Snakes and their relevance to psychiatry
Abstrak
India was known to the western world as “the land of snake charmers.” Ancient Indians both feared and revered the snakes. Snakes played a major role in majority of world mythologies and religions. Hindus most commonly worship cobras in temples and their natural habitat by offering them milk and prayers.[1] However, with rapid and widespread urbanization, snakes in their natural habitat come under threat due to encroachment leading to more and more instances of snake sightings in unusual places, particularly urban areas. Increased consumption of food in urban areas leads to increased food waste, attracting rodents which thereby leads more and more snakes to urban areas pursuing prey. This has, therefore, put both snakes and humans at risk of encounter and fatality.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (5)
A. Kakunje
Ramesh Ammati
P. Tolar
Sowmya Puthran
M. Swaroop
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2019
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 5×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.4103/aip.aip_46_18
- Akses
- Open Access ✓