Advice: Snake bite

A few rules (source)

-Wear long boots and trousers.
-Make a noise (or to be more correct vibrations in the surroundings - snakes are deaf, but react to 'shaking'). Beat and bash with a long branch or twig in the area three to five paces ahead, and stand still for a short time before taking the next step. By far the majority of snakes prefer to flee if given the chance. An exception is the uncontrollably aggressive Australian Taipan, which also strikes out unpredictably. Puff adders are very quiet but dangerous snakes, if you see one sneak way with as little noise as possible.
-Avoid going out in a snake area in darkness. If it is necessary to do so, then take a strong torch with you. Snakes prefer to evade bright light and vibrations.
-If you see a snake, you should stand completely still. It will instinctively prefer to go away and most snakes predominantly attack moving targets.
-Do not put your hands down into holes, dark cavities or cracks in rock, even if something has fallen down it. To reclaim anything, you can attempt to fish it out with a stick, standing well away from the hole.
-The best possible advice is not to touch a snake in the wild. The worse thing you can do is try to pick one up so that the doctor can identify it! If you see a 'dead' snake, you should keep well clear. Only if someone has been bitten should you make sure that the snake is killed and take it along for identification, but hold it by its tail and continue to watch out for its head, or preferably put it in a sack that can be held away from the body.
-All sea snakes (Hydrophiidae) are potentially extremely poisonous and snorkellers and scuba divers should not attempt to inspect them more closely. Sea snakes typically occur on the coasts of south-east Asia and Australia.

Snakes at IIMB

Some future IIMB exchange students might be reading my blog. Warning: there are currently snakes on the campus. The pic above was taken in one of the new hostel blocks.

Btw, monkeys were found on campus as well. But I would honestly prefer 10 monkeys in my room than one single snake in the forest surrounding the hostel blocks.