Oh lovely thantks for the share On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 11:48 PM, shayantan bhattacharya < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi > These lovely pics of *Common Indian kraits*(*Bungarus caeruleus*, > Schneider) were taken by my net-friend *Dr.Nidhin Cyril of > Amherst*. > > This deadly serpent inhabits fields, low scrub jungles and is > common in the vicinity of human habitations often taking up > residence inside houses. > Its called "Karait" in Hindi, "Manyar" in Marathi and "Chiti shaap" > in Bengali. > > It is nocturnal in habits, with a placid temperament, biting only > under provocation during day , but *very active and dangerous > at night*. > Many instances are on records of people sleeping on the grond > being bitten when rolling unknowingly on floor or keeping hands > or feet on a krait moving nearby. > > The venom of this snake is more toxic than a cobra, and it is > both * neurotoxic* and *haemotoxic**,* i.e it paralyses the > respiratory centre and also destroys the red blood cells and > lining of capillaries. > > The smptoms of bite are a fiery pain at the site of bite, > which disappears soon, and * tremendous abdominal pain, haemorrhage > and paralysis* sets in. The victim cannot walk or move after > sometime and breathing stops leading to death. > The lethal dose for adult man is just 1 mg of dried poison. > > Antivenom avialable in India. > > Thanx to Nidhin for these awesome pics. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Indian Herps and Insects" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indian-herps%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indian-herps?hl=en-GB. > -- R.K.Madhu +919880032741 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Indian Herps and Insects" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indian-herps?hl=en-GB.
