The poisonous snake of Vietnam makes American soldiers build their hair

In the book 'The Snake Charmer: A Life and Death in Pursuit of Knowledge' , author Jamie James mentioned this poisonous, mysterious , mysterious snake that once haunted American soldiers in panic when they joined the war. paintings in Vietnam before.

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The above information in the book published in 2008 was also published in full text by The Newyorktimes newspaper 4 years later.

According to these sources of information, during the Vietnam War, American soldiers call the hot -reclining snake serpent with a strange two-step snake name.

The reason for this is because American soldiers believed that the snake's venom was too poisonous. If it was bitten by a snake, it would fall to death just after two steps.

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The scorpion snake shocked American soldiers when they fought in Vietnam.(Photo: kids.britannica.com)

Author James James said that this is a politically correct way of American soldiers to portray the astonishment of the poisonous snakes they encounter in Vietnam.

However, in reality Snake Krait (hot snake) in Vietnam is an extremely poisonous snake. Its poison is a neurotoxin that neutralizes the victim's nervous system. After being bitten the victim will have trouble breathing, his muscles will be paralyzed and fall into a coma, then die.

Although the hot snake is a species capable of destroying other snakes and even eating their species. But the snakes rarely target larger prey more than once, like humans. But if faced, this snake does not hesitate to attack.

According to Robert A. Gardner's explanation in 'Storms and Grace' , there were about 140 snake species in Vietnam, of which 30 species of venomous snakes. The poisonous snakes like the Asian Tiger, the small hot snake Krait are called "two-step snakes" by American soldiers .

In fact, according to Robert A.Gardner, Krait can kill bitten victims within 15-30 minutes later if untreated.

It is known that hot scorpion is a snake that is over 1 meter long, has a common circle, live in Southeast Asia, contains neurotoxin with toxic effect much higher than cobra.

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