[drache]

that's true for other animals
perhaps snakes are more elusive because of their physical shape
it is also true that in many places where there are native species of venomous snakes, young children are often told to keep away from any and all snakes because it seems safer that way
that does seem sensible
where I grew up there was only one kind of venomous snake and it looked disticttly different different from the other kind of snake there was
so we were taught about that
but I suppose if one lived somewhere with a large and varied snake population, particularly some that mimic others . . .
who knows what one might tell the children