(1) In northern Kerala it was mainly the bite of the Russell's viper and down here in Tamil Nadu, it is a mixture of the cobra and the krait .(2) When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my Indian nanny ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait ,u2019 she explains.(3) u2018People mostly mistake this snake for a krait and kill it immediately, even though it is non-venomous and cannot do much harm,u2019 says Ataaz.(4) Like the cobra, the poison of the krait is also neuro-toxic and the venom is at least 10 times more powerful than that of a cobra, they add.(5) Snakes are common in Cuc Phuong; some, such as the banded krait , are deadly poisonous.(6) Other animals include snakes, such as the cobra, king cobra, and banded krait and countless insects and spiders.(7) The toxins of certain snakes (e.g. the banded krait ) and of bacteria also block neuromuscular transmission and paralyse their victim.(8) According to a study conducted by SPCA in the area, there are kraits , cobras and vipers in the area.
