More than 3,000 species of snakes are known worldwide | World Snake Day
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00:00First of all, what are the areas where snakes are found the most?
00:03And if, God forbid, a snake bites you,
00:06how quickly does the venom spread and how promptly should you proceed to treat it?
00:15Assalamualaikum.
00:16Walaikumassalam.
00:17The environment where snakes are found is extremely hot and humid.
00:29Antarctica is the only continent in the world where snakes are not found.
00:34And Amazon is the largest jungle in the world in terms of biodiversity.
00:42That is why snakes are found the most in Brazil.
00:47They are also found in Australia, right?
00:50Yes.
00:51Apart from Antarctica, the world's most dangerous snake is found in Australia.
01:01There are two species of Inland Taipan.
01:07Taipan and Inland Taipan?
01:08Yes.
01:13The coastal Inland Taipan is less venomous.
01:18And the Inland Taipan is the most venomous snake in the world.
01:24They have made a standard for that.
01:27About 250 rats are killed with a bite of venom.
01:33While our Black Cobra can kill about 100 rats.
01:40And about 150 rats can be killed with the help of a crate.
01:47And about 50 vipers can be killed with the help of a crate.
01:54Okay.
01:55Africa is also dangerous in terms of snakes.
01:59How many Black Cobras are there in Pakistan?
02:03When I did my M.Sc. I was 66 years old.
02:07Now I am 71 years old.
02:09According to statistics, 75% of Pakistan's snakes are non-venomous.
02:20They are not killed with a bite.
02:23They die out of fear.
02:25Yes.
02:26You are absolutely right.
02:29If you are afraid of snakes, you can see the rope hanging in your neck moving.
02:35You are right.
02:38If you use the rope of Agar, who will not be afraid of snakes?
02:42Especially the Cobra.
02:44They will kill you with their hissing.
02:48They are quite scary.
02:51I personally think that the countries that have trained teachers in syllabus,
02:56they make their children female.
02:58I have an incident.
03:00Immediately after my M.Sc. I started teaching in a school in Sadikabad.
03:04I took a snake out of the house.
03:08It is a very thin and shiny snake.
03:12It is called Indian Blind Snake, Indian House Snake, Common House Snake.
03:16It has many names.
03:18Its mouth is so small that it cannot open for biting.
03:20It does not even have a gland.
03:22It is non-poisonous.
03:24I took it to school.
03:26It was in a bottle.
03:28I took it to meet a friend.
03:31When I went down to meet him,
03:33another teacher came and shook the chair.
03:35The bottle fell down.
03:37The snake came out.
03:39The children came running down.
03:41The teacher ran away.
03:43The snake came out.
03:45I told the children,
03:47I did not tell you that it is a non-poisonous snake.
03:49Then why did you not take it?
03:51Go and catch it.
03:53When I went,
03:55a child held it in his hand.
03:57Unfortunately, in our country,
04:00I wanted to know one more thing.
04:02Firstly, there is a lack of awareness.
04:04Secondly,
04:06we have the vaccine and antidotes.
04:08Which snakes are found more in Pakistan?
04:14In Pakistan,
04:16we have 54 dry snakes.
04:18Out of them,
04:2013 snakes are poisonous.
04:2214 are sea snakes.
04:24All of them are deadly venomous.
04:26They are very poisonous snakes.
04:28These snakes are available
04:30in all our hospitals.
04:32They have to be kept in the fridge.
04:34Out of 54 dry snakes,
04:3613 are poisonous.
04:38Out of them,
04:4039-75% are non-poisonous.
04:42These snakes bite someone.
04:44Every year,
04:46thousands of incidents occur.
04:48Is there any difference
04:50between poisonous snakes
04:52and non-poisonous snakes?
04:54There is a difference in attitude.
04:57Non-poisonous snakes
04:59are easy to identify.
05:01In Sheikh Zayed Hospital,
05:03I gave a lecture
05:05to my doctors
05:07on three ways
05:09to identify a poisonous snake.
05:11First,
05:13you can identify
05:15a poisonous snake
05:17by seeing it.
05:19Secondly,
05:21you can identify
05:23all the vipers
05:25in the world.
05:27Vipers have
05:29a diamond-shaped head
05:31and a heart-shaped head.
05:33If they have a heart-shaped head,
05:35you can identify
05:37a poisonous snake.
05:39Please tell us
05:41two quick ways
05:43to identify a poisonous snake.
05:45First,
05:47you can identify
05:49a poisonous snake
05:51by looking at
05:54the white lines
05:56below its mouth.
05:58These lines are like spores.
06:00They are only found in a poisonous snake.
06:02Third,
06:04you can identify
06:06a poisonous snake
06:08by looking
06:10at its teeth.
06:12Their teeth are
06:14blue-shaped
06:16and have beautiful teeth.
06:18Third,
06:20you can identify
06:23a poisonous snake
06:25by looking at
06:27its teeth.
06:29These are the three ways
06:31to identify a poisonous snake.
06:33In India,
06:35there is a family
06:37of Rufolus.
06:39Rufolus used to educate people
06:41that these snakes
06:43harm their farms
06:45and save their money
06:47by eating rats.
06:49Thank you so much