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Bill Oddie narrates this revealing look at the first three months of their yearly cycle. The film was shot entirely in and around the New Forest by Manuel Hinge.
Simply select March, April or May in the Categories field and press play.
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New Forest Adders - March |
File Linked/Updated: 12/09/2007 |
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EARLY RISER.
It's March and as temperatures edge above nine degrees Celsius, the male adders appear. The females wont emerge for another three to five weeks. Well comouflaged by dead bracken the males bask in the midday sun and shelter from the frequent showers.
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· About one third of all species of snakes
are venomous
· Cobras strike and kill 10,000 people
annually in India alone
· Sea snakes can spend up to 2 hours
underwater
· Adders are Britain’s only poisonous reptile
· Fastest snake only moves at 8mph
· There are no snakes in Ireland
· Snakes don’t have eyelids, instead they
have a transparent scale over their eye
· It is relatively common for snakes to be
born with two heads. The two heads will
often fight for food
Originally printed in Mirror.co.uk |
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