The monsoon in India brings its usual mix of relief and chaos, cooler evenings, flooded streets, and for a lot of households, an uninvited visitor slithering in from the rising water and waterlogged burrows outside. Snakes are pushed out of their natural hiding spots during heavy rain and often end up seeking shelter exactly where humans live, tucked behind furniture, inside shoe racks, or curled up in a dark corner of the bathroom. It’s a genuinely alarming moment for most people, and unfortunately, panic tends to produce exactly the wrong instincts. India already carries the highest snakebite mortality in the world, and health authorities have repeatedly pointed to poor first response, not the bite itself, as the biggest reason bites turn fatal. Here are seven things you should never do if you find a snake in your house this monsoon.