Mysore/Mysuru: “Biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining the health and ecological balance in an ecosystem. All living organisms are in a complex food web and help to maintain a population balance. Without snakes, the number of prey species would increase to unnatural levels and destroy the stability of the ecosystem. Similarly, if a large number of snakes are killed, the predators that eat snakes will struggle to find food. Snakes are thus an important component of the natural environment,” said city's snake rescuer and wildlife conservationist Snake Shyam.
He was speaking at an awareness programme on snakes organised as part of World Snake Day at the Government Primary School in Krishnamurthypuram on Saturday.
