Venomous Snakes out in action!

Autumn breeze has arrived. Cold-blooded animals are busy out foraging to save up some energy reserves for the winter. Getting out the field in this few weeks, you have a high chance to see some snakes, and for those I saw lately were venoumous ones.

Like this one, Bamboo Pit Viper or White-lipped Pit Viper Cryptelytrops (Trimeresurus) albolabris, they usually sit-and-wait in bushes or branches and wait for preys, such as frogs, geckos, passing by. Most of the snake bite cases in Hong Kong were from this species. The best way to avoid being bitten is not to get close to area with bushes and tall grass. If you really need to, get a stick and hit the grass and bushes in front of you, this would surely scare them off.