Snake stories 🐍
For past few days I have been following the Snakes of India page on Facebook. Feels good to be able to correctly identify the wolf snake. I used to be always confused about that. 😊 Identifying the big 4's (cobra, Krait, saw scaled viper and Russel's viper), or pit vipers or the king cobra, was not a problem since as a teenager I learnt about them. After having bitten by few non-venomous snakes, while I was learning to handle them, 😊 blue chequered keellback(दिवड) 2 times, while wolf snake (कवड्या), trinket, buff stripped keelback (नानेटी) each once, bit me. First time I was learning from experts, to catch a lizard (सरडा), it too bit me. 🦎 All these bites were in less than 3 years time, while I was a teenager and may be had just hit 20. As a result, my visit to our GP doctor to get anti-tetanus injections were periodic and regular. Everytime I went to this Doctor Aunty, she would scold me and warn me not to play with such things. I always laughed and told her, "I am