HISTORY ACTIVITIES TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS OUR VEHICLE FUNDS KNOW ABOUT SNAKEBITE SNAKE PHOTOGRAPHY
SNAKES IN GENERAL
Rat Snake – non venomous
Snakes are considered by many as perhaps the most dreadful of all animals that cohabit our planet. Fear about snakes prevails due to the total ignorance about these graceful, agile and useful creatures. In India, snakes are part of our mythology, yet, first reaction on seeing a snake is panic, fear and thought to exterminate the species. Non-venomous snakes do not pose any major problems for humans besides fear and sometimes being pests. Lack of basic knowledge about snakes, leads to `fear of the unknown’ and then panic, which further leads to disasterous results.
Snakes, however, play important environmental roles in the fragile ecosystems and can play a very important role in agriculture too. They control the population of harmful rodents and pests, thus helping people. Though sometimes dangerous, snakes can be useful, and as any living creature, they have the right to exist.
In spite of being the most dreaded animal, snakes evoke curiosity like no other animal on earth. I have observed that people love to look at snakes, even when they scream and shiver with the sighting of a snake. Snakes have always been on the centre stage of special attention in the folklore and mythology, all over the world. On seeing a snake, reaction varies from screams, detestation, advocating the extermination of snakes from earth, worship, urge to touch and feel, etc.
Snakes never harm you, unless they perceive threat from you, when you move too close or you step on them. They are like a naked electrical wire, maintain distance and you are safe; both are very useful to us.
Basically, it’s the lack of information which leads to fear and chaos. I have experienced that if people are given the right information, their fear will be reduced and the confrontation will be converted into being more friendlier.
My mission is to remove the fear of snakes from the minds of people and save the snakes. The Snake Cell is a unique step in this direction and undoubtedly has been effective, so far.
MISSION: SAVE INNOCENT SNAKES AND IGNORANT PEOPLE THROUGH TOURISM & PHOTOGRAPHY
Indian Cobra
Rat Snake – non venomous
Rat Snake Baby clicked with Canon S5
HISTORY ACTIVITIES TEAM ACHIEVEMENTS OUR VEHICLE FUNDS KNOW ABOUT SNAKEBITE
Capt Suresh Sharma 
Informative.
Thanks for sharing sirji.
Dear Vasant …thanks … hope we can spread a word about the snakes to people to understand them well so we humans don;t hate them.
👍🏻 Great representation and nice way to relate wildlife with human life. More volunteers are required for this great initiative to save snakes. As you are an Army veteran, so you are already strong enough but still more power to you Sir.💪🏻
Thanks for your kind words.
Thanks for your kind words of appreciation. Yes it needs many more people to care for selflessly.
An interesting write up on an even more interesting topic.