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What's this snake please? (1 Viewer)
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scary-canary
Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some
Very scary when it slides out of a hole at your feet as your having a cup of tea. And agressive when you disturb it with a lawnmower.
Not popular with my wife either or our four-year-old daughter.
Not popular with my wife either or our four-year-old daughter.
keith richter
Well-known member
eyes?
does it have slits in its eyes? if it does it is harmful (poisonious). keith
does it have slits in its eyes? if it does it is harmful (poisonious). keith
Curtis Croulet
Well-known member
scary-canary said:
Really!? My observation is that children have little natural fear of snakes. Of course, if adults go off the deep-end, then the kids will pick that up.
scary-canary
Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some
Curtis Croulet said:
Fair point, but human nature and all that... I try and tell her that the snakes are more scared of us, but i believe a healthy wariness is important especially as there are venomous snakes in the area (adder, asp viper) and kids are likely to be the ones to stumble upon them - hands down holes etc.
MlZad
On-duty SnakeMan, 0-24h
I would like to recomend a book:"Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain & Europe" (Collins Field Guide). You have every european species described and you also have pictures.
Also, Scary-canary, I would like to recommend you this web site: http://www.reptilia-amphibia.net/
I hope you find the information usefull and (to everyone who posted before Grayboelen) stop listening to the MYTHS and TALES from people that don't have a clue about snakes. That is why a lot of people are scared and kill snakes on sight and ask questions later, which is very bad on the environment and is also ILLEGAL.
Also, Scary-canary, I would like to recommend you this web site: http://www.reptilia-amphibia.net/
I hope you find the information usefull and (to everyone who posted before Grayboelen) stop listening to the MYTHS and TALES from people that don't have a clue about snakes. That is why a lot of people are scared and kill snakes on sight and ask questions later, which is very bad on the environment and is also ILLEGAL.
Natalie
Learning Birder
Actually, there are many, many species of harmless snakes that have vertical pupils. The presence of vertical pupils is merely an indication of nocturnal/crepuscular behavior, not whether a snake is venomous or harmless. Additionally, there are many species of highly venomous snakes that have round pupils (such as most members of the family Elapidae).
The snake in my avatar is my Rosy Boa, native to the Southwest US. They have vertical pupils, but are pretty much as harmless as snakes come.
