Adders with Bill Oddie

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.

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New Forest Adders - March

File Linked/Updated: 12/09/2007

EARLY RISER.

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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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