At Dong Tam Snake Farm (Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang), in addition to the “giant” king cobras, red-tailed vipers, snakes… wrapped on sycamore trees also make many people sick. terrified and weak hearted.
Hundreds of snakes lying on sycamore trees in Dong Tam Snake Farm make everyone who sees them scared.
Snakes are non-venomous.
Snakes have an elongated appearance. This snake is non-venomous, gentle and shy.
Red-tailed vipers are green in color and hide in trees and grass. This is the only venomous snake in the world that gives birth to live young. After giving birth, the mother snake will die.
Ms. Mai Thai Hien, tour guide of Dong Tam Snake Farm, said that red-tailed vipers are the obsession of Mekong Delta people. Every year, hundreds of people are bitten by this snake. “Red-tailed green snakes often live on trees. The red-tailed green snake’s head is large, triangular in shape. People bitten by red-tailed green snakes can bleed…”, Ms. Hien said and said, food of red-tailed vipers are toads, frogs, birds, and mice.
The red-tailed green snake has a maximum weight of only about 300g and a maximum length of less than 1m. This snake has extremely poisonous venom, causing death if first aid is not promptly taken.
Pit viper – non-poisonous viper.
According to Ms. Hien, pit vipers belong to the water snake family, they live in bushes and trees; food is frogs, frogs… “The javelin viper is also known as the rocket or arrow viper. This is a healthy snake, non-venomous. This snake’s tail is not red – this is a point to note. distinguish it from the red-tailed viper”, Ms. Hien said.