Baffled tradesman Roy, who couldn't find any blockage, was running out of ideas so he decided to get his Henry Hoover out. He said: "I thought I'll cut into the pipe and I just whacked my hoover in there. And I thought there's something there. The snake was just trapped in the middle and I thought what's that!"
Lisa's neighbour, a neuroscientist, believes the red and orange marked snake to be an adder. Lisa said: "I was just working away at the table and Roy said: 'there's definitely a blockage.' All of a sudden he says: 'It's a snake.' I said what! I looked over at the washing machine. I could see the body of this snake, I couldn't believe it. I ran out of the way, sort of laughing, thinking that's not real!"
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She, reckons the snake was at least five foot-long and said: "It's been a bit of a mystery, whether it's been the plumbing or the machine. I've recently been to Thailand and didn't have a snake incident all the time I was there!" Adders are the only venomous snakes native to Britain. Their bites are very painful and require immediate medical attention but pose little danger to a healthy human adult.
3 comments:
Snakes aren't poisonous (unless you eat one w. a venom sac) - they're venomous.
Looks just like my cornsnake. Totally harmless. It is probably just somebody's lost pet.
Not an Adder.
They claim it was about 5 feet.
Adders seldom exceed 2 feet.
The markings and head shape are not consistent with an Adder.
Best guess from the small pics and unclear video: Abbots Okatee Cornsnake or some type of Boa.
Neither of which are "poisonous."
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