x_flow57
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 05:25 PM |
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Real Snake in the garden (not a car).
Can anyone confirm this is only a grass snake?
 
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blakep82
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 05:27 PM |
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 quite big isn't he?!
i thought grass snakes were smaller than that, but i don't know
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afj
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 05:30 PM |
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cor its a whopper
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nib1980
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 05:31 PM |
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yep thats a grass snake, but i still wouldn't go poing it with a stick!
they grow up to 3ft in length
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cadebytiger
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 05:43 PM |
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think it is a grass snake. it's not an adder. they are more patterned than that.
i think grass snakes can be upto 3ft or somthing
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 06:58 PM |
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Looks like a grass snake from here too.
My fox terrier used to be good at finding them bless her. They give off a smell like garlic when they are harassed.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 07:02 PM |
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Adders have a diamond pattern down their back, IIRC.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
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coozer
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 07:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
Adders have a diamond pattern down their back, IIRC.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 07:45 PM |
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Why thank you! Decided I needed an alternate to the nun!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 04:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nib1980
yep thats a grass snake, but i still wouldn't go poing it with a stick!
Steve Irwin stylee..."cor, the little feller's angry now!!" <poke> <poke>
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 05:50 PM |
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[south park]i'm gonna stick my thumb up his butt hole. Whooooo crikey, he's p1ssed off now![/south park]
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James
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 10:18 PM |
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Definately not an Adder (no diamonds on the back).
So apart from a Slowworm (sp?) which is silver that only leaves a Grass snake doesn't it?
Either that or it's escaped from the zoo!
Maybe it's the Ambridge Serpent!!!
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 10:28 PM |
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Trivia time
A slow worm is not really a snake, it's a lizard still in the throes of evolution and can be recognised by the fact that it has eyelids.
Here's a a picture showing a grass snake, just like yours
and here's an adder
[Edited on 13/8/07 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 14/8/07 at 08:59 AM |
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Grass snakes can bite, but very rarely do and of course they aren't venomous.
Adder bites can be quite nasty, but are virtualy never fatal if treated.
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