Canton snakes have gone past being called pest to some humans, they are viewed as threat to their living. The fear they strike, the venom they inject and the excruciating pain that comes along it makes the snake one of the most dreaded, hated animal. Ask most who have been bitten by a snake (venomous or not venomous), and you’ll see it’s not an experience they want to ever have. A few humans have manned up and have turned the table. However, for the majority who, though, not in morbid fear of this creeping creature can't kill it, asks a question: Do snakes feel pain?



Yes, they do. You might however wonder how a cold blooded Canton animal feel pain? The truth is that every animal feels pains including snakes.

The only thing you should know is that the level of pain perception of animals differs from one animal to another. That is reason why some pet snakes can even burn their body without noticing that until they have been severely burnt. However, they cannot shout or tell the level of pain they feel in human language but in their own language

Snake just like every other animal can feel pain when injured. If you want to find out whether or not, they do feel pain you can just step on snake tail and watch what the reaction will be (Please don’t try). If you are not careful enough you will put yourself to risk of snake bite which is dangerous and should not be allowed. This is because injured snake due to pain normally do everything possible to save itself from the thing causing the pain on the body. That is a clear evident that snakes do feel pain.

Are you adventurous and want to know if snakes do feel pain, do not use your body to experiment for that as you may not live to tell story of what happened afterwards (Snakes can be so very aggressive). There are two possible outcomes when snakes feel pain on their body; it’s either they react to the pain by administering bite or simply move away from the environment. That is why you should not use your body to experiment the reaction of snake to pain as you may fall victim of an aggressive snake bite.

If you hurt snake the intensity of the pain will determine the speed the snake will use to respond. It will not scream like human when injured but will quickly respond and either fights back or run away to avoid recurrent of the pain.

Snakes do have a poor receptive sensation to pain. Unlike humans, they have slower sensations of pain. Most times for this reason, most snakes get injured before responding. However, slow perception does not correspond to no stimulus at all. They still feel pain when it occurs. Due to their slow metabolism rate, they still feel pain even it has been decapitated for a long period of time. When next you see a snake, remember they feel pains too.

Visit our Canton wildlife control home page to learn more about us.