Evacuation Of Snakes Five Times During Floods, Palangka Raya Residents Asked To Be Alert

Palangka Raya City Call Center 112 officers when evacuating hanjaliwan snakes at a resident's house in Palangka Raya City recently. (DOC. ANTARA)

PALANGKA RAYA - The public is asked to be more alert to the possibility of snakes entering the house during flood conditions. This request was conveyed by the Coordinator of Call Center 112 for Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan, Sucipto.

"We have handled the evacuation of snakes five times during the flood that hit Palangka Raya City," said Sucipto, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, March 20.

He explained that when the flood hit, it caused the habitat of snakes in the forest to be flooded, causing reptiles to enter residential areas to look for prey.

Usually, snakes prey on livestock to mice who are often in people's homes. For this reason, he asked residents to always clean the house from piles of unused items.

"Because it can become a rat's nest and make snakes enter the house," he said.

He also asked residents to be more vigilant when they want to do activities at home. He gave an example, when they were about to sleep, residents were asked to check the condition of the bed. Because snakes often hide under mattresses.

This is because snakes often hide in humid places that resemble their habitat. Not infrequently, his party evacuates various types of snakes from mattresses, pillows to clothes that are on the hanger.

"Recognize the type of snake and don't dare to evacuate alone. Call us so that there are no victims," he said.

Sucipto further said that previously his party had received five reports from residents regarding requests to evacuate three types of snakes, ranging from harmless snakes to snakes that had deadly snake.

The three types of snakes are hanjaliwan snakes with a length of 80 centimeters, a python with a length of 3.6 meters to a cobra with a length of 1.3 meters.

After being evacuated, the snakes were handed over to the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Center to be released into their habitat, which is far from residential areas.

"Alhamdulillah, so far there have been no reports of residents being bitten by snakes," concluded Sucipto.