There's a reason India has 50,000 snake bite deaths per year, which is roughly half of all snake bit deaths in the world.
Edit for the sake of those who think I am casting aspersions with regards to India or Indians:
My original comment wasn't to suggest this guy was foolish, rather that India is infested with highly venomous snakes, which increases the likelihood of people being bitten by said snakes, either purely through random encounter, or in scenarios like this where somebody is bravely trying to move the snake to a more appropriate area, away from people.
Just numbers don't give you the full picture. Take into consideration of population in india, rapid urbanization and high amount of snakes in India. Then you will understand it is actually much lower in India.
It is likely the highest per-capita in the world, as I have said elsewhere. It isn't low at all.
My original comment wasn't to suggest this guy was foolish, rather that India is infested with highly venomous snakes, which increases the likelihood of people being bitten by said snakes, either purely through random encounter, or in scenarios like this where somebody is bravely trying to move the snake to a more appropriate area, away from people.
I'm from India and you aren't wrong here. We used to have at least 5 snakes per season in our house, probably even more now, cause it's empty now mostly. While playing in the fields as kids we had many close encounters.
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u/FantasticAnus 4d ago edited 4d ago
There's a reason India has 50,000 snake bite deaths per year, which is roughly half of all snake bit deaths in the world.
Edit for the sake of those who think I am casting aspersions with regards to India or Indians:
My original comment wasn't to suggest this guy was foolish, rather that India is infested with highly venomous snakes, which increases the likelihood of people being bitten by said snakes, either purely through random encounter, or in scenarios like this where somebody is bravely trying to move the snake to a more appropriate area, away from people.