Recently, photos with snakes on one of the central streets of Baku, near the Elmlər Akademiyası metro station, have spread on social networks. Over the past couple of years, the appearance of reptiles in the very center of the capital is not noticed for the first time. They were also found on the balconies of high -rise buildings, on parking lots of shopping centers, and even on the alleys of Primorsky Boulevard.
According to experts, the construction of illegal settlements, as well as the operation of stone and sand-gravel quarries around Baku leads to the snakes leave the ragged places and “migrate” to the city.
The Speakers of the Crown, an employee of the Laboratory of the Versenses Institute of the Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (Nana), told the Haqqin.az correspondent that the Elmlər akademiyasə “The snake was a viper.
“Snakes cannot exist in the city landscape without any conditions, – Endor emphasized.” Nevertheless, they can still be found in the central botanical garden of Nana or in the territories adjacent to suburban wastelands, for example, in Badamdar . In the central regions of Baku, reptiles fall in different ways, for example, along with stones that are taken out of quarries. They can also hide in sand and in building materials … “.
According to the institute, as a result of spontaneous construction around Baku, illegal villages and villages were erected mainly on the lands in which the snakes lay eggs. It is no coincidence that it is the inhabitants of Nakhalstroyev who often complain of the dominance of reptiles, which are activated in the spring, leaving the hibernation. During this period, snakes are active even during the day.
In Azerbaijan, it resembles sprinkles, and especially in Baku, there are dozens of companies that provide citizens with disinfection services, including, to get rid of reptiles.
“At the same time, it is fundamentally important to take into account that snakes are not rodents that can be poisoned with the help of conventional means – warns the sprinkles.“ In addition, snakes benefit the fauna, destroying pathogenic pests. Therefore, it is impossible to use to poison and destroy snakes chemicals used when training insects. It is enough to treat the site with special drugs, and snakes, having felt dangerous smells, will not appear there. However, this is also not a panacea, since sooner or later the smells are eliminated … “