Imagine parking your bike on the highway and stepping away for a bit, solely to search out {that a} large snake has claimed up the car. This scary state of affairs became actuality in Uttar Pradesh when a youth parked his bike on the aspect and stepped apart as he waited for the practice to cross at a railway crossing. When he returned to his bike, he was shocked to see a snake slithering over his bike. Soon, the scary incident attracted a hoard of onlookers. The reptile coiled itself on the bike’s gasoline tank and it appeared unfazed by the commotion round it.
On Tuesday, a journalist shared a video of the horrifying incident on X. In the 57-second video, the snake is barely seen through the flashlights emitting from telephones. The journalist cited the situation as Chhatoh Road in Gandhi Nagar. It is difficult to determine the snake because it was darkish. Amid the chaos, one was heard asking somebody to fetch a stick in order that they may scare away the reptile.
Notably, killing a snake is illegitimate in India as they’re protected below the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. The act prohibits searching or possessing snakes, and their physique components or venom.
This just isn’t the primary time {that a} snake was noticed on a two-wheeler. In 2021, IFS officer Susanta Nanda shared a video that confirmed a big snake hiding behind a scooter’s headlights. From exterior, the scooter seemed regular however as soon as the snake catcher unscrewed the car’s headlights, the reptile popped out. The snake catcher managed to seize the snake inside a big container. While sharing this clip, Nanda suggested individuals to rigorously verify their autos through the wet season. He wrote, “Such friends throughout rains are widespread… But unusual is the tactic used to rescue it. Never ever do that.”
It was unclear when and the place the incident took place. However, the licence plate on the scooter indicated that the video is likely to be from Telangana. Commenting on it, an X person urged individuals to not deal with snakes by mimicking the catcher’s steps and wrote, ‘I personally know the rescuer. He is my super super senior at Friends of Snakes Society and he knows exactly what he is doing. He had rescued thousands of snakes. This is not to be tried by untrained persons.”
first printed: April 01, 2024, 18:28 IST
