I tend to be really cautious about handling venomous snakes. Pit vipers are scary because you just never know when they're going to strike. They're very calm until WHAM a strike from nowhere. I think as soon as they get a good lock on the part of your body giving off heat – it's almost an automatic strike. I'm not sure they decide anything at all – just strike like lightening. I never handhold the pit vipers.

I headed up to a remote part of the wat (temple) today to see if maybe I could spot a snake. So far at that temple I've found a Rhabdophis subminiatus – Red Necked Keelback, a Painted Bronzeback, a 4 meter —- Cobra, a Mock Viper, and a brown Keelback. Oh and a Ahaetulla prasina – Oriental Whip…