SNAKES IN THE
WILD
VIPERS,
THE HISS OF DEATH
If
you love to interact with nature, you've probably come
across a snake or two while out on the hiking trails.
Because
snakes are so feared, they have always been on the decline,
so those snake-viewing opportunities that used to be
common in the wild are rapidly becoming rare luck. People
generally kill what they are afraid of, and fear generally
stems from ignorance.
Without
snakes, rats run amok. Fleas are suddenly presented
with free living space - all the space that they could
possibly want and more. Like the rats, they reproduce
like mad.
Rats
were the root cause of one of the world's deadliest
epidemics - the Black Plague, wiping out one-third of
the world's population from 1347-1350, in just three
short years. Fleas can transmit tapeworms to dogs, cats
and humans. Fleas can output over 50 eggs per day, so
their population rapidly increases without intervention.
And
suddenly, snakes don't seem so scary at all! And, perhaps
the snake seeks revenge through the Hiss of Death......
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