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quaddie — Look-out,its a Snake.
Published: 2008-04-27 21:24:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 777; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 0
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This is the UK`s second deadliest snake,i was risking life and limb to get this shot.........................actually we only have 2 species of snake,and only one is venomous........and that isnt dangerous to people..........so its a bit of an anti-climax really..........although that is still 2 more that Ireland has!.......still not very impressive though .........ho-hum.....
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I love a good snake spotting! Usually takes me by surprise, although last year I spotted a basking adder in the spring and she continued to pick the same spot throughout the summer. Really hoping she comes back to the same spot this year too! Nice shot!
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That would be fantastic,looking forward to seeing the pics so i hope it does
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Thanks,i was really pleased to get that shot 
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I do like to ad a bit of a twist to a shot if i can,glad you liked it 
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Good spot buddy, I've seen one swimming before and he was doing a fair few knotts!
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Thanks,i was lucky in that it was swimming straight at me...
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Luck is always a big part of wildlife work, you cant pose the little buggers
My swimming snake was pretending it was a jetski and went shooting across a little waterway. I didn't even get my camera up to get a shot. It was still really cool to see though
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Be glad that the only venomous snake there isn't dangerous to people. A wet bite (a bite that injects venom; a dry bite is just that...dry...no venom) from any venomous snake in America will kill ya without prompt administration of antivenin. For serious.
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We are lucky to have no dangerous animals in the Wild here...apart from the Big Cats that are out there,,,
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It's strange to me to see a snake in the water. I like how you got him looking right at the camera. The ripples around his head are great too.
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He wasn`t too keen on me watching him,thats a nice flattened out threat posture there!!, i was hoping to get him coming ashore but there was too much foliage.
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Ah, too bad. It's hard to get good animal shots sometimes. Just have to take what they give you. I suppose he may have been camera shy.
You taking' my picture? You takin' MY picture...grrrr
Well snakes can't growl but you get the idea. I don't know what a flattened hood threat would sound like.
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Very nice capture, im allways on the lookout for snakes myself. but i've never seen one yet!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thats a surprise mate,i quite often see them swimming across the lakes when i am down there,although i have yet to see an Adder.
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Next summer, get yourself down to Dorset the heathland contains the largest number Adders in the UK, so I've been told.
Saw one in Feb '92, on the road next to Glastonbury Tor, Somerset. Sadly it had been run over though still alive, so I gave it some tobacco (nicotine is a poison to reptiles) so it would die peacefully. I have its skin.
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Now that sounds like a plan,we have quite a lot of heathland round here ,but most of the "good" stuff is MOD land 
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If i chucked a stone out the window,i would just about hit the forest mate,thats where i am
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You lucky barsteward
Warm sunny days in March onwards, when they come out of hibernation. Good luck
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I fish quite a bit,which allows me access to see the world outside "normal " hours maybe next year will be the year of the Adder
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Thats whats so good about wildlife photography for me, you never know what you are going to see. and those rare moments that come along once in a
while and trying to capture it
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I agree totally,its the accidental sightings that often make a day.
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Nice capture, I didn't realise grass snakes could swim. LOVE the description, made me laugh.
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They just love to eat frogs etc, glad i made you laugh-sometimes my sense of humour falls on stoney ground
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me like ^^ - btw, try living in australia were i have taipans and death adders ion my backyard!!
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I love the outdoors,but that would be a big worry when night-fishing!!.
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well i have yet to experience the thrill of 'night-fishing' but when i vollunteer at kial i live in a shed, there's nothing to seal up the gaps between the wallpannels and the floor, lol - but it's fun ^^
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Just being outside is great,just your outside is a bit nore hazardous then mine!.
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Cheers mates,i thought the comment would appeal to the colective sense of humour.
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Funny, Martin!
Here you would be going the other way, because that would definitely be a water mocassin in the water!
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I am glad we are not "blessed" with deadly critters over here,though a Badger can give you a nasty nip!.
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Not in the slightest,but they do have some nice warning colours.
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Snakes scare me, onless behind glass!
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I have just fed my sons Californian King snake,we are snake-sitting while he is at uni
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We had a rosie boa for a while. I like snakes, just not the ones that bite!
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