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[Drygioni]

Judy's Tiresome Yet Obligatory Look-at-me-I'm-British Part

The wildlife here is generally like the Cure: kind of pretty but useless in a fight, and the snakes are no exception. I think the closest I've ever been to an actual dangerous situation with a snake is when I ran one over with my scooter, by accident. It was an adder, the only poisonous snakes in England from what I know. It was a pretty tough thing, because instead of flattening it, my scooter tumbled over it's bulbous body. I cracked my elbow, but the pain did not distract me from the fact that the only poisonous snake in Britain was a metre away with me lying prone. I scrambled away in a Teodor-like fashion, only to watch the snake glare at me a little before disappearing into some nearby reeds.

Sorry to all animal liking guys and gals* here, but I had a rock in my hand and seriously considered braining the poor sod. Maybe I was too young to be watching films like Anaconda.

*I like animals, but I'm also mortally afraid of being bitten.

[wombat]

Ordinarily, I wouldn't decapitate anything at all.

Well, that's good to know.

I am embarrassed to say that either my geography or my herpetology is so poor that I didn't realize there was a venomous species in Britain. I had it mixed up with Ireland and Saint Patrick chasing them all out, I guess? Education.

Again though I feel compelled to say that if you are afraid of being bitten it is safer not to brain the snake with a rock.

[slink]

Mostly my snake contact has always been very controlled, although I've had happy encounters with adders throughout forestry on Scotland. Not the same, but while in Canada we saw this snake at Niagra. A friend at the wedding who works in a reptile house said it was somewhat rare for the area but we didn't identify it and so have no idea. I ended up moving it as shortly after a bunch of kids arrived and started tormenting it since it had nowhere to hide. Any ideas what it is? Or is it just really boring afterall?

[AugustWest]

Just be certain we're clear on this -- we did not decapitate the snake.  It was headless when we found it.

[CortJstr]

Just be certain we're clear on this -- we did not decapitate the snake.  It was headless when we found it.

I must've fallen off a truck like that. Yeah, that's the ticket.

[wombat]

You know, if I cut a snake in half, the part I'd want to toss away would be the head. I mean, that's the dangerous part.  Maybe someone thought you were the kind of person who would appreciate some nice fresh snake meat to fry up?

Slink: Maritime garter snake?  Which I guess is rare in Ontario since everything I find talks about it in Nova Scotia?

[Choop]

What's in the box, Frank?

What's in the box?

WHAT'S IN THE BOX, FRANK?

[slink]

Slink: Maritime garter snake?  Which I guess is rare in Ontario since everything I find talks about it in Nova Scotia?

Figured it would still be Canadian at the very least. Thanks for the info though. A can to you!

[V-Adore]

I am embarrassed to say that either my geography or my herpetology is so poor that I didn't realize there was a venomous species in Britain. I had it mixed up with Ireland and Saint Patrick chasing them all out, I guess? Education.

Well, what do you think they're doing in Britain, anyway?

(Answer: biding their time.)