Mangaluru (Dakshina Kannada): Sharanya Bhat, a final year BSc student of St. Aloysius College in Mangaluru has caught and rescued more than 100 poisonous snakes over the last two years. Her snake catching tricks are talk of the town now.
A resident of Ashoka Nagara in Mangaluru, she catches snakes found only inside the houses and if they are in a dangerous situation. After catching them, she leaves them into the forest safely. She has been doing this for the past two years. She has caught and rescued poisonous snakes, including Rattlesnake, Cobra, Python, Water snake, etc.
Speaking to Etv Bharat Sharanya Bhat said, "There will be chances of snakes attacking us while we catch them. It depends on the situation. So hook handle method is a better way to safely catch the snake."
"Conservation of snakes is also a very important thing. People run the vehicles over even the 8 feet, 9 feet Pythons. Many people respect the Cobra and they have a bad opinion over other snakes. How can be these snakes are bad? Every snake is important in conservation purpose", she said further
" Though I like and have an interest on snakes, I am afraid of some poisonous snakes. I know they bite, so I don't catch them with bare hands. I got support from my grandfather. My mother has a fear of snakes but she supports me. She does not touch the snakes, that is her phobia. At the same time, she does not kill snakes and does not encourage to kill the snakes" she said.