As you know, the Caspian Sea in Russia is considered far from the cleanest. At the same time, many experts argue which snakes live in the Caspian Sea, and if they exist, how dangerous they can be for people.
There are many different testimonies of snakes living near the sea, in deserts and steppes. But among them there are not so many facts about the habitation of snakes in the sea itself, all the more poisonous. Here are some examples.
Watery already
Water snakes are the most common snakes in the Caspian Sea. They live both on land and in water. At night they crawl to the ground, and go hunting in the afternoon. As you know, snakes are not poisonous. They feed mainly on medium-sized fish, and sometimes amphibians. Often they hunt gobies. Having caught their prey in the water, they go back to land and eat there.
Possessing a non-aggressive nature, the watery one does not seek to attack a person. He avoids meeting people and very rarely attacks or bites. His bites absolutely can not contain poison and do any harm.
However, many locals do not think so and say the opposite. This is due to the fact that they often confuse snakes with vipers that do not live in the Caspian zone. Unfortunately, snakes in the Caspian Sea turned into a horror story for tourists, which is unfair to these non-aggressive and harmless animals. In addition, such an attitude leads to their extermination.
Caspian snake
This snake is a close relative of the snake, however, much larger in size. What snakes are found in the Caspian Sea, He knows a lot of specialists and biologists, while ranking the Caspian snake here.
This snake lives in Europe, Asia, as well as in some areas of Transcaucasia. Its length can reach up to 2 meters, and in some cases 2.5. As a rule, the snake lives in arid and rocky places, steppes and deserts near the sea. But sometimes it can be found in the mountains more than 1,500 m above sea level. Rumors that snakes are still found in the Caspian Sea are probably based on the appearance of this snake in the vicinity.
Mostly they hunt in the afternoon, closer to evening time. Like all snakes, the Caspian snake is a non-toxic snake, despite its size. At the same time, unlike water snake, this snake is quite aggressive.
She is not afraid of people and attacks at the first opportunity. Yes, the bite will not be poisonous, but the fact of the attack itself is quite unpleasant.
Four-lane snake and coppers
Another snake is a four-lane snake. It is also absolutely harmless to humans and lives in the coastal areas of the Caspian Sea. It feeds mainly on small vertebrates. The snake sleeps mainly in the burrows of rodents.
A four-lane snake is not dangerous for people, like the rest, even though it lives in coastal areas. It is also not a poisonous snake and will not cause danger to humans. Rather, on the contrary, the person himself is dangerous for a four-lane snake. This is due to the fact that recently people have been exterminating the four-lane snake as well as the water snake. Today the snake is listed in the Red Book.
Another species of snakes in the Caspian is the coppers from the family of snakes. However, unlike previous individuals, the copperfish has a potent poison that paralyzes the victim. But with all this, this poison is absolutely harmless to humans, as in the cases with the above snakes.
Eyewitness accounts
As described above, almost all snakes that live in the Caspian Sea are harmless and harmless to humans.
Nevertheless, a number of evidence has been recorded recently that snakes still appear in the Caspian Sea. The Internet is full of videos where locals film various reptiles. At the same time, information about sea monsters living right in the sea is posted on the Web: moraines and vipers, two-headed snakes and killer fish - which you will not find on the World Wide Web. Do not trust this news and bikes. Most likely, these are ordinary frightening tales. So far, no cases of fatal snake bites have been reported in the Caspian Sea region.
In response to all the facts of detection and fixation of dangerous animals, it is necessary to state that marine poisonous snakes live in the coast of the Pacific and Indian oceans, as well as in some areas of the Red Sea. Often you can find poisonous moraines in the region of the islands of Oceania, but not on the shores of the native Caspian.
We hope that you no longer have doubts about whether there are snakes in the Caspian Sea and how dangerous they can be for humans.