June Hughes writes
In message , K
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Ophelia writes
K wrote:
Sacha writes

Later, she found the sloughed skin and brought it in which gave me a
bit of a start when I found it on the window sill in the back
corridor!

I was wandering along a path in Portugal when I cam across the
crumpled skin of an adder-type snake lying across the path (black
diamonds along the whole length). 'Husband would like that' I
thought, then some cautious instinct kicked in, and I reached out
very carefully with the toe of my boot and touched the tip of the
tail, whereupon the 'skin' headed into the undergrowth at a rate of
knots!

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Well, at least it went *that* way - I tried to get a photo, but it was
too quick for me.

I would have screamed.

I thought "Wow! Lovely!". Then a bit later I thought "That was a bit
silly. You should've used a stick".
--
Kay

"K" wrote in message
news | Angela writes
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|
| We have protected slow worms here and my cat is constantly bringing them
| home, so I often find them in the lounge or kitchen. The longest was 14
| inches. Fortunatly as they don't move quickly they are not much fun to
play
| with so he doesn't harm them, fortunately as they are pretty rare! Gave
a
| fright first time I saw one, they do look just like a snake.
|
| We had them when we were in Kent. They'd always go to ground under
| cushions - quite a surprise wen you lifted the cushion. Very pretty
| things - I loved having them around. And much easier to see in the house
| than in the garden ;-)
|
| --
| Kay

I'm in Kent, they certainly seem to be prolific here!