In Nantou County, snakes such as the Umbrella Festival are often reported, intruding through the drainage holes and disturbing the houses.

(File photo, picture provided by Nantou County Fire Department)

[Reporter Xie Jieyu / Nantou Report] The timing came to late autumn. Early this morning, there were still reports of snakes disturbing residential houses in Nantou, Shuili, Puli, Caotun and other places. In addition to the snake mission, to successfully resolve the crisis that people may be kissed by snakes, I can't help but wonder if Taiwan's snakes don't hibernate?

The Nantou County Fire Department said that from January to September this year, the number of snake catches accepted by the bureau were 40, 18, 109, 296, 293, 325, 313, 358 and 275 in order. A total of 2,027 cases, the number of snakes caught at home has hit a new high, showing the situation of "snakes entering" residential houses. It can be said that there is no seasonal difference. Judging from the climate warming and the geographical environment of Nantou Mountain's high water depth, it may be that the number of snakes is high. No less than 2 main reasons.

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The Special Biological Research and Conservation Center of the Council of Agriculture pointed out that the definition of hibernation is very strict. At best, snakes in Taiwan may only have lower and weaker mobility due to colder weather, which is not considered hibernation. It is true that there is a possibility of "unexpected encounter" with snakes. Therefore, people are reminded to stay away from areas where poisonous snakes are prone to haunt, including haystacks, dead wood, bamboo forests and other debris around their homes. They should also be removed as soon as possible to reduce the number of poisonous snakes nesting Or the chance of breaking into your home, is the way to prevent snake bites.

After receiving reports from the public, the firefighters of Nantou County successfully completed the capture of the long insects that invaded the houses.

(File photo, picture provided by Nantou County Fire Department)