Snakes ,my nightmare !

(The story on how fortunate I was not to get a snake bite)

Before going ahead ,let me ask you how many of you have fear towards certain animals ?
I don't know why , from childhood onwards I am frightened of snakes ,never in my life a snake has attacked me or did anything to me. In my childhood days , I always feared snakes .Both my mother's and father's home are in somewhat in a little rural area. My grandfathers had lot of fields and agricultural activities. From childhood onwards Iam hearing stories and expiriences on how they managed to get away from snakes . Later I came to know that one of my grand grand mother had died due to a snake bite. Those were the days when my nightmares were fully filled with snakes .

Coming to the matter , last month I was walking with one of my friend at palarivattom, we were having some casual talks and in between he suddenly said " look out !..there is a snake underneath your feet. ".

I didn't believe and kept walking.who would believe that there is a snake at the middle town ?
In the second ,I walked over something, something fleshy.
Ahhhhhhhh...what was it ? I didn't care to look on a thought that who would dare to look for a snake in the middle of city ?
     I walked 2-3 steps further , but certain things came up top my mine, I placed my legs on something fleshy.

If to say in a descriptive way..my brain processed it after sometime (that was for the scientific fellows.) So, what's the next ? "God almighty ,what the..was that? snake ? "
I turned back....and had a look...I was happy in one side that my assumption was absolutely correct. But on the other side, the human in me who has just completed 17 years and who wants to go more has just went over a highly poisonous animal...his nightmare animal..!
" Ehrrrrrrrr.......a goddamn snake..........my tongue came out ! What the...next...to do......
Death ,Judgment, Heaven/Hell .I came through all of these . !
It was shivering..(my hands too were then) ,I don't exactly remember what happened in the next seconds ........... another man came by walking said "ooh ..a cobra dying..." , wow ..it was alive when I stepped over it . "yes Jishnu ,you just escaped from a snake bite. what's next ? " I asked myself .
Run? Eyy...no no ! Then what ? It was shivering still , I cleared the place. After walking some distance and making sure that I was in a safe zone (anywhere without a snake was safe then) , I enquired about the snake later , actually somebody else had already beaten it up before I had stepped over it. I came to know that , it went into a shop nearby and the shopkeepers had beaten it up. So what I felt was not sympathy towards the dying snake , but I really got angry with the shopkeepers. I had just passed through one of the worst part of my life yet. What if it had given me a bite ? I must have died due to their incomplete personal safety making programme .Of course ,they had to mind only their own business ,but they could've made sure that it is dead . The half-dead snake would have injected it's venom in my body . 

So my dear readers ,what I want to say in this post is not about my temper nor about taking precautions  against snakes and other animals but about a little request to the public ,that includes you ,me and everyone .
These all may be common issues here ,but many people do not understand the seriousness of what they have done. People just beat up animals to kill it ,but people always forget one thing ,the animals will put up their maximum effort like any other living things for their survival ,the people will put up all their temper on the animal and will leave after their satisfaction. This attitude must not be promoted . If today it's me ,tommorow it's someone else .In my case , if they had made sure that the snake is dead ,I wouldn't have passed through such a dangerous situation . I am not talking about the irresponsibility of the people ,but of the little big negligence that may cost lives .It's a very dangerous issue ,that has to be noted with care .This is not only regarding snakes ,but also regarding other animals .However, it is also essential that you know what to do and what to expect in the event that you, someone you are with,is bitten by a snake – especially a venomous snake.

think and act !