The one who sneaks in bed is the common indian krait. They are strictly nocturnal hunters and since alot of those people don't have doors and sleep on the floor, the kraits go looking for food. They find a warm spot under a blanket and ole' dude rolls over on them and gets bit. Some don't wake up.
Alot that get bit don't know it, as the bite is painless. The problem is that the venom is somewhat slow acting in healthy humans, but by the time you realize you got bit you are really f#cked. They have one of the most powerful neurotxins in the world, and once the venom shows itself, you will die or twitch like Muhammed Ali for the rest of your life. They have pre/post synaptic toxins. The pre-synaptic can be reversed with antivenin, the post-synaptic binds to the neuron receptors and kaplooey; that neuron simply ceases to exist. I've seen video of people who survived a krait bite but didn't have access to antivenin or were too late, and it isn't pretty. Walking around twitching like they have epilepsy.
I am such a snake nerd![]()
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