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Yes, exactly that snake from the Rod of Asclepius! :) After getting to know one of them personally, I understand why they were chosen as a part of the symbol of healing and medicine. Compared to the other snake species that lived on our land -mostly adders and grass snakes- Aesculapians behave noticeably calmer around humans, don't panic easily and are non aggressive. Because of that, to me as a kid they seemed special and even friendly in a way. At the same time I was afraid of all the other snakes, when I occasionally met them on my way home from school. That was despite the fact that Aeskulaps grow to a much bigger size than the other snakes in that biome. An old village lady told me then that you can even tame them by placing a saucer of milk on the veranda and sitting a little closer to the feeding snake every evening. I never even considered doing that though, had way too much respect for the animal.
The English wiki article on them is quite interesting.
Oh, wow... that's so cool.
I'm glad you disregarded the old village lady with her folkloric / wive's tale approach, and just let the animal be!
Indeed, there are some people around the world who thought they had some *special charm* upon venomous snakes, and... ...yeah, it turns out they DID NOT. Handling the snakes aggressively as they did, and their dumbasses wound up getting bitten. For lots of them, it was a rather permanent lesson.
Yeah, that reminds me of a documentary about a "snake specialist" who went to the indian jungle, into a temple ruin to meet and cuddle a huge ancient king cobra. She even kissed the snake on the mouth. Just seeing it on the screen was almost unbearable, all my instincts kept screaming "RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN YOU IDIOT!", lol.
God.
(always a useful term, altho I've never met the bloke* 😂)
* Actually I kinda did 15yrs ago, but I had serotonin poisoning at the time
In fact, one of my takeaways from life is basically-- "some people would rather die than change their beliefs." Or simply bow to reality, in other cases.
Scary, I am very sorry you had to endure that.
Sorry to bombard you with replies matey, but I forgot to mention that my dad was an MD (medical doctor), so I have a certain fond connection with the snake-staff. It reminds me of him, a lot!