Snakes
We have snakes on our land, so I'd like to start a list of the possible kinds we may encounter and which are dangerous.
Coral snake
Coral snakes are very poisonous, but are also extremely shy and will escape quickly from any rapid movement or loud noise, they will only attack a human as an absolute last option, so the basic rule when encountering a Coral snake is simply to give it room to get away easily. Coral snakes only accounted for 0.65% of the 75312 bites by venomous snakes in Brazil between 2001 and 2004.
If you are bitten by a Coral snake then a couple of important things to note are firstly that their poison is injected into the victim quite slowly taking up to five seconds, so pulling the snake off quickly and throwing it away can greatly reduce the amount of poison that enters the body. Secondly, the poison takes a few hours or more to begin taking effect, so you have plenty of time to get to a hospital, but make it a top priority because once the venom starts to take effect, it can prevent you from breathing.
