What does the saying "Don't provoke gold, don't provoke silver" mean according to rural elders?
These gold and silver rings are poisonous ring snakes' class representatives. Gold and silver ring snakes are both highly venomous snakes, don't mess with them if you don't have to. In the face of the venom of silver ring snakes, cobras and five-step snakes are nothing but a drizzle. The venom of silver ring snakes is more than twice that of a king snake, and it might just be a light kiss. As long as 0.08mg of snake venom, it won't take two hours, and if you don't go to the hospital for rescue, you can only arrange your funeral.

Don't provoke gold, don't provoke silver
These gold and silver ring snakes, one is golden and the other is silver in terms of the ring-shaped color, but other positions are the same color, mostly black, and the black-more-silver or gold regions are relatively rare. There is a protruding dorsal ridge on the snake's back.In fact, these two snakes should not be provoked, because they are all venomous. Any one of them will not be able to bear it, and although the venom of the gold ring snake is relatively light, the venom is still one-fifth that of five-step poison. Don't you ask?

Silver ring snake venom is strong
The silver ring snake is known as the most venomous snake in China. Compared to the king snake and five-step snake, which appear harmless to humans and animals, it's a hidden danger. If you're bitten, it's just like being stung by a mosquito. Often, you haven't even felt pain, let alone found a wound, and you've already died. Because its venom paralyzes the nerves. When the toxin spreads, no anti-silver ring snake serum can help.
However, fortunately, these two snakes are not proactive in attacking humans. Normally, silver ring snakes only come out when no one is around at night, and they are already very low-key. If they bite you, there is only one possibility, which is that you inadvertently made them think you were provoking them.
At this time, they won't be vegetarian, and they will probably give you a shot silently, so that your family will hear the sound of a.In Shaanxi province, on June 2nd, a young man was injured by a silver ring snake. After being immediately sent to the hospital, because we are not very familiar with this snake in our area, it is basically distributed in the south. So local hospitals don't have anti-venom. At that time, the local units that had anti-venom had already finished their work. It made the young man's parents very worried. Finally, after 1 hour, they contacted a doctoral student who specializes in studying snakes in Beijing. This person had experience, so he asked them to quickly put him on a ventilator. He bought an anti-venom in a hospital in Beijing and sent it over. At the same time, he asked the young man's parents to contact the local anti-venom unit. Finally, after two days, they gathered four doses of anti-venom and saved the young man's life.

Although he was treated with a ventilator and respiratory support at the first sight, there was no anti-venom. The young man fell into a coma after several hours. Don't you ask?
In short, whether it's gold ring snake or silver ring snake, if you see it, just hide far away, especially silver ring snake and non-venomous white-ring snake and black-white king snake, which look very similar, it's easy to mix up, so don't play around with a stick to poke them, this is not a joke. Silver ring snake can really take a person's life in a short time.Besides, these two snakes are now key protected wild animals, so if you don't want to eat free food, you shouldn't provoke them. You really can't afford it.
