How to Capture a Venomous Snake

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Ginger Black. I'm a professional snake handler with Expert Village. We've talked about where you may encounter snakes in the woods and at home. Now, we're going to talk about how to handle and how not to handle a snake. We want to avoid venomous snake bites. This animal for demonstration purposes is non-venomous. This is a common corn snake, a wild type. These are found in nature in this color. It's completely harmless. But, when you do come across an animal that you don't know what it is, you don't want to reach down and grab it by the tail. There's a lot of muscle control in that body. They can come up like this one's doing now and bite you on the torso or bite you on the face. You don't want that to happen especially with something venomous. If you don't know what to do and you need the snake removed from your home or your place of business, wherever you encounter it, one of the best things to do is leave it lying on the ground. Find something like a bucket or a trash can. Turn it over top of it. Get something heavy like a rock, a brick, in this case, I have weights, to set on top of it. Call a professional to come and pick it up. "