Nick Maclaren wrote:
:: In article ,
:: "Phil L" writes:
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::::::: Parts of Wales have a good pupulation of snakes, I saw one
::::::: there as a child, about 4 foot long and a sandy beige colour,
::::::: this is the only wild snake I've ever seen in the UK...they
::::::: are, like my own snakes, very shy of people and just want to
::::::: hide all the time.
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:::::: The wilder parts of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall abounds
:::::: in adders.
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:::: It's just a pity we can't get them to migrate into the towns and
:::: cities, maybe the ever expanding rat population would be kept
:::: under control?
::
:: There are no snakes in the UK that are capable of tackling adult
:: rats. Sorry.
::
There would be enough adolecent rats to keep an army of snakes going for
decades where I live, I'm in a densely populated area of the NW, where the
space between towns and cities is non-existent.