In fact, snakes often suffer from blindness in the summer

Since ancient times, many people have believed that snakes will often be blinded in the coming summer with signs of snake eyes that are usually bluish-gray.

'It is believed that birds and snakes will become blind on hot days and that also contributes to the snakes becoming more poisonous,' said ancient cultural researcher Gerald Milnes in the book 'Signs. , Cures, and Wichery ' write about curses, mysterious signs and witches recounted from ancient times of humanity.

Will snakes be blinded when summer comes?

However, according to Reptilesmagazine, the Reptile Research Journal, snakes are not easily blinded by relying solely on temperature or time of year.

However, in the summer, snakes often peel off their skin, which can cause them to temporarily lose or inhibit vision when the old eye tissue of the eye and the protective tissue around the eyes are lost and New tissues are being developed.

During this time, the eyes of snakes often appear with a bluish-white opalescent color, and the snake's visibility is minimized. For captive snakes, temporary blindness can occur at any time before it is completely skinned, and the snakes in the wild often do not eat as much as the snakes kept in it. also less skin peeling.

High molting snakes in the summer can cause affected eye tissue to reduce eye visibility.

It may be because the summer time span is associated with changes in the snake's body, including the peeling of snakes that affect the skin's snake's skin tissue itself, affecting the reptilian vision. so long ago it was believed that snakes would be blind when next summer.

It is known that molting snake is a normal physiological phenomenon. They molt a lot in the summer because snakes often hibernate, when the weather is warm, they will actively seek food, rapid growth leads to much skin peeling.