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Old 17-09-2013, 05:05 PM #1
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Anybody seen them in the wild in the U.K? I'm fascinated by them and for the first time in my life I saw a grass snake about 2 months ago. We get adders too but I've not managed to catch an eyeful one of those slippery buggers yet. There's always next year....

Any one got any fascinating wild snake stories? (in the U.K) lets av' em!
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Saw a grass snake (I think) but then it sort of swam? I didn't know snakes could glide/swim
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Saw a grass snake (I think) but then it sort of swam? I didn't know snakes could glide/swim
Yeh I saw mine near water before i got too close and it hid under a slab. I'm pretty sure they can swim. My Dad picked one up once and reckoned it pretended to be dead and emitted a foul odour.

Don't know how he managed to close enough mind.
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Anybody seen them in the wild in the U.K? I'm fascinated by them and for the first time in my life I saw a grass snake about 2 months ago. We get adders too but I've not managed to catch an eyeful one of those slippery buggers yet. There's always next year....

Any one got any fascinating wild snake stories? (in the U.K) lets av' em!
Alright mate? Was wondering where you were!

We get a lot of adders in the wild down here.

This story was in the news recently as well, not that far from where I live!

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A woman was bitten by a 10ft (3m)-long python while on her way to get a takeaway curry in Swansea.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-24013578
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Alright mate? Was wondering where you were!

We get a lot of adders in the wild down here.

This story was in the news recently as well, not that far from where I live!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-s...wales-24013578
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Indeed Sir, it is. I forgot that you wouldn't know I changed my name
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Indeed Sir, it is. I forgot that you wouldn't know I changed my name
I guessed when you mentioned Swansea taffmaster
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Not seen one since I left Africa, apart from my mates corn snake.
Managed to get bit in Africa..nasty.

Now I have a phobia.

Someone up here had to rush their daughter to the doctors over the road when she was bitten by an adder when at the local reservoir.
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Not seen one since I left Africa, apart from my mates corn snake.
Managed to get bit in Africa..nasty.

Now I have a phobia.

Someone up here had to rush their daughter to the doctors over the road when she was bitten by an adder when at the local reservoir.
What bit you Smudgie and what's it like if you don't mind me asking?
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Don't know what type of snake it was, ended up with a nasty infection in my foot. Just felt a sharpish pain, thought I had stood on some glass at first. Seen the grass moving as it slithered away. The doc told me it was a snake bite and I still have the scar to this day.
We saw loads of snakes over there, even on the veranda at times.
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Don't know what type of snake it was, ended up with a nasty infection in my foot. Just felt a sharpish pain, thought I had stood on some glass at first. Seen the grass moving as it slithered away. The doc told me it was a snake bite and I still have the scar to this day.
We saw loads of snakes over there, even on the veranda at times.
Wow you have a snake bite scar. This might sound weird but I'm kinda jealous. I'd love to have one just for showing people lol, glad your ok though.
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..yeah, I've seen adders a few times when walking or by the lake when I went fishing with the guys...they move away pretty quickly though, they must be terrified of humans...
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..yeah, I've seen adders a few times when walking or by the lake when I went fishing with the guys...they move away pretty quickly though, they must be terrified of humans...
Do you live in the South? I've heard adders are more prevalent the further south you go.
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Do you live in the South? I've heard adders are more prevalent the further south you go.
..I live in East Anglia but we used to live in Sussex, which is where I saw quite a few on forest walks...
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I've seen them in Italy. My family live in the countryside. But only small ones.
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We used to have a fair few grass snakes in the Garden at our old house. We have a Nature reserve and a Coppice in our town so a fair bit of their wildlife gets into people's Gardens.
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..I hate to see them in zoos or on TV..or as pets even but in their habitat I didn't find them too scary..but they do move quickly...
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We used to have a fair few grass snakes in the Garden at our old house. We have a Nature reserve and a Coppice in our town so a fair bit of their wildlife gets into people's Gardens.
Wow, these sound amazing.
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Wow, these sound amazing.
The coppice looks demonic at night (AND IS LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO MY BACK GARDEN) and I once got stabbed in the nature reserve so I find both overrated.
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The coppice looks demonic at night (AND IS LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT TO MY BACK GARDEN) and I once got stabbed in the nature reserve so I find both overrated.
So not worth the extra snakes then?
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So not worth the extra snakes then?
Not particularly, no.
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