Some people said they had seen snakes with a comb like a chicken’s comb on their head; Many videos and images on social networking sites also capture and record scenes of these strange snakes.

Is a crested snake a “magic snake”?

Crested snakes are often considered “magic snakes”; They like to crawl into temples, shrines or tree holes. Therefore, many people believe that crested snakes are “guarding” this temple or shrine.

However, what is the truth about crested snakes?

In the world, there are many species of snakes with strange horns, typically such as the horned viper (Scientific name: Trimeresurus cornutus) or snakes with trunks like the elephant snake (Scientific name: Rhynchophis boulengeri)… But there are no snakes with trunks like the elephant snake (Scientific name: Rhynchophis boulengeri)… any snake with a crest on its head!

On the Informant page, Professor Nguyen Lan Dung said that stories about “magic snakes” are just products of pure imagination. He said: “I have not seen any images proving the real existence of the crested snake that people call the “magic snake”.”

Do crested snakes really exist? Photo: Pinterest

Also on the Informant page, Sociologist Dr. Trinh Hoa Binh affirmed: “That is a rumor, people deliberately made it up to push people’s focus on certain beliefs, or just simply Simplicity creates the appeal and fabrication of a myth.

That is the intention of the creator of stories associated with an unreal animal, the magical snake. In folk beliefs, many places have temples worshiping basilisks and pythons, which is a different story.

The first reason is that when the snake molts, the scales on its scalp have not yet completely fallen off, causing many people to mistakenly think it is a crested snake.

The second reason is that people intentionally created it by using glue to glue the chicken’s comb onto the snake’s head.

Therefore, it can be seen that snakes with crests are just a product of someone’s imagination or sometimes just a joke!