Alarmist suggests that CO2 may be killing venomous snakes, which may make medicines scarcer, and which may increase rodent populations, which may increase disease

Why vanishing snake colonies have ‘large-scale implications’ for humanity

The first documented evidence of the baffling disappearance of up to 90 per cent of snake colonies in five disparate spots on the globe has “large-scale implications” for humanity, a Canadian expert says.

And the “most obvious cause, intuitively, would be climate change,” biologist Jason Head of the University of Toronto, told the Star.

“Snakes are top predators in their eco system,” said Head. “They are regulators on rodents. If we remove that regulator, you can expect an increase in the number of disease vectoring (carrying) animals.”

Venomous snakes are taking the biggest hit in the findings, which has serious consequences for medicine, said Head.

“Snakes are not an insignificant component of human society,” he said. “There are large-scale implications” to the disappearance of some kinds of snakes, including the role of snake venom in medicine.

“You can draw your own conclusions.”