Nylon Threads Are Big Threats For Wild Neighbors of Us.

Non-biodegradable polymers are damaging our ecosystem. From polyethylene to nylon, filters of ciggerates , even the micro particle of various type of plastics are damaging our wild neighbors. 

 The snakes who love to live beside the water bodies, marshes and wetlands are facing a big threat. And the threads is not only disturbing them but also these threads are fetal for them. Just one wrong step and the death is not far. 

                                            Banded Krait
  Here is a pathetic scene of a snake has died by chocking its throat portion, by a nylon net. This net was settled for fishing and was left overnight by a local farmer. The next morning he found that a snake had died by puzzled up with the net and no fish was there obviously. 

                 

This died one is a Banded Krait (In Bengali - Shankhamuti) , a highly venomous  snake found very commonly in southern West Bengal. They can also live beside our residents and in rural areas .Banded Kraits are seen very frequently. But biting rate of this gentle snake is very low. You can hardly find any victim of its venom. These snakes are very shy in nature and they avoid human conflicts as much as the can. And the most appreciable fact about this snake is that they eat other venomous snakes like Russle's Viper(In Bengali- Chandraborah) and Cobras. Not only other venomous snakes, rats are also in their diet and some times fish too.   

Not only snakes, birds are also in the hit list of this nylon threads. Nowadays the nylon threads are used for the kite flying. Traditional cotton threads have been replaced by this dangerous element. The cotton threads are easy to be rotten. But this polymer threads are not easy to be rotten at all. These kind of materials can be unchanged for years. Kites fall here and there along with the nylon threads and it remains unchanged into the branches and leaves of the trees.  

                                        Thick-Billed Green Pigeon 
 Like this one, a Thick-billed Green Pigeon ( a uncommon species of southern West Bengal) is hanging from Nylon thread which was wrapped around a tree branch. The bird was not concerned about the thread and as a result, it got hanged. 

 

Try to reduce the use of plastic elements as much as possible. Remember, our entertainment can cost a life. So, do every work by your practical thoughts.