On the hunt for the UK’s largest snake that is breeding in the wild
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2022
- 🐍i's Environment Correspondent Madeleine Cuff went on the hunt for the UK’s largest snake that is spreading in North Wales.
Aesculapian snakes were released into the wild in North Wales by accident. In the late 1960s the Welsh Mountain Zoo near Colwyn Bay was importing animals from Europe, both for the zoo and the pet trade.
At some point, one pregnant Aesculapian snake, or maybe multiple snakes, made a break for freedom.
Their descendants now make up the species' most northern population - but with a changing climate raising the possibility of losing many of our indigenous species they could hold the key to the UK's future biodiversity.
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Lets encourage these beautiful species as i cant see the harm they cause to indigenous creatures and our eco systems.
It's from the UK anyway as it was here years ago!
These snakes are found just south of Paris near Orleans and in Saarland Germany and the around Brno Czech Republic hardly invasive just slightly north of range.
Not invasive, but definitely non native/introduced. If they were more prolific breeders they would certainly be invasive though
They should stay if theyre not having a bad effect on the native wildlife! 🐍💕🐍
There are Russian Black snacks from vladivostock and north korea in Groningen in the Netherlands
Don't eradicate them chrissakes. When lemons become lemondade, give thanks and enjoy.
The professors point about climate change altering the flora and fauna of the UK sounds sensible to me. As some native wildlife dies out new things moving in that are better adapted to the changed climate seems logical. Reptiles could be one of the winners in this.