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I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully -
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...ugh_allotment/ Steve |
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:10:40 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...ugh_allotment/ Steve The police were called to one locally - not in a compost heap. I assume they get a bit dear to feed after a while. -- http://www.freedeliveryuk.co.uk http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk |
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On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 08:10:40 +0100, "shazzbat"
wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...ugh_allotment/ The best I have found, when shifting compost recently, was 3 teaspoons and a knife! Pam in Bristol |
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On Oct 1, 8:10 am, "shazzbat"
wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...burn_gardener_... Steve We were moving a heap of logs yesterday and Edward mentioned to me that he had seen snakes around the pile and to be careful - I was off to put rubber boots on as there is no way I was going to have my ankles bitten - I hate snakes!!! Judith |
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Steve wrote I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...ugh_allotment/ Best I've found was a large old male Slow Worm (they go silver) that was obviously what was eating all the snails around. -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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from Judith in France contains these words: On Oct 1, 8:10 am, "shazzbat" wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...burn_gardener_... Steve We were moving a heap of logs yesterday and Edward mentioned to me that he had seen snakes around the pile and to be careful - I was off to put rubber boots on as there is no way I was going to have my ankles bitten - I hate snakes!!! When *I* was an anklebiter I had a pet adder... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Rusty Hinge 2" typed:
The message from Judith in France contains these words: On Oct 1, 8:10 am, "shazzbat" wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...burn_gardener_... Steve We were moving a heap of logs yesterday and Edward mentioned to me that he had seen snakes around the pile and to be careful - I was off to put rubber boots on as there is no way I was going to have my ankles bitten - I hate snakes!!! When *I* was an anklebiter I had a pet adder... A pet *adder*? Wow! When I was a nipper I had a pet grass snake..... I remember Dad hammering in tent pegs in South Wales when we were on holiday and scammpering off on his hands and kness hammering at the ground. We all laughed until he held up a dead adder. They're venomous no? Cheers, -- Shaun. DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) |
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Anne Welsh Jackson" typed:
"shazzbat" wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...ugh_allotment/ That snake looks suspiciously like a constrictor to me. No way would I wind it round my neck! He must be mad!! Looks like a Reticulated Python to me. I'm disappointed the article doesn't say. -- Shaun. DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) |
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On 2/10/08 12:40, in article ,
"~misfit~" wrote: snip Looks like a Reticulated Python to me. I'm disappointed the article doesn't say. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...hocked-gardene r-finds-17ft-python-allotment.html -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online) |
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~misfit~ writes
A pet *adder*? Wow! When I was a nipper I had a pet grass snake..... I remember Dad hammering in tent pegs in South Wales when we were on holiday and scammpering off on his hands and kness hammering at the ground. We all laughed until he held up a dead adder. They're venomous no? They are, but they're not aggressive. They'd prefer to run away than to attack. Shame to kill them. -- Kay |
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Anne Welsh Jackson" typed: "shazzbat" wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...urn_gardener_f inds_17_foot_snake_slithering_through_allotme nt/ That snake looks suspiciously like a constrictor to me. No way would I wind it round my neck! He must be mad!! One of my cherished memories is a visit to a small zoo. They were showing off snakes, got a mall child to come out from the audience and hold a small python. Then they asked for a volunteer 'mum' so I had my hand up and was out of my seat before he'd finished speaking. They put away the small one, and brought out a much bigger one, round my neck and trailing along the ground for a couple of feet each side of me - beautiful! -- Kay |
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from "~misfit~" contains these words: When *I* was an anklebiter I had a pet adder... A pet *adder*? Wow! When I was a nipper I had a pet grass snake..... I remember Dad hammering in tent pegs in South Wales when we were on holiday and scammpering off on his hands and kness hammering at the ground. We all laughed until he held up a dead adder. They're venomous no? Venomous? More people die of wasp stings in a year than have died of adder bites during the whole of last century. (8, IIRC) Only *VERY* young children or people with a weak heart or an allergy are at risk. And now, adders are protected. When I put my hand in the adder's vivarium it used to come and wind itself among my fingers. It never tried to bite me. At first, and until it had got used to the idea that I was the bringer of food and warm hands, it used to 'strike' at my gloved hand, but with a closed mouth. I think it only took a week before it gave that up. While I sometimes took grass snakes to school, I never took the adder... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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from K contains these words: One of my cherished memories is a visit to a small zoo. They were showing off snakes, got a mall child to come out from the audience and hold a small python. Then they asked for a volunteer 'mum' so I had my hand up and was out of my seat before he'd finished speaking. They put away the small one, and brought out a much bigger one, round my neck and trailing along the ground for a couple of feet each side of me - beautiful And spine-crushingly heavy, a full-grown python! -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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~misfit~ wrote:
Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Anne Welsh Jackson" typed: "shazzbat" wrote: I hope you'll all check your compost heaps carefully - http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...ugh_allotment/ That snake looks suspiciously like a constrictor to me. No way would I wind it round my neck! He must be mad!! Looks like a Reticulated Python to me. I'm disappointed the article doesn't say. Wrong pattern for a Reticulated, it's actually a Burmese Python. Unfortunately it's not the first time, and no doubt won't be the last, that one has been found roaming the UK countryside. People often find they can't cope with such a large snake once it reaches adulthood and subsequently struggle to rehome them so instead they let them go free. Fortunately, they're not a particularly aggressive snake although due to the sheer size of them they can severely injure or kill a person, and indeed have done, but mostly due to human error and stupidity. |
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Somewhere on teh intarwebs "Sacha" typed:
On 2/10/08 12:40, in article , "~misfit~" wrote: snip Looks like a Reticulated Python to me. I'm disappointed the article doesn't say. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...hocked-gardene r-finds-17ft-python-allotment.html Much better pics, thanks. They even mention that it's a python. :-) -- Shaun. DISCLAIMER: If you find a posting or message from me offensive, inappropriate, or disruptive, please ignore it. If you don't know how to ignore a posting, complain to me and I will be only too happy to demonstrate... ;-) |
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