rugbymatt

don't take any notice of her, I think she drinks you know!

Pam Sarky

Mercedes

After living in Australia and nearly died when I saw my first one which was bigger than my hand. I got over my phobia by thinking of them as small animals instead of insects. Apart from looking at the markings on the smaller ones for the dangerous ones which I then killed, I have got better at not bothering about them. Unless of course it has got into bed with me and wants a cuddle then I have a tantrum, usually jumping up and down flapping my arms about.

Big Pete

jandy44

I dont believe it,I have just been for a walk with George,I took him to a place called Walton Nature Reserve,Iv visited the place regulary over the last five years,well Im walking along the path and then all of a sudden a whopping SNAKE slivered in front of me it was a dark grey colour,about 3-4ft long ,I was glad Id got George on the lead,he would have grabbed it and shook it,anyway I only took a couple of more steps and there in the grass was another just looking at me
I arrived back at the car park and there was a guy just about to take his little pooch for a walk,so I warned him ,and told him where Id seen them,he replied he had seen one last week My God Iv never seen one down there before,there could be loads,Ill start and take my camera,if I see another I will see if I can be brave enough to hang around and take a picture

Pam Sarky

Be very careful what pics you put on here, any photos of flashers and the mods will be on to you

jandy44

Oh Noooooooo,you dont say........

Hypertweeky

I hear ya, I hate spiders!!

http://www.practicalspain.com/spanish-arthropods.htm
Hope that helps!

jdr

Thanks for the link.
Its in my free beer thread at the top of page, you know the one with the info in that nobody reads.

Pam Sarky

Is it safe to click on? I have read the post but didnt dare click on it in case a big spider was sat there staring at me lol.

jdr

Its safe, just a small catterpillar pic on view, mostly text.

rugbymatt

and I think we know why don't we eh??

mikelincs

Once upon a time.... when I was still at School... I well remember seeing a couple of younger boys hitting at something on the ground during lunchtime.. I went over and they had a grass snake there and were trying to kill it. I stopped them and went to pick it up.. thye yelled.. It's an adder. it'll kill you. Luckily I knew different. so I picked it up, and wqaqs going to put it in the hedge bottom where it would be safe, but with the ignorance of those kids I decided to take it to the biology classroom and let the teacher keep it for a while, (anything to go and see her.. ) I walked along the corridors with the snake round my arm.. It's amazing how everyone tried to get out of the way... I showed it to her.. (down lads, I meant the grass snake). and she decided to put into a tank for the rest of the day, then she let it go. But it does shaow the ignorance of people, even though there is only one dangerous snake in the UK, everyone who sees a snake thinks it's an adder.

jandy44

The ones I saw yesterday were grass snakes,I know what a adder looks like if I was ever to see one,I think kids should be aware of the difference,we met two boys last year who were jumping around and yelling because they had seen a snake,there appears to be a few where I go and there is also a lot of kids wandering about down there.
I was once in Spain in my lorry driver days and we stopped to have a swim in a river to cool off,I saw my first rattle snake there and also large lizzards