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1. 1.

   Attempt the quiz about snakes with your partner.

2. 2.

   How do you think individual efforts can engage communities to help save snakes?

3. 3.

   Based on your reading of the chapter, identify which statements from the following are true

   1. More than half the snake species around the world are venomous.
   2. Efforts must be made towards facilitating peaceful coexistence of snakes and humans.
   3. The IUCN has classified snakebite as a 'neglected tropical disease'.
   4. In 1972, the Indian government passed a law that severely impacted the Irula community.
   5. The Irula Snake Catchers' Industrial Cooperative Society (ISCICS) offers employment to members of Irula community.
   6. Romulus Whitaker helped rehabilitate the Irulars by organising them into a cooperative.
4. 4.

   Did you know that there are no living snakes to be found in Antarctica. Iceland, Ireland, Greenland, and New Zealand?

   1. Why is it so?
   2. What kind of climate is suitable for snakes?
   3. In which countries are they mostly found?
5. 5.

   Such an unscheduled meeting is bound to scare the wits out of someone.

   1. What does the narrator refer to?
   2. Is it reasonable to feel so scared?
   3. What will ensure a peaceful coexistence between humans and snakes?
6. 6.

   Why does the narrator say that snakes are 'quite the heroes'?