you. If you see a dead snake, do not approach her. Very often, these reptiles are only pretending to be dead.

You should be able to distinguish a poisonous snake from a harmless. Dangerous reptiles often have a bright color that will allow you the time to notice this and avoid her. You can tell a poisonous snake by the characteristic hissing or cod. Defiantly aggressive behavior is also characteristic of the dangerous reptiles.