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Identify this snake please?!? |
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Lilmez
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Posted: 20 Jun 2017 at 12:48pm |
Also I couldn't see any obvious signs of injury either 😕
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Lilmez
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Thanks for your reply.
Sadly it was dead as I walked past it again 24hours after this post! |
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PondDragon
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Looks pretty dead to me. Perhaps the victim of a human or dog attack, or maybe a car if it was on the roadside (doesn't look squashed though).
Hard to see the size but head looks quite broad so presumably a female - possibly travelling in search of an egg-laying site at this time of year. |
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Iowarth
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hi there
this is a grass snake. I can see no signs of injury (although younger eyes than mine might!) so it may actually be feigning death - something grass snakes are very good at. As against this I note there was a period of time between first and second timing which suggests, sadly, that it really was dead. all the best Chriss |
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Lilmez
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Hi all...
Was out walking my dog today when I came across This snake! Was pretty shocked, it was in the verge By a hedge.... I went and got my partner and we think after research it's A grass snake? Or adder? When we returned the snake was actually dead....😕 Here's a picture |
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