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I found a baby snake on the allotment this morning. I don't know what kind
it is, so I've posted a (not great) pic of it to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens. You can have a look and tell me what kind it is if you like. Steve |
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"shazzbat" wrote I found a baby snake on the allotment this morning. I don't know what kind it is, so I've posted a (not great) pic of it to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens. You can have a look and tell me what kind it is if you like. You have been privileged to see a Grass snake Steve.(Natrix natrix) The yellow neck collar is distinctive. Once common snake in the UK now getting rarer, not poisonous at all but a big one (3ft+) will give you a nasty nip if angry. I speak from experience!!! Often breed in compost heaps where it's warmer so commonly found in gardens/allotments because of that, as are Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis). Just let it go about it's business undisturbed, and where there is one there must be more. :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden 17mls W. of London.UK |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in a message: snip Once common snake in the UK now getting rarer, not poisonous at all but a big one (3ft+) will give you a nasty nip if angry. I speak from experience!!! --- If angry, apart from nipping you, they often emit a rather foul smelling liquid that l-i-n-g-e-r-s. As I have found to my cost. MikeCT |
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:08:52 +0100, MikeCT wrote
(in article ): "Bob Hobden" wrote in a message: snip Once common snake in the UK now getting rarer, not poisonous at all but a big one (3ft+) will give you a nasty nip if angry. I speak from experience!!! --- If angry, apart from nipping you, they often emit a rather foul smelling liquid that l-i-n-g-e-r-s. As I have found to my cost. Also if threatened they will play dead. The cats found one in our garden once and it just froze in a coil. We watched it for ages and it didn't move an inch until we took pity on it and put some cover in front of it, then it was off. -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Whitton Open Gardens weekend 1st & 2nd July; enjoy the conservation churchyard recently filmed for the BBC Heaven and Earth Show and see the Burne-Jones/William Morris window: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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"Bob Hobden" wrote in message ... "shazzbat" wrote I found a baby snake on the allotment this morning. I don't know what kind it is, so I've posted a (not great) pic of it to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens. You can have a look and tell me what kind it is if you like. You have been privileged to see a Grass snake Steve.(Natrix natrix) The yellow neck collar is distinctive. Once common snake in the UK now getting rarer, not poisonous at all but a big one (3ft+) will give you a nasty nip if angry. I speak from experience!!! Often breed in compost heaps where it's warmer so commonly found in gardens/allotments because of that, as are Slow Worms (Anguis fragilis). Just let it go about it's business undisturbed, and where there is one there must be more. :-) Thanks for that Bob. I didn't even realise I'd captured the head end, I had to go and check when you mentioned the neck collar. Steve |
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