All snakes of Moscow region

In recent years, snakes near Moscow began to appear in close proximity to populated areas, and hunters with mushroom pickers noted more frequent meetings with
Them in the woods. Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences explain this fact by anomalous heat and large-scale fires, which deprived the reptiles of the fodder base. Thus, snakes Have changed their habitat in search of habitual coolness and water, as well as small rodents, whose population has been greatly reduced due to natural disasters.

Snake experts - herpetologists explain it a little differently: more than 10 years in the Moscow region the number of reptiles is not controlled. From the moment when the capital serpentarium was closed, the employees were dismissed, and it was they who carried out these works. During the Soviet period, up to 12,000 snakes were caught on the territory of the Moscow region every year, which gave
The ability not only to regulate their numbers, but also to receive up to 700 grams of pure poison for the pharmacological industry. The consequence of this fact, according to the forecasts of herpentologists, will be a progressive increase in the number of reptiles in the coming years. The snakes of the Moscow region have found beautiful havens on watered peat bogs, which will also help increase populations.

In the Moscow region, there are only three regular species of snakes - this is ordinary, ordinary Copper and Adder vulgaris. First representatives Reptiles at a meeting with a person, as a rule, flee and are completely harmless. Medynka is a snake from the family of the same and harmless. In fact, it turns out that the only poisonous
Snakes of the Moscow region are vipers. But the rumors of their danger are greatly exaggerated. Poison vipers are needed to kill their victims: small rodents, small birds, chicks and frogs. It is for such a body mass that the dose of poison is calculated. In addition, the glands that produce the poison, they are poorly developed.

A man is much larger than these living beings, but, of course, he suffers from a viper bite. Therefore, the most important thing when meeting this type of reptile is not to panic, do not shout, do not make sudden movements, and the snake will crawl away. Man is not an object Food interests of a viper, and it does not make sense to attack him. And all idle talk about the natural aggressiveness of vipers is completely groundless.

Snakes of the Moscow region live, mainly in forests, near marshes and rivers, less often in meadows. When
Of course, it is better to understand the meeting with them - a poisonous or non-venomous specimen has crept out to meet you. How can I do that? First, the poisonous snake has a pupil, like a cat's family, and a non-venomous one has a round one. Secondly, there is a thin neck between the head and the body of the viper. The coloring of the poisonous inhabitants of the Moscow region is very diverse: from light gray to black. The length of adult vipers reaches 1 meter. In recent years, cases of people biting vipers have increased significantly. More often there were meetings of a man and a snake in the suburbs. The year of 2013 was an exception: statistical data indicate a decrease in the number of bitten cases in medical institutions. But this does not mean that you can forget about the existence of these animals and not prepare for a chance meeting with them in the forest.