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[Peloquin]

Beautiful vipers.
Snake are too much trouble for someone as lazy as me but I've had a few non venomous.
A big problem for us in UK is we need a dwa (Dangerous wild animals) licence to keep anything good.
Massive fines plus potentially mail for keeping without a licence.

 

[Timenspace]

Beautiful vipers.
Snake are too much trouble for someone as lazy as me but I've had a few non venomous.
A big problem for us in UK is we need a dwa (Dangerous wild animals) licence to keep anything good.
Massive fines plus potentially mail for keeping without a licence.

They are? I guess they are.
I'd have to get accustomed merely looking at photos and not freezing. But that is just me. I respect them tremendously though.

Well it does make sense to ask for a licence. To me. One does not want just anyone messing with the animals and people all around them...

 

[rascal]

In N.Z They have no venomous snake but they have a VERY venomous native spider.
Iirc it's a Latrodectus katipo.
Latrodectus are the Black Widow family.
Only the females bite really, the males are too small.
I've never bred or even seen L.katipo but bred L. mactans once or twice (mate works in Bristol Zoo and wanted a hand).
Lovely animals.

Never seen or heard of anyone getting bitten. By a katipo, I nearly added that to my original comment but it doesn't figure here in the South Island.
The more pest that has a nasty bite, but never fatal, is the whitetail spider. I've seen one I think. They seem to live in certain areas.
Definitely no snakes although the odd one turns up dead in imported containers. Too cold here.

Russ

 

[Timenspace]

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Never seen or heard of anyone getting bitten.

That is good!

 

[Morning Glory]

Definitely no snakes although the odd one turns up dead in imported containers. Too cold here.

Are you sure that's why? There are three types of snakes in the UK and it gets bloody cold here in Winter.

 

[Rocklobster]

 

[rascal]

Are you sure that's why? There are three types of snakes in the UK and it gets bloody cold here in Winter.

Pretty certain.

 

[rascal]

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Soooo cute.

Russ

 

[Morning Glory]

Pretty certain.

Ah...a bit of research. To understand why there are no snakes in New Zealand it seems we need to look at the geological history. This article explains:

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[Timenspace]

Ah...a bit of research. To understand why there are no snakes in New Zealand it seems we need to look at the geological history. This article explains:

why-snakes-are-illegal-in-new-zealand-ee19a4770015

Wow.What a fascinating read that was! Thank you!
Who would have thought Ireland is snake free as well?

 

[Yorky]

I cannot remember if I posted this image before. A spitting cobra (young) which got the better, initially, of our brown dog.

 

[Yorky]

We had a horrendous thunderstorm this afternoon and, unnoticed, the brown dog sneaked into the house and hid behind the front door. She knows that she's not permitted in the house but even I didn't have the heart to throw her out. As soon as the storm was over, she came back out.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

My Kitten

 

[caseydog]

We had a horrendous thunderstorm this afternoon and, unnoticed, the brown dog sneaked into the house and hid behind the front door. She knows that she's not permitted in the house but even I didn't have the heart to throw her out. As soon as the storm was over, she came back out.

Your dog isn't allowed in the house?

CD

 

[Yorky]

Your dog isn't allowed in the house?

CD

Neither dog is allowed in the house. The house is the domain of the cats.